Dual change of command at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen.
The Command of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force and the NATO E-3A Component has changed during a ceremony on the 19th of June at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip Breedlove presided the ceremony.
“AWACS has been one of the leading capabilities to provide assurance to our Eastern Allies in the face of Russian actions in Eastern Ukraine.” was one of the remarks during General Breedlove’s speech.
E-3A Component Commander Maj. Gen. Andrew Mueller, U.S. Air Force, relinquished the command, while Brig.Gen. Karsten Stoye, German Air Force, assumed command of the multinational unit that operates out of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany.
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jochen Both, German Air Force, handed over command to Brig. Gen. Dawn Dunlop, U.S. Air Force.