Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) was a NATO military formation under Allied Air Forces Central Europe tasked with providing air support to NATO's

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(CENTAG) in southern

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. 4 ATAF commanded all flying units based within its sector and all reinforcements flying into its sector, as well as ground-based radar systems and stations, air defense units and the airfields in its sector.

History

Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force was formed in 1951 with its area of responsibility covering the Germany south of the city of

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. Commander of Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force at its inception was the commanding

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of the American

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based in the southwest of Germany. After Twelfth Air Force returned to the continental United States in 1958, the commander of

Seventeenth Air Force The Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force (17 EAF) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The command served the United States Air Forces in Europe during (1953–1996) and United States Air ...

took over command of Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force. Headquarters 4 ATAF moved several times over more than forty years. Established about 1951 at Trier Air Base, the headquarters was moved to

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in November 1957 where it remained until December 1980 when it was moved to

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where it was colocated with Headquarters

. An operational Air Defence Operations Centre was operated at Ouvrage Molvange from 1961 until 1967 when it was moved to a USAF site in Kindsbach just south of

. The headquarters also operated a number of communications sites which were concerned with secure communications for the release of tactical nuclear weapons through the NATO Quick Reaction Alert Force. In 1985 NATO began with the construction of a new Static War Headquarters bunker in Ruppertsweiler, Germany. Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force commanded besides Seventeenth Air Force, the U.S. 32nd Army Air Defense Command,

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and two

German Air Force The German Air Force (german: Luftwaffe, lit=air weapon or air arm, ) is the aerial warfare branch of the , the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the ''Bundeswehr'') was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as ...

(''Luftwaffe'') divisions, as well as extensive secure communications, air defense and radar installations manned by Germany and the U.S. Air Force. If needed, 4 ATAF would have been reinforced with units from the US

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(UK based), Eighth (reconnaissance and bombing),

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(immediate reinforcements) and

(follow on reinforcements), and with

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and

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units. At the start of hostilities 4 ATAF would have had immediately around 600 combat aircraft at its disposal. The following units would have come under 4 ATAF in wartime: 4 ATAF was disbanded on 30 June 1993, its duties were taken over by Allied Air Forces Central Europe.

Wartime organization c.1989

F-4G 480th TFS with F-16C 52nd TFW in flight 1989

* Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force, Heidelberg, FRG ** Air Defence Operations Center (ADOC),

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*** Sector Operations Center 3 (SOC 3), Sembach Air Base **** 1st Btn, 32nd (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Börfink **** 2nd Btn, 32nd (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center

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**** 4th Btn, 32nd (Luftwaffe) Regiment, Lauda-Königshofen, with 12x mobile Radar systems forward deployed to the inner German border. *** Sector Operations Center 4 (SOC 4), Meßstetten **** 1st Btn, 31st (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Meßstetten **** 2nd Btn, 31st (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the ...

Seventeenth Air Force

, (

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) Sembach Air Base ** 65th Air Division, at Lindsey Air Station *** 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, at

Spangdahlem Air Base Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the USAF as a tenant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 km NNE of the city of Tri ...

**** 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 12x

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Wild Weasel Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force (USAF) to an aircraft of any type equipped with anti-radiation missiles and tasked with the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD): destroying the radar and surface-to-air mis ...

and 12x F-16C Block 25 Falcon **** 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 12x F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel and 12x F-16C Block 25 Falcon **** 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 12x F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel and 12x F-16C Block 25 Falcon *** 66th Electronic Combat Wing, at Sembach Air Base ****

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, with

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** 316th Air Division, at

*** 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Ramstein Air Base **** 512th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-16C Block 30 Falcon **** 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-16C Block 30 Falcon ** 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Fighter Wing, at

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*** 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, with 22x

RF-4C Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bow ...

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, at Bitburg Air Base *** 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x

F-15C Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

*** 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-15C Eagle *** 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-15C Eagle **

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, at

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*** 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-16C Block 25 Falcon *** 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with 24x F-16C Block 25 Falcon ***

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, with 24x F-16C Block 25 Falcon ** 601st Tactical Control Wing, at Sembach Air Base (operating

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mobile radars)

32nd Army Air Defense Command

* 32nd Army Air Defense Command, (

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)

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...

** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Darmstadt ** 11th Signal Battalion (Air Defense), Darmstadt ** 10th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Darmstadt *** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Darmstadt *** 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery,

Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its station is a major railway junction and it has a port on the ri ...

, (48x

MIM-104 Patriot The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar comp ...

) *** 4th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery,

Giessen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 unive ...

, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 3rd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Wildflecken, (24x

MIM-23 Hawk The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much ...

, 8x

FIM-92 Stinger The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-t ...

) ** 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade,

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

*** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Würzburg *** 6th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery,

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...

, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 8th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Giebelstadt, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Würzburg, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x

) *** 3rd Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery,

Grafenwöhr Grafenwöhr (, Northern Bavarian: ''Groafawehr'') is a town in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, in the region of the Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz) in eastern Bavaria, Germany. It is widely known for the United States Army milita ...

, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x

, disbanded November 1989) ** 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade,

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfu ...

*** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Kaiserslautern *** 4th Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, Neubrücke, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x

) *** 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Kaiserslautern, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 3rd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, Ramstein, (24x MIM-72 Chaparral, 24x M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x

) **

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, Spangdahlem *** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Spangdahlem *** 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, Spangdahlem, (24x MIM-23 Hawk, 8x

) *** 4th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery,

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, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Bitburg, (48x MIM-104 Patriot) *** 5th Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, Spangdahlem, (24x MIM-72 Chaparral, 24x M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x

) ** 32nd Support Command (Air Defense),

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*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Worms *** 334th Ordnance Company, Wildflecken *** 565th Ordnance Company, Pirmasens *** 569th Ordnance Company, Würzburg *** 574th Ordnance Company, Grafenwöhr *** 576th Ordnance Company, Neubrücke *** 606th Ordnance Company, Bitburg Air Base *** 611th Ordnance Company, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau (Miesau Ammunition Depot) *** 820th Ordnance Company, Bitburg Air Base *** 19th Maintenance Company, Bitburg Air Base *** 57th Maintenance Company,

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*** 91st Maintenance Company, Ansbach *** 178th Maintenance Company, Dexheim *** 518th Maintenance Company, Giessen *** 549th Maintenance Company, Kaiserslautern *** 555th Maintenance Company, Hanau *** 247th Chemical Detachment, Darmstadt

1. Luftwaffendivision

* 1. Luftwaffendivision (

Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the Fürstenfeldbruck (district), district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck h ...

** Bremgarten Air Base *** Aufklärungsgeschwader 51, 2 x squadrons with 15 x RF-4E (Reconnaissance) **

Landsberg am Lech Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg at the Lech) is a town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg am Lech. Overview Landsberg is situat ...

*** Flugkörpergeschwader 1, 4 x squadrons with 9 x

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** Lechfeld Air Base *** Jagdbombergeschwader 32, 2 x squadrons with 16 x Tornado IDS each, and 6x Tornado IDS in reserve **

Büchel Air Base Büchel Air Base is a military air base of the Luftwaffe in Büchel (Germany), near the city of Cochem and at about 70 km from Spangdahlem Air Base. It is home to the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 (Tactical Air Force Wing 33; abbrevi ...

*** Jagdbombergeschwader 33^{note 1}, 2x squadrons with 16x Tornado IDS each, and 6x Tornado IDS in reserve ** Memmingen Air Base *** Jagdbombergeschwader 34^{note 1}, 2x squadrons with 16x Tornado IDS each, and 6x Tornado IDS in reserve ** Pferdsfeld Air Base *** Jagdbombergeschwader 35, 2x squadrons with 15x F-4F each, and 4x F-4F in reserve ** Leipheim Air Base *** Jagdbombergeschwader 44, 1st squadron permanently deployed to Beja Airbase in

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with 18x

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for weapons training **

Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (German: "Fliegerhorst Fürstenfeldbruck" or "Flugplatz Fürstenfeldbruck") is a former German Air Force airfield near the town of Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany. Fürstenfeldbruck became famous firs ...

*** Jagdbombergeschwader 49, 2x squadrons with 18x Alpha Jets each, and 24x Alpha Jets in reserve (18x for 2nd squadron Jagdbombergeschwader 44)

2. Luftwaffendivision

* 2. Luftwaffendivision (German Air Force),

Birkenfeld Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''. The town itself has approximately 7,000 inhabitants. Geography ...

Neuburg Air Base Neuburg Air Base is a military air base in Germany. It is located in the district of Neuburg on the Danube, approximately 20 km west-southwest of Ingolstadt. Its primary user is Jagdgeschwader 74 (JG 74 for short, Fighter Wing 74 in Englis ...

*** Jagdgeschwader 74, 2x squadrons with 15x F-4F each, and 4x F-4F in reserve ** 4th Air Defense Missile Command, Lich *** 21st Air Defense Missile Wing,

Möhnesee Möhnesee is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography The Möhnesee municipality is situated around the Möhne Reservoir (hence the name), approx. 10 km south of Soest. History On the night of ...

, with 6x

squadrons; each with 1x Engagement Control Station, 1x Radar Set, 8x launch stations *** 38th Air Defense Missile Wing, Burbach, with 4x

squadrons; each with 1x Hawk battery (6x launch stations) *** 42nd Air Defense Missile Group, Schöneck, with 42x Roland systems guarding Rhein-Main, Sembach,

Nörvenich Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren. See also *Nörvenich Air Base Nörvenich Air Base (Fliegerhorst Nörvenich) is a German Air For ...

, Pferdsfeld and Büchel air bases and Lindsey Air Station ** 5th Air Defense Missile Command,

Erding Erding () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the rural district of the same name. It had a population of 36,469 in 2019. The original Erdinger Weissbier is a well-known Bavarian specialty. Erding is located around 31 kilometers nor ...

*** 23rd Air Defense Missile Wing, Manching, with 6x

squadrons; each with 1x Engagement Control Station, 1x Radar Set, 8x launch stations *** 32nd Air Defense Missile Wing,

, with 4x MIM-23 Hawk squadrons; each with 1x Hawk battery (6x launch stations) *** 34th Air Defense Missile Wing,

Rottenburg an der Laaber Rottenburg an der Laaber is a town in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Große Laber, 21 km northwest of Landshut. Notable residents/natives * Max Ritter von Müller (1887–1918), World ...

, with 4x MIM-23 Hawk squadrons; each with 1x Hawk battery (6x launch stations) ** 6th Air Defense Missile Command,

Lenggries Lenggries is a municipality and a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau. The town has about 9,500 inhabitants. By area, it is the largest rural municipality (" Gemei ...

*** 22nd Air Defense Missile Wing, Penzing, with 6x

squadrons; each with 1x Engagement Control Station, 1x Radar Set, 8x launch stations *** 33rd Air Defense Missile Wing, Lenggries, with 4x MIM-23 Hawk squadrons; each with 1x Hawk battery (6x launch stations) *** 43rd Air Defense Missile Group, Leipheim, with 26x Roland systems guarding Lechfeld,

Memmingen Memmingen (; Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-W� ...

, Neuburg and Bremgarten air bases

1 Canadian Air Division

1 Canadian Air Division , colors = Blue, green, yellow, and silver , colors_label = , march = , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label = , ...

^{note 2} (

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), CFB Baden-Söllingen ** 1 Wing

CFB Lahr Canadian Forces Base Lahr (IATA:LHA, ICAO: EDTL, former code EDAN) was a military operated commercial airport located in Lahr, Germany. It was operated primarily as a French air force base, and later as a Canadian army base, beginning in the l ...

***

416 Tactical Fighter Squadron 416 "City of Oshawa" Tactical Fighter Squadron (416 TFS) was a unit of the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron operated the CF-18 Hornet fighter jet from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, Canada. In 2006, 416 TFS stood do ...

441 Tactical Fighter Squadron 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron was a unit of the Canadian Forces. It was originally formed as a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. The squadron operated the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet fighter jet from CFB ...

from

CFB Cold Lake Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake , abbreviated as CFB Cold Lake, is a Canadian Forces Base in the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. The facility is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is approximately south of the ...

, 18x CF-18 *** 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron or 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron from

CFB Bagotville Canadian Forces Base Bagotville , commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, and also known as Bagotville Airport or Saguenay-Bagotville Airport, is a Canadian Forces base located west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay. Located in the centre ...

, 18x CF-18 *** 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (detached to

4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (4CMBG; french: 4e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada, 4GBMC) was a formation of the Canadian Army, then Mobile Command of the unified Canadian Forces. It was part of the European formation known as Canadia ...

), ( CH136 Kiowa, UH1N) *** Detachment Lahr, 412 Transport Squadron, 2x CC-142 Dash 8 *** 129 Air Defence Battery (detached from 4 Air Defence Regiment,

Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery , colors = The guns of the RCA themselves , colors_label = Colours , march = * Slow march: "Royal Artillery Slow March" * Quick march (dismounted parades): " British Grenadiers/ Th ...

, 4x ADATS, 8x 35mm Skyguard) ** 4 Wing CFB Baden-Söllingen *** 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 18x CF-18 CF-18A 439 sq (23780173449)

*** 421 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 18x CF-18 *** 439 Tactical Fighter Squadron, 18x CF-18 *** Training Flight, 5x

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*** 128 Air Defence Battery (detached from 4 Air Defence Regiment,

, 4x ADATS, 8x 35mm Skyguard) Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 (CL-30) AN2287793

note 1: Nuclear sharing unit capable of delivering

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s.
note 2: The Canadian Forces NATO reinforcement units were two Fighter Squadrons rotated from

with

and

, and from

with 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron and 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron each with 18x CF-18. These forces represented the complete combat-capable assets of Canadian Forces Air Command. The units marked as reinforcements were nominally assigned to the NORAD Canada East and Canada West regions, the plan being that once the two squadrons were deployed to NATO there would be two squadrons remaining with NORAD (one squadron in each region).

References

* Dragoner, O.W. ''Die Bundeswehr 1989'' Volume 2.1, availabl
here
* Dragoner, O.W. ''Die Bundeswehr 1989'' Volume 3, availabl
here
* Pedlow, Gregory W. ''The Evolution of NATO’s Command Structure, 1951–2009'' availabl

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