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Volume 29, No. 8 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen 30 August 2013 Photo by Staff Sgt. R. Michael Longoria Maj. Gen. Andrew Mueller, E-3A Component commander, and Maj. Dean Jackson fly a NATO AWACS on a simulator using the upgraded flight-deck and avoinics. NATO AWACS arrives in Seattle for major upgrade By David Sloan engineering, manufacturing and development contract. The move A NATO Airborne Warning and from analog systems to a digital flight Control System aircraft arrives at deck will enable the AWACS fleets Boeing Field in Seattle on Aug. 1, 2013, to meet current and future air traffic in preparation for a flight-deck and management requirements for flying avionics upgrade. The move from in worldwide airspace. 60¡ 65¡ 70¡ 75¡ 80¡ 85¡ 90¡ 95¡ 100¡ 105¡ 110¡ 115¡ 120¡ 125¡ 40¡ analog systems to a digital flight deck UZBEKISTAN will enable the NATO and U.S. AWACS During a meeting with Boeing KAZAKHST AN MONGOLIA Dzungar ia fleets to meet current and future air employees the following day, Maj. Almaty Bishkek †rŸmqi GOBI Beijing Dalian Bukhara Oz. Issyk Kul' N traffic management requirements Gen. Andrew Mueller, commander Tashkent H A UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN S Hami Baotou Tianjin Bo Hai N for flying in worldwide airspace. The of NATO’s E-3A Component, thanked Samarkand E I Turfan Depression Aksu TURKMENISTAN T modification begins next month. them for the engineering already 35¡ Mashhad ORDOS Shijiazhuang 35¡ Dushanbe Qingdao TAJIKISTAN During the next few weeks, BoeingYinchuan completed and for their work to make Yumen Taiyuan T ARIM PENDI crews will analyze performance the modification more affordable.YELLOW Sheberghan Mazar-e Sharif N Q I L I SEA CHINA OPERATION H A A N IRAN S S T U N characteristics ofH the legacy systems Herat A L A N Ho ng that will Qinghairemain Hu on the aircraft, wa“I standZhengzhou behind you and your work. 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A Mt Everest Vinh S A H D A L O U S H A N G o A Guiyang Pune d Y NEP AL LAL OSA Y Cancer Karachi N a v Tropic of Jodhpur Jaipur Chiang Mai Thimphu a O Lucknow Katmandu Shantou W Ghagara r Cancer Ajmer S i Prome Vientiane BHUTAN a L M M utr L S Kanpur e ap I 15¡ H Solapur M.Lampang Brkahm E Liuzhou T A D o Guangzhou A Udaipur Varanasi Gauhati A Kunming G AllahabadA n Hue Kolhapur Hyderabad H ulf W G s g A Hong Kong S of G a n g e K Patna N G ac N Macau hch A Da Nang Vishakhapatnam h Ahmadabad Yangon Nanning T rish Henzada Son 15¡ K n N Jamnagar R BANGLADESH Dongsha 20¡ (Rangoon) A Imphal Qundao R N E BAY OF Dhaka Bhavnagar Vadodara THAILAND Hubli-Dharwar 20¡ BasseinNarmada Moulmein G Zhanjiang E Vijayawada B URMA E R t f n Jamshedpur a Surat Hanoi Kurnool T o a (MYANMAR) BENGAL h VIETNAM b f b Nakhon Ratchasima m l Chittagong A N a M Haikou S h o INDIAu a B Kolkata (Calcutta) Haiphong K u t I R y of ths G r L s G Mandalay Qui Nhon lf of th A DgeAN d e A A ARABIAN Gu Irr Nagpur a ANOMan d P E G U Y O M A a PH e G Gulf of wa Raipur U M Mouths of th a d K Hainan dy M K w Louang Prabang E a Tongkin G Nellore T h A a SEA Mumbai (Bombay) A a Cuttack r Chu Yang Sin n r DECCAN a N CAMBODIAI U di Akyab TANEN R. Vinh N H G o Tavoy Pune d Bangkok Battambang Y LAOS a v G Chiang NhaMai Trang Mangalore a O W r i R Kampong ChamProme Vientiane A Bangalore M M S A e 15¡ Solapur M.Lampang k Chennai (Madras) E T N D A A o A n Hue T Kolhapur Hyderabad H G W g Mysore S 10¡ G E N Da Nang MerguiVishakhapatnam Yangon A S T rish Phnom PenhHenzada 15¡ K n N R LACCADIVE IS. (Rangoon)Ho Chi Minh CityA R N Kozhikode E BAY OF THAILAND Hubli-Dharwar Bassein Moulmein G Coimbatore E Vijayawada E R Andaman f n Kurnool T o a BENGAL Can Tho Nakhon RatchasimaSOUTH VIETNAM lf b N S M a B ou u t I Tiruchchirappalli ths MouthsG r ofL NG Qui Nhon of the A DA A MERGUI Gulf of Irr a ANOM 10¡ Sea aw U PH addy theM Mekong CHINA ANDAMAN IS. K E G NelloreARCHIP. T A CAMBODIA Chu Yang Sin Thailand U Tavoy N H Bangkok Battambang Nha Trang Madurai Mangalore G SEA Jaﬀna R A Bangalore Kampong Cham A Ten Degree Channel Chennai (Madras) N T Mysore Mui Bai Bung G 10¡ E Thiruvananthapuram r Mergui S Phnom Penh a LACCADIVE IS. Kozhikode Ho Chi Minh City n Trincomalee NICOBARCoimbatore IS. Nakhon Si Thammarat C. Comorin n Andaman a Can Tho SOUTH M Tiruchchirappalli MERGUI Gulf of Mouths of f SRI LANKA 10¡ Phuket Sea the Mekong CHINA o ANDAMAN IS. ARCHIP. l f Songkhla Thailand G u Madurai Kandy Jaﬀna SEA Colombo Ten Degree Channel Mui Bai Bung Thiruvananthapuram r 5¡ Gt. Nicobara n Trincomalee KotaNICOBAR Baharu IS. Nakhon Si Thammarat Galle C. Comorin n a M Bunguran Dondra Head f Phuket INDIAN OCEAN o SRI LANKA u l f Georgetown Songkhla G Kandy Colombo Gt. Nicobar 5¡ 70¡ 75¡ 80¡ 85¡ 90¡ Galle 95¡ 100¡ 105¡ 110¡ Kota Baharu Dondra Head Bunguran INDIAN OCEAN Georgetown 70¡ 75¡ 80¡ 85¡ 90¡ 95¡ 100¡ 105¡ 110¡ 0 500 1000 Miles 0 500 1000 Miles 0 500 1000 1500 Kilometres 0 500 1000 1500 Kilometres 30 August 2013 NATO Skywatch 3 Component is mainstay in NATO operations On August 10, 2013, General David Jones maintained a strong advocacy and control capability for NATO Information Technology Wing.

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