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Volume 29, No. 9 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen 27 Septembery 2013 Photo by Wiel Borghans Exercise, Exercise, Exercise The E-3A Component held a large, multi-scenario exercise in cooridination with local German emergency personnel. For more photos and information, see pages 8 and 9. Training Wing changes command Colonel Arturo Di Martino assumes command of the Training Wing on Sept. 20, 2013. Photo by Wiel Borghans By Maureen Geraets-Head The new Training Wing Commander, Colonel Di Martino said in his The Trapani Room at the E-3A Club speech, “I am fully aware of the huge is filled with guests attending the responsibilities that are connected with Training Wing Change of Command. the fulfillment of a Wing Commander’s duties. Being in charge as the Wing With the marching in of the Colors Commander certainly means to be the ceremony starts. Colonel Arturo accountable. 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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. 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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 27 September 2013 NATO Skywatch 3 Volunteers – Making Things Happen for all of us For the past 30 years at the NATEX fashion show is shaping up to be treasurer for five years and Angelique extent.