Volume 28, No. 13 NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen 13 July 2012 Photo by Andre Joosten VIP flies with Squadron 2 Col. Ton van Happen, E-3A Component deputy commander (DCOM), poses for a photo with Lt. Gen. H. Wehren in front of an AWACS on July 3 at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen.60¡ The general65¡ is the newly70¡ appointed75¡ deputy chief80¡ of Defence85¡ for the90¡ Netherlands95¡ (DCHOD)100¡ and is105¡ the primary110¡ advisor to115¡ the Netherlands 120¡ Minister 125¡ of Defence 40¡ for all AWACS issues.UZBEKIS TGeneralAN Wehren flew on a mission sortie with with Colonel van Happen and members of Squadron 2, whose objective was to support a Dutch 4vs8 KAZAKHST AN Fighter Weapons Instructor Training mission. During the flight, the DzungaDCHODr iawas briefed on past,MONGOLIA ongoing and future operations, fleet modernization and the Canadian Almaty withdrawal. He was also briefed on noise relatedBishkek issues such as the Component’s†rŸmqi very successful noise policy,GOBI the economic impact of the NAEWBeijing program to Dalianthe general and Bukhara Oz. Issyk Kul' N local economy, and the need to performTashkent tree maintenance. After his flight,H theA general expressed his appreciation for the Component’s contribution to NATO’s mission. 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