NATO air exercises do not stop. Six fighter jets Eurofighters Spaniards have trained with joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC) hand in hand with fighters Americans and French in Mihail Kogalniceanu, one of the air bases of Romania.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Garrido, in statements collected by the media “these types of missions are crucial to practicing and improving joint operations with NATO allies“In his opinion, “overcoming challenges such as language barriers, weather conditions and geography reflects the skill and professionalism of our pilots and the capabilities of our Eurofighters“.
But what does close air support consist of? “This is a special type of mission in which coordinated close air attack controllers (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, JTAC) guide aircraft so that they can provide support without causing risk to their own troops or causing collateral damage. In this case, North American military used laser guidance to guide the Eurofighter spanish in the middle of the night.”
The Atlantic alliance has stressed that these missions “They tested the operational limits of the aircraftwhile maintaining mission accuracy and success.”
According to the publication, the Spanish contingent deployed at the Romanian base is part of the operation NATO IAMD Persistent Effort. “The alliance’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense incorporates all measures to deter and defend against any air and missile threat or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action.”
