Military Technology EATC

Introduction 2 · MILITARY TECHNOLOGY Special Issue 2021 Forewords EATC at Large COVID-19: From Challenges to Opportunities.............. 17 EATC – The Heart and Soul of Air Mobility................... 19 “Train As You Fight, Together!”.................................... 23 Documents, Concepts, Interoperability – Shaping the Future!.................................................... 26 A Glimpse at the EATC Fleet....................................... 30 Reaching Out Through Pooling and Sharing!............... 33 Aeromedical Evacuation par excellence!..................... 36 EATC, the Air-to-Air Refuelling Trademark................... 40 MEAT: The Backbone of EATC’s Missions!................... 44 EATC Sponsor Nation Concept – How to Sponsor a Mission Within EATC?..................... 46 Impressum................................................................. 48 Major General Thierry Dupont Index of Advertisers AIRBUS Defence and Space. . 2nd cover ANPC. .............................................. 27 AUTOFLUG GmbH............................. 31 EMBRAER............................... 4th cover Inovytec Media Solutions Ltd............ 39 OEM Defence Services..................... 29 On the cover: The European Air Transport Command (EATC) celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2020. EATC is a single multinational command of seven member nations for air mobility, including air transport, air-to-air refuelling and aeromedical evacuation. The photo illustrates the preparation of an aeromedical evacuation mission in the wake of Hurricane “Irma” in 2017. (Photo: German Air Force) Major General Andreas Schick 5 General Philippe Lavigne 11 Brigadier General Paul Desair 7 Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz 12 Brigadier General Stéphane Gourg 8 Lieutenant General Alberto Rosso 13 Air General Javier Salto Martinez-Avial 16 Colonel Pascal Ballinger 14 10 Lieutenant General Dennis Luyt 15