CAOC Uedem

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CAOC Uedem is to plan, direct, task coordinate, supervise, assess and report on air operations of all allocated assets in peacetime, crisis and conflict in both static and deployed environments as directed by the NATO Air Commander at Ramstein. In addition, CAOC Uedem will liaise with the appropriate land and maritime forces and provide co-ordination between national and NATO agencies while conducting Air Policing in its assigned Air Policing Area. CAOC Uedem provides Commander Allied Air Command Ramstein with the tools to perform near real-time airpower management. With the closure of the CAOC 2 Detachment on 28 February 2010, CAOC Uedem took over their responsibilities for the deployable capability. When required, CAOC Uedem may need to forward deploy as IDCAOC (Interim Deployable CAOC) to fulfil this mission.

CAOC Uedem is headquartered at the Paulsberg site just outside the town of Uedem in the northwest of Germany near the Dutch border.

Most of the CAOC Uedem support functions are accomplished at the nearby Von-Seydlitz barracks. The National Support Units of Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States are also located there.