Joint Analysis Centre (JAC)

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Joint Analysis Centre (JAC)Molesworth

On 11 January 1990 the RAF announced new construction would begin later that year to house the US European Command's new intelligence analysis centre. This facility would become known as the Joint Analysis Centre (JAC).

With the end of the Cold War, the JAC found it necessary to redefine itself in a new era. During the 1990s and into the 21st Century the JAC has provided intelligence support for US and NATO missions in the Middle East and the Balkans while also providing global assistance in the War on Terrorism.

Men and women in the U.S. European Command's Joint Analysis Center (JAC) process, analyze and consolidate data to produce fused intelligence information focusing on an area of responsibility consisting of more than 77 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They support mission planning and operations by U.S., Allied and NATO commanders during peace, crisis and war. Military commanders and decision-makers at all levels rely on data produced at the JAC. Major recent operations include monitoring events in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Northern Iraq. Personnel from all four U.S. military services are assigned to the Joint Analysis Center and contribute to the intelligence mission.

The JAC was formerly the U.S. European Defense Analysis Center (EUDAC), which was co-located with USEUCOM at Patch Barracks (Stuttgart) Germany, in August 1975. The USEUCOM JAC began operations at RAF Molesworth in October 1991. The JAC activated at RAF Molesworth in 1992, moving from its base in Stuttgart, Germany, and has been steadily increasing its capability since then. The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO), and other tenant organizations are also located at RAF Molesworth.

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