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The Supreme Allied
Commander Europe

One of the two strategic commanders for NATO and the commanding officer of Allied Command Operations (ACO). The current SACEUR is General Cavoli. The SACEUR is responsible to NATO's Military Committee, the highest military authority in NATO, for the overall direction and conduct of military operations for NATO. SACEUR, a United States Flag or General officer, leads all NATO military operations and is dual-hatted as Commander US European Command. His command is exercised from the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) at Casteau, Mons, Belgium.

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Ramstein Flag

Ramstein Flag (RAFL) is Allied Air Command’s newest exercise series, building on theory and academia to provide a sophisticated multi-domain tactical level live-fly exercise that includes realistic problem sets in a complex operational environment. Combining the synthetic training environment, RAFL offers a unique opportunity for the Alliance to exercise Counter Anti-Access/Area Denial and Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) tactics, techniques and procedures.

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