The German Air Force will strengthen its ability to plan and manage defense operations from a new headquarters in northwestern Germany, DPA reported.
The new command center opened today in the Kalkar area, near Germany's border with the Netherlands.
Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz called the rebuilt command post a "decisive moment" for "Germany's national and collective defense".
The headquarters will facilitate multinational operations between NATO allies and the Luftwaffe, Germany's air force.
"Air Defender", the largest air force deployment exercise, showed that it will take some time before we can command our partners' aircraft. Now, with the new command center, that is changing," Gerhartz said.
The German military said the headquarters was "capable of operationally implementing political decisions to use the air force within the framework of national and collective defense at any time without prior preparation, thus ensuring the ability to react immediately at any time in the event of a crisis."