INTERVIEW
GENERAL TOD D. WOLTERS, SACEUR
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe stresses that the Armed Forces of all the
countries of the Atlantic Alliance “have responded to the complex situation caused
by COVID-19”.
MISSIONS
34 Surveillance
in the Black Sea
For the first time, Spanish fighter jets
join Romanian Air Force in NATO’s air
policing mission in South-Eastern Europe.
INTERVIEW
36 Lieutenant General
Fernando de la Cruz
Caravaca
“We provide security and prosperity”,
says the CAOC TJ Commander.
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NATIONAL
10 Admiral Teodoro
López Calderón,
new CHOD
Former Navy Chief of Staff
replaces Air Force General
Miguel Ángel Villarroya as Chief
of Defence Staff.
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