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 US, French air forces invest in partnership, strengthen C2 trainingPublished Sept. 5, 2022
                        
                        By 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs
                        
                        
                        505th Training Squadron
                **HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) --**
                The**505th Command and Control Wing**and members of the French air forcerecently exchanged ideas and views on air operations training during a visit to the Center of Analysis and Simulation for the Preparation of Air Operations, or **CASPOA**, Lyon, France. 
 The**505th Training Squadron**commander and French exchange officer visited CASPOA, also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization **Air Operations Center of Excellence**, or AO COE. The AO COE is a multi-national manned, French-funded organization located at BaseAérienne 942 Lyon Mount-Verdun, France. 
 The AO COE’s mission is to enhance AO across the**NATO**command and force structure and support the development of AO capabilities, concepts, and doctrine. The CASPOA draws on experiences and skills within AO, technical simulation, and air command and control systems domains while providing French and NATO’s primary tactical AO training to warfighters who, plan, task, and execute C2 of airpower. photo of  French air force member briefing a  US military member sitting in chairsFrench air force Lt. Col. Martel, briefs U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kari Mott, during a visit to the Centre Air de Planification et de Conduite des Operations, Lyon, France, Sept. 3-5, 2022.  The 505th Training Squadron’s mission  at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is to train joint and coalition warfighters on C2 processes and systems used to employ air, space, and cyber at the operational level of war for geographic AOCs and functional OCs.  (French air force photo)
            
            
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    photo of French air force member briefing a  US military member sitting in chairsU.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sarah Pyle, U.S. Air Force  Lt. Col. Kari Mott, French air force Major Alexandre Hamel, and French air force Col. Emmanuel Singaraud, exchanged ideas and views on air operations training during a visit to the Center of Analysis and Simulation for the Preparation of Air Operations, or CASPOA, Lyon, France, Sept. 3-5, 2022.  The 505th Training Squadron’s mission  at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is to train joint and coalition warfighters on C2 processes and systems used to employ air, space, and cyber at the operational level of war for geographic AOCs and functional OCs.   (Photo courtesy: French air force)
            
            
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    photo of French military officer briefing a group of military personnel sitting at a tableFrench air force Lt. Col. Munsch briefs U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kari Mott, during a visit to the Centre National des Operations  Aériennes, Lyon, France, Sept. 3-5, 2022.  The 505th Training Squadron’s mission  at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is to train joint and coalition warfighters on C2 processes and systems used to employ air, space, and cyber at the operational level of war for geographic AOCs and functional OCs.  (Photo courtesy: French air force)
            
            
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During the visit, the 505th TRS commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kari Mott, met with French air force Col. EmmanuelSingaraud, CASPOA commander, to discuss their unit missions and best practices in overcoming shared challenges. 
 “CASPOA is an impressive unit with a broad mission that encompasses much of what the 505th Command and Control Wing does. It was enlightening to see that the training challenges my squadron is facing in the U.S. are almost identical to the ones that CASPOA is facing in France,” Mott said. 
 Mott also believes a strong and enduring relationship between the units will lead to collaboration and synergistic effects across the AO domain. 
 The French and American exchange officers used the visit as a chance to set up continued exchange events between units.  After almost three years ofCOVID restrictions, this customary in-person gathering has returned, paving the way for improved cross-cultural communication and cooperation to address shared challenges. 
 Mott also visited and received mission briefs from le Centre Air de planification et deConduite des Operations (a French AO planification and execution center, an AOC-like structure), the Centre National des Operations Aériennes (French national air surveillance and operations center), a control and reporting center, and the French Search and Rescue Center. 
 The 505th Training Squadron’s mission at**Hurlburt Field**, Florida, is to train joint and coalition warfighters on C2 processes and systems used to employ air, space, and cyber at the operational level of war for geographic AOCs and functional OCs.FS 



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