page_title: Allied Joint Force Command Naples
section_title: Structure in 1989
hierarchical_section_title: Allied Joint Force Command Naples / History / Structure in 1989
caption_attribution_description: English: NATO Allied Forces Southern Europe 1989
context_page_description: Allied Joint Force Command Naples is a NATO military command based in Lago Patria, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy. It was activated on 15 March 2004, after what was effectively a redesignation of its predecessor command, Allied Forces Southern Europe, originally formed in 1951. In NATO Military Command Structure terms, AFSOUTH was a "Major Subordinate Command". The commander of JFC Naples reports to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Casteau, Belgium.
context_section_description: At the end of the Cold War consisted of the following commands:
  Allied Command Europe, in Mons, Belgium
  Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH), in Naples, Italy
  Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (LANDSOUTH), in Verona, Italy
  3rd Italian Corps, in Milan
  4th Italian Alpine Corps, in Bolzano
  5th Italian Corps, in Vittorio Veneto
  Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (LANDSOUTHEAST), in İzmir, Turkey
  1st Turkish Army, in Istanbul
  2nd Turkish Army in Malatya
  3rd Turkish Army, in Erzincan
  Allied Land Forces South-Central Europe (LANDSOUTHCENT) in Larissa, Greece
  Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH), in Naples, Italy
  Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force (5 ATAF), in Vicenza, Italy
  Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force (6 ATAF), in İzmir, Turkey
  Seventh Allied Tactical Air Force (7 ATAF) in Larissa, Greece, a planned command for the Greek Air Force, but never actually established
  Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe (NAVSOUTH), in Naples, Italy, with the following national commands of Mediterranean NATO members:
  Commander Gibraltar Mediterranean (COMGIBMED), in Gibraltar, under a Royal Navy Rear Admiral, who doubled as Commander British Forces Gibraltar
  Commander Western Mediterranean (COMMEDWEST), under a French Navy admiral, until 1962 in Algiers, then Toulon, after France left NATO's integrated command structure in 1966 the command was absorbed by NAVSOUTH
  Commander Central Mediterranean (COMEDCENT), in Naples, under an Italian Navy admiral
  Commander Eastern Mediterranean (COMEDEAST), in Athens, under a Greek Navy admiral
  Commander South-Eastern Mediterranean (COMMEDSOUTHEAST), under a British admiral in Malta, after the disbanding of the Mediterranean Fleet, the command was absorbed by NAVSOUTH
  Commander North-eastern Mediterranean (COMEDNOREAST), in Ankara, under a Turkish Navy admiral (includes the Black Sea)
  Commander Maritime Air Forces Mediterranean (COMMARAIRMED), at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, under Commander US Navy Fleet Air Wing Mediterranean
  Commander Submarines Mediterranean (COMSUBMED), in Naples, under Commander US Navy Submarine Group 8
  Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe (STRIKFORSOUTH), in Naples, Italy, centered around the US Navy Sixth Fleet
caption: Command Structure of AFSOUTH in 1989 (click to enlarge)
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