JAWTEX 2014

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JAWTEX 2014 (abbreviation for: Joint Air Warfare Tactical Exercise) was a major maneuver by the German armed forces that took place from May 12 to 23, 2014 in north and north-east Germany. The focus was on practicing the interaction of air forces with units of the army and the navy (air surface integration) as well as joint tactical fire support .

Around 4,200 to 4,500 soldiers from twelve different nations with over 100 manned and unmanned aircraft (jets, transport aircraft, helicopters, drones, AWACS) and ships of the German Navy took part in JAWTEX 2014. Germany provided the largest contingent of troops, 1,300 of them from the Air Force . Around 800 participants came from the NATO member states of the Netherlands, France, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, Hungary and the United States of America, as well as the non-NATO countries Finland, Austria and Switzerland. The participation of neutral Switzerland in the Partnership for Peace program met with some criticism in the country. SVP National Councilor Lukas Reimann , who is also President of the Action for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland , demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Swiss participants.

The Luftwaffe's air operations center had organizational responsibility, while the operational headquarters (command post) during the exercise were located at Holzdorf Air Base . The exercise director was Brigadier General Burkhard Pototzky .

The underlying scenario was that the maneuver area represents a fictional island divided into five nations, between which there are cross-border conflicts. One of the states (in real terms, including the area of ​​Schleswig-Holstein and northern Lower Saxony) is neutral, from where NATO troops intervened to stabilize the situation.

Low-level missions were only carried out on weekdays and were essentially limited to military training areas. On May 19, an airborne exercise was carried out at the Klietz military training area, during which around 400 of the 900 airborne soldiers involved in the maneuver jumped off.

JAWTEX 2014 was the largest military exercise in Germany since reunification and was the prelude to a new series of maneuvers. It replaces the earlier ELITE exercise series, but in contrast to this, it emphasizes breadth over depth. The JAWTEX maneuvers are to take place every two years in future.

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