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Soldiers from the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), U.S. Air Force personnel, and NATO allies are preparing for the annual NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) live fire exercise, Nov. 18, 2020. The NAMFI live fire is designed to enhance interoperability among NATO allies and partners to increase readiness through the integration of land component air and missile defense capabilities.

NAMFI is a German-led, Greece-hosted exercise and is supported by The Netherlands. The NAMFI live fire takes place on the Greek Island of Crete, and is conducted by more than 600 personnel from the U.S., Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands. This year’s live fire marks the return of U.S. personnel to the exercise, after a three-year hiatus. On Monday, U.S. Patriot operators will fire four missiles from German Patriot missile platforms.

The mission is for ground forces to establish a fully-integrated and partnered surface-based air defense operations cell and then conduct a live fire exercise, explained Netherlands Air Force Lt. Col. Rudi Snel, assigned to NATO Air Command Headquarters. Snel, who is also the Team Chief of the exercises evaluation team, said this will all be accomplished while being graded by a team of 51 evaluators…

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