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The SHAPE honor guard is presented to King Baudouin of Belgium during his visit to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Maisières (Belgium) in 1981. From 1993, the staffing of ACE was reduced in line with personnel reductions already in progress since 1990 and the Schaefer Plan, drafted by retired German general Shaefer.
Chièvres Air Base (ICAO: EBCV), also referred to as SHAPE Airfield at Chievres Air Base, [2] is a NATO airfield operated by the United States Air Force.It is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east southeast [1] of the Walloon town of Chièvres in the province of Hainaut, Belgium and about 12 mi (19 km) from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau.
Bases NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany - hosts NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (NAEWF) Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft. Chièvres Air Base, Belgium - operated by U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force but "considered an installation of SHAPE."
In effect, SACEUR is the second-highest military position within NATO, below only the Chair of the NATO Military Committee in terms of precedence. [2] There is another Supreme Allied Commander in NATO, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), titularly equal, but whose duties are less operational.
SHAPE is currently the headquarters of NATO's Allied Command Operations (ACO). Since 1967 it has been located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons, [14] but it had previously been located, from 1953, at Rocquencourt, next to Versailles, France. From 1951 to 2003, SHAPE was the headquarters of Allied Command Europe (ACE). Since 2003 it ...
The Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (AMF) was a small NATO quick reaction force, headquartered at Heidelberg, Germany, active from 1960 to 2002. It formed part of Allied Command Europe (ACE), headquartered at SHAPE at Casteau, Belgium.
Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) had been formed in 1958 to direct NATO air units in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the northern part of Germany in support of Northern Army Group (NORTHAG). Commander of 2ATAF was the commanding general of RAF Germany.
SHAPE American High School is a US Department of Defense Dependents high school (DoDDS) for grades 9–12 located at Maisières, a town north of the city of Mons in Belgium. SHAPE American High School provides education for the dependents of military personnel and civilian employees at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), a ...