IMS Exercise Announcement 12 August 2002<br /><br />NATO AIR MEET 2002 <br /><br />NATO Exercises Twelve Air Forces Over Norway<br /><br />NATO?S live-flying exercise NATO AIR MEET 2002 (NAM 02) will take place during the period 31 August ? 13 September 2002. The exercise will be conducted by Headquarters Allied Air Forces North, Ramstein, Germany, and will involve air forces from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The French air force joins the exercise as part of the normal training relations that have been established with its allies. This year, the exercise will again be hosted by Norway and the participating aircraft will operate from Main Air Station Ørland. <br /><br />Nam 02 is designed to exercise participating nations? air forces in tactical air operations. The exercise will focus on practising and evaluating tactics for the use of composite air operations with emphasis on the suppression of enemy air defences and electronic warfare. The exercise area will be limited to Norway and will involve more than 80 different aircraft including tanker and airborne early warning aircraft and ground- and sea-based air defence systems. No exercise flying will take place on the weekends. Flying will take place during daytime only, with the exception of 6 September 2002 when night operations (until midnight) will take place over Northern Norway. Waivers to allow low-level flying down to 500 feet above ground level in the exercise area have been submitted. <br /><br />A press information centre will be operated at Ørland Main Air Station during the period 31 August ? 12 September 2002. <br /> <br /><br />Note for the Editor: <br />Media questions should be addressed to HQ AIRNORTH, Public Information Office, tel +49-(0) 6371-402060, fax +49-(0) 6371-401093, and e-mail airnorth.pio@gmx.de. Media visiting from outside of Norway are encouraged to plan any visits for the periods 2 - 6 and 9 - 12 September when live flying operations will be conducted.