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Allied Air Command enhance Partnership interoperability during Mobile Training Team event in Colombia

NATO Allied Air Command

Oct 9 2025

RAMSTEIN, Germany -- From September 29 to October 1, 2025, a team from Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) conducted a Mobile Training Team (MTT) event in Bogotá, Colombia focussed on Public Affairs in Operations.

AIRCOM's MTT programme strives to enhance the operational readiness and effectiveness of Allied and Partner Air Forces. This is achieved through comprehensive training in air doctrine, tactics, techniques, procedures, and methods across a wide range of operational and tactical air power concepts.

primary objective of the Public Affairs in Operations engagement was to equip personnel from the Colombian Air and Space Force (COLAF) with the necessary knowledge and tools at the operational and tactical levels to effectively plan and execute Public Affairs (PA) activities in support of NATO military operations.

The training was facilitated by two subject matter experts from AIRCOM's Strategic Communication Division, whose expertise ensured a high-level exchange of best practices in PA planning. The three day event focused on aligning Public Affairs objectives with operational effects, synchronizing media operations, and maximizing the strategic impact of communication efforts to support the commander's intent and mission success.

"NATO values its close partnership with Allied Partner Colombia, the Strategic Communications branch of the COLAF are extremely professional and have a great deal of PA experience, the engaging and open dialog during the MTT has been mutually beneficial. We look forward to working with, and alongside the COLAF in the future" said Chief Public Affairs Officer, Allied Air Command, Lieutenant Colonel Marco DeSimone.

During the same period, Joint Force Command Naples Military Partnership Branch, supported by the Allied Air Command, conducted a NATO Evaluation of a Colombian Air Force unit. The unit involved was the 811th Air to Air Refueling Squadron, operating a Boeing KC-767/MMTT Jupiter.

This evaluation builds on the successful Self-Evaluation Level 1 conducted by the 811th Squadron last year. Colombia, the host partner nation, contributed 11 trained assessors to the team, underscoring its growing role in collective operational development.

The 811th Squadron was assessed as meeting NATO standards at NEL1, reflecting strong progress in operational capability and interoperability. A number of learning points were identified, which will be addressed as Colombia works towards a Self-Evaluation Level 2 in the coming year, part of a broader commitment to long-term capability building - Read More - JFC Naples.

Colombia joined the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme in 2017 and numerous meetings and collaborative activities between AIRCOM and Partners had been conducted. A valued PfP Nation. AIRCOM has a regional partnership framework with 41 nations.

This initiative highlights the continued cooperation and mutual commitment between NATO and Colombia, aimed at strengthening strategic communication capabilities and interoperability in modern air and space operations.

Story by Allied Air Command Public Affairs Office