The Operational Command of the Joint Allied Forces on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO), headquartered in Brunssum, the Netherlands, has been headed by Inspector of the Air Force of the Bundeswehr, General Ingo Gerhartz. This is reported by UNN referring to the NATO Joint Command.
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The 59-year-old general replaced Italian General Guglielmo Luigi Miglietta in this position. In the coming years, Gerhartz will lead the operational defense of NATO's eastern flank, which stretches from Norway to Hungary. Thus, Gerhartz will take command of the army along the nearly 4,000-kilometer border of NATO countries with Russia and Belarus.
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Ingo Gerhartz was one of the Bundeswehr officers whose talks were intercepted and published by Russian propaganda in March 2024. The German Ministry of Defense then acknowledged the leak of a recording of an online conference of senior officers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).
After the interception of conversations regarding Gerhartz, an investigation was launched, but it was terminated as his involvement in the leak was not confirmed.
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