Abstract
The particular urgency of the air threat led the nations of Western Europe from a very early point in time to organise the coordination of their air defence. The first projects were initiated by the UK under the aegis of the Brussels Treaty. And it was on the basis of the model of RAF's Fighter Command that France established a radar detection network and organised its Territorial Air Defence (DAT). In 1952 NATO relaunched the projects begun by the WEU. Its action extended both to the standardisation of equipment and procedures and also to the creation of a single air defence space for the European zone of NATO. The integrative conceptions promised by documents MC-54 and MC54/1 of NATOs Military Committee were, however, rejected by General de Gaulle. In 1961 the Puget-Norstad agreement established a simple coordination between the French DAT and the unified air defence zone under SACEUR's command. The latter nevertheless integrated the French air forces stationed in Germany (1st Tactical Air Corps) and the north-eastern portion of French territory that served as this force's rear base.
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