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Luftmaktseminaret 2025/Air Power Conference

Air Defence in a period of unrest: how should air operations be led in the future?

The conference addressed the evolving challenges of air command and control (C2) within a shifting security environment, focusing on NATO’s structural changes, the integration of Finland and Sweden, technological advancements, and concepts like Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO), with emphasis on NATO’s northern flank.

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Conference video programme

Most of the contributions are in English. Those in Norwegian are listed with their Norwegian titles and marked with a (No) 

DAY 1

00:00:03   Conference Opening
Major General Øyvind Gunnerud, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force

00:08:54   Conference introduction
Major (r)/Dr Steinar Skaar, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy 

Ledelse av luftoperasjoner, utfordringene?/Commanding Air Operations, the challenges

00:21:53   Adaptable organisations – a perspective from the U.S. Marine Corps
Major General Robert Sofge, Commander of Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa (MFEA)

00:42:26 Air C2 in Joint All Domain Operations, technological, organisational and operational challenges
Colonel Ken “Det” Voigt, Commander 552nd Air Control Wing, United States Air Force

01:02:46   Luft K2, utfordringene fra et taktisk perspektiv (No)
(Air C2, the challenges from a tactical perspective)
Colonel Ole Marius Tørrisplass, Commander 132 Airwing, Royal Norwegian Air Force

01:18:33 Panel debate
Moderator: Major (r)/Dr Steinar Skaar, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy
Panel:

  • Colonel Ken “Det” Voigt, Commander 552nd Air Control Wing, United States Air Force
  • Major General Robert Sofge, Commander of Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa (MFEA)
  • Colonel Ole Marius Tørrisplass, Commander 132 Airwing, Royal Norwegian Air Force

01:47:54   Technology – NATO's strengths and limitations
Professor Justin Bronk, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

02:02:20   Air C2 in the future, perspectives from HQ AIRNORTH (En)
Group Captain Jason Payne, Ops division, HQ AIRNORTH

02:20:49   Dagsepilog (No)
(epilogue)
Associate Professor Ole Jørgen Maaø, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy

DAY 2

02:47:42   Introduction day two
Major (r)/Dr Steinar Skaar, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy

02:51:45   Luftforsvarets leseliste (No)
(The Norwegian Air Force Reading List)
Associate Professor Lars Peder Haga, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy

03:03:55   Kadettforedrag (No)
(Talk by cadets from the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy) Cadet Mari Midtbø-Nilsen and Cadet Sondre Skogum

03:18:21   Targeting, en fellesoperativ kjerneoppgave (No)
(Targeting, a core process in Joint Operations)
Lieutenant Colonel/Professor Dag Henriksen, NDUC/Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy

03:39:15   FOHs rolle, betydning, og tilnærming til multi-domene operasjoner – bremsekloss eller pådriver? (No)
(The role of the Norwegian Joint Heaquarters and its approach to Multi-Domain Operations)
Brigader General Eirik Guldvog, Norwegian Joint Command

03:56:19   The technology for planning and managing air operations, current and future
Ken Van Eyndonck (NEC CCIS) and Richard Watts (IBM)

04:43:54   Nordic cooperation, a challenging enterprise
Associate Fellow Minna Ålander, Chatham House Europe Programme/CEPA

05:06:05   Panel discussion among the Nordic Air Chiefs
Moderator: Professor Håkon Lunde Saxi, Norwegian Defence University College
Panel:

  • Major General Jonas Wikman, Chief of the Swedish Air Force
  • Brigadier General Aki Puustinen, Chief of Staff Finnish Air Force
  • Major General Øyvind Gunnerud, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force

05:56:11   Seminarepilog (No)
(Conference Epilogue)
Lieutenant Colonel/Professor Harald Høiback

06:11:56   Final remarks by the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force
Major General Øyvind Gunnerud, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force

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