The room is windowless, cut off from space and time, nestled within the Lyon-Mont Verdun base.
At the foot of a huge wall of screens measuring nineteen by four meters, soldiers strum their computers, spread over six bays.
Above them, a glazed balcony already nicknamed
"
the aquarium
"
offers an overview.
It still has no chairs and tables.
Brand new and lined with wood paneling, the Air Operations Planning and Control Center, the Capco, is already in service although it is not quite finished.
It was to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Jean Castex earlier this month.
A calendar constraint postponed the event.
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At Lyon-Mont Verdun, the Air Force is already monitoring the entire French airspace.
As a replacement for obsolete assets, the Capco will now make it possible to coordinate and command France's military air operations anywhere in the world, regardless of the distance.
The Capco,
"it is Syria in
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