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{{short description|'''NATO multinational intelligence centre at RAF Molesworth'''}}
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| name = NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre
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| type = Multinational military intelligence centre
| founded = {{Start date|2006|10}}
| headquarters = [[RAF Molesworth]], Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
| location = United Kingdom
| area_served = [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation|NATO]]
| services = Intelligence fusion and support to NATO operations
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| remarks = United States framework (sponsoring) nation; United Kingdom host nation
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The '''NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre''' ('''NIFC''') is a multinational military intelligence organisation of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] (NATO) based at [[RAF Molesworth]] in Cambridgeshire. It fuses intelligence from Allied nations in support of NATO missions and operations.<ref name="Stiegel2018">Robert G. Stiegel, [https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Origin-Evolution-Joint-Analysis.pdf The Origin and Evolution of the Joint Analysis Center at RAF Molesworth], ''Studies in Intelligence'', Vol. 62, No. 1, March 2018, accessed 5 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CSW2014">Chrissy Best, [https://www.501csw.usafe.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/727339/saceur-dedicates-new-nifc-building/ SACEUR dedicates new NIFC building], 501st Combat Support Wing, 18 September 2014, accessed 5 November 2026.</ref>

==Role and location==
According to a 2014 [[United States Air Force]] account of a dedication ceremony at RAF Molesworth, the NIFC is "a multi-national intelligence organization" that "supports operations across three continents" and provides intelligence "to warn commanders of potential crises, and to support the planning and execution of NATO operations", including "direct intelligence support to NATO Special Operations Forces". At that ceremony the then [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] (SACEUR), General Phillip M. Breedlove, dedicated a new NIFC building.<ref name="CSW2014"/>

The centre sits alongside the US European Command Joint Analysis Center (JAC) at RAF Molesworth. A ''Studies in Intelligence'' article by a retired US Air Force colonel describes the NIFC as one of the principal joint and combined intelligence centres hosted at the station, together with the JAC and a US Africa Command intelligence detachment, supporting US combatant-command headquarters in Stuttgart and NATO supreme headquarters in Mons.<ref name="Stiegel2018"/>

In October 2021 the chair of NATO's Military Intelligence Committee visited "the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre and the Centralized Targeting Capacity in RAF Airbase Molesworth" as part of a tour of Alliance intelligence bodies.<ref name="ACT2021">NATO Allied Command Transformation, [https://www.act.nato.int/article/military-intelligence-committee-chair-visit/ Military Intelligence Committee Chair Visit], 15 October 2021, accessed 5 November 2026.</ref>

==History==
The NIFC was established at RAF Molesworth in 2006, with the [[United States]] as the framework (sponsoring) nation and the [[United Kingdom]] as the host nation. ''Studies in Intelligence'' links its creation to NATO leaders' recognition of a need for enhanced multinational intelligence support, including for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and records that over the following decade it grew to more than 200 personnel from 26 NATO member states plus one non-NATO state approved by the North Atlantic Council.<ref name="Stiegel2018"/>

US and Allied officials marked the centre's opening at RAF Molesworth on 16 October 2006. Reporting in ''Stars and Stripes'' described a ceremony attended by SACEUR General James L. Jones, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning John Colston, and the British Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Adam Ingram, and said the centre was intended to consolidate intelligence from NATO partners, including for operations in Afghanistan.<ref name="Stripes2006">Bryan Mitchell, [https://www.stripes.com/news/2006-10-17/nato-intelligence-fusion-center-opens-in-england-1974126.html NATO Intelligence Fusion Center opens in England], ''Stars and Stripes'', 17 October 2006, accessed 5 November 2026.</ref> The 501st Combat Support Wing later summarised the establishment date as October 2006.<ref name="CSW2014"/>

==United Kingdom and United States links==
The United Kingdom hosts the centre at RAF Molesworth. The United States is the framework nation; US personnel assigned to the NIFC have been carried on JAC manpower documents, and the centre was colocated with the JAC so that it could work with JAC analysts and use the station's communications architecture.<ref name="Stiegel2018"/> The British Armed Forces minister Adam Ingram took part in the 2006 opening ceremony.<ref name="Stripes2006"/>

==Integrity Initiative and Specialist Group Military Intelligence==
The [[Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media]] recorded in its December 2018 briefing note that a Ukrainian special forces visit organised by the [[Institute for Statecraft]] in July 2016 also took in [[3 Military Intelligence Battalion]], [[HQ Field Army]], [[77th Brigade]], [[Specialist Group Military Intelligence]] (SGMI), the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre and a meeting with [[Permanent Joint Headquarters]] staff at the Institute itself.<ref name="SPM2018">Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, [https://www.syriapropagandamedia.org/working-papers/briefing-note-on-the-integrity-initiative Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative], 21 December 2018, updated 29 December 2018, accessed 5 November 2026.</ref> An Institute for Statecraft programme for that visit, among [[Integrity Initiative]] documents published by [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]], schedules a "Workshop for NIFC/SHAPE" at RAF Molesworth and lists the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre among the hosts.<ref name="UkrProg">Institute for Statecraft, ''Visit of Ukrainian Reserve Officers'' programme, 11 July 2016, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Specialist Group Military Intelligence]]
*[[77th Brigade]]
*[[Permanent Joint Headquarters]]
*[[Land Intelligence Fusion Centre]]
*[[Defence Intelligence]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:NATO|Intelligence Fusion Centre]]
[[Category:Defence|NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre]]
[[Category:British Military|NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre]]
[[Category:UK|NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre]]

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