Major Mark Meeuwissen graduated from the Royal Military Academy Brussels in 1988 with a Master in Military and Aeronautical Science. His carrier as pilot was performed on F-16 in the Fighter-Bomber role and on NATO AWACS up to pilot-evaluator. On both platforms, he participated multiple times in several operations: Operation Deliberate Guard/Joint Falcon (Balkans), Baltic QRA (Air Policing), Afghan Assist and Active Endeavour. Besides National Headquarters and Air Staff in the Operations and Planning Divisions, he fulfilled two tours in CAOC, the first one in the Training and Exercises Branch; the second one as Defensive Planner in the Plans Division. He spent 3 years in Eindhoven in the EATC (European Air Transport Command) as supervisor for the European-American region. In September 2021, he joined JAPCC, where he is the Air Operations Planning SME.