Control and Reporting Center

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A Control and Reporting Center ( CRC ) is a military air surveillance center in the NATO countries and in the Austrian air forces . The CRC of the Bundeswehr Air Force (CRC Lw) are part of NATO's integrated air defense system.

assignment

The task of a CRC consists of radar-based airspace surveillance, ensuring the integrity of the airspace and enforcing air sovereignty. Other fields of activity include a .:

The order is being carried out within the NATO alliance and in coordination with the interior department and DFS .

Use / data connection

The CRC are embedded in the organizational structure of the Air Force. As a rule, they are permanently housed in bunkered protective structures, but can also be operated in ECM hardened above-ground buildings.

CRC have national command and weapon deployment systems (FüWES), combat command systems (GefFüSys) and, in the future, the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS). The data is supplied with various tactical data links , connection of radar sensors (via MilRADNET ) as well as radar and flight plan data networks . The standard communication connection is via KOFA (Air Force) .

At the time of the Cold War , the defense of the airspace over Central Europe ( Federal Republic of Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , Luxembourg ) was fully integrated and was carried out by two tactical air armies within the framework of NATO. The Second Allied Tactical Air Force emerged from the British 2 Tactical Air Force (HQ in Bad Eilsen , from 1954 in the JHQ - Joint Headquarters of NORTHAG , 2 ATAF and BAOR - in Rheindahlen ), while the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (HQ in Ramstein Air Base ) was shaped by the US Air Force. The airspace was divided into four sectors, which were numbered consecutively from north to south. Each sector had a Sector Operations Center (SOC), which was responsible for the management of all air defense forces (early warning, interceptors, anti-aircraft missiles). Each two sectors were subordinate to an Air Defense Operations Center (ADOC). A special case was Sector 4, which was to be taken over by the French Air Force in the original planning (SOC 4 Drachenbronn ). With France's departure from NATO integration in 1966, this planning became obsolete and it was not until 1988 that SOC 4 was implemented as the German command authority in Meßstetten .

The subordination of the CRC in the area of ​​Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE):

  • Second Allied Tactical Air Force :
  • ADOC Maastricht (Netherlands), conceived as Joint Operations Center Maastricht (JOC Maastricht). In 1983 the construction of the Static War Headquarters Castlegate in Linnich began . An Alternate War HQ was located in Kanne (Belgium)
    • SOC 1 Aurich , FmRgt 34 ​​(ready for use 1957, handed over from RAF to Air Force in 1960)
    • CRC Brockzetel , I./FmRgt 34, call sign ROUND UP (ready for use 1956, 1960 handover from RAF to Air Force)
    • CRC Brekendorf , III./FmRgt 34, call sign BUGLE (ready for use 1957, 1959 handover from RAF to Air Force)
    • CRC Visselhövede , II./FmRgt 34, call sign SILVER CORK (built from 1969 by the Federal Building Administration, ready for use in 1973)
    • CRC Nieuw Milligen , Dutch Air Force, call sign SANDBOX (ready for use 1949)
    • SOC 2 Uedem , FmRgt 33 (ready for use 1952, 1961 handed over from RAF to Air Force)
    • CRC Uedem , I./FmRgt 33, call sign CRABTREE (ready for use 1957, 1961 handover from RAF to Air Force)
    • CRC Auenhausen , III./FmRgt 33, call sign BACKWASH (ready for use 1956, 1960 handover from RAF to Air Force)
    • CRC Erndtebrück , II./FmRgt 33, call sign LONE SHIP (built from 1963 by the Federal Building Administration, ready for use in 1968)
    • CRC Glons , Belgian Air Force, call sign RACKET (ready for use 1953)
  • Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force :
  • ADOC Kindsbach , the Bunker Kindsbach Cave was also the war headquarters of 4 ATAF, in 1985 the construction of a Static War Headquarters began in Ruppertsweiler
    • SOC 3 Birkenfeld , 601st Tactical Control Wing (USAFE) (operational 1962, replaced SOC Langerkopf )
    • CRC Börfink , I./FmRgt 32, call sign HARD WHEEL (ready for use 1964, 1965 handed over from USAFE to Air Force)
    • CRC Lauda , II./FmRgt 32, call sign BATMAN (ready for use 1960, replaced CRC Giebelstadt / USAFE)
    • CRC and from 1988 SOC 4 Meßstetten , I./FmRgt 31, call sign SWEET APPLE (ready for use 1964, replaced CRC Türkheim / USAFE)
    • CRC Freising , II./FmRgt 31, call sign COLD TRACK (ready for use 1946, 1961 handover from USAFE to Air Force)

guide

In NATO countries, the CRC is managed on a mission-oriented basis via a defined Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC).

National missions are managed by the National Air Defense Command Center (FüZNatLV).

Air Force (Bundeswehr)

In the air force in the armed forces, the CRC part of are insert guide service (EinsFDstLw) and official troops the command operational units Air Force assumed. Each CRC is assigned an operational command area (EinsFüBer or EFB) with staff and support companies (Stabs- / UstgKp) and separate technical trains (AbgTZg). The AbgTZzüge operate stationary radar systems of the types GM 406F , HADR or RRP 117 . The EinsFüBer of the Air Force usually have regimental status.

See also

The Air Force's CRC and fighter squadrons have CIMACT Remote Access Cabaility . If necessary, the jet pilot concerned can analyze and follow up the course and efficiency of his fighter mission directly after landing in a debriefing in video conference quality face-to-face with the CRC fighter operator / air controller.

The CRC Erndtebrück and - Schönewalde are currently in operation in Germany .

Specialty

The Air Force's Deployable Control and Reporting Center (DCRC) in Holzdorf ( ⊙ ) is almost equivalent to the stationary CRC and also has deployable RAT 31DL / M radars . The RAT 31DL / M "Peace Training Position" (FAUST) is located in the Schönewalde barracks.

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