Mission control area 1

Mission control area 1 - EinsFüBer 1 - III
Coat of arms of the EFB 1
active	1962 to 2013
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Operations management service
Insinuation	KdoEinsVbdeLw
garrison	Zollernalb barracks in Meßstetten (Baden-Württemberg)
Last commander
Kdr. EinsFüBer 1	OTL Volker Engelmann
insignia
Homepage	The EinsFüBer 1

Great Arber with the two radomes of AbgTZug 133 (now AbgTZug 358).

The application guide section 1 (short EinsFüBer 1 or EFB 1 ) with the associated Control and Reporting Center Sweet Apple (CRC) was an association with regimental status of the German air force . The command staff of the association was stationed in the Zollernalb barracks in Meßstetten and was under the command of the Luftwaffe .

assignment

Operations control area 1 was part of the Air Force operations control service. The contract consisted of the operational use of the associated Control and Reporting Center (CRC) of the Air Force as part of the integrated NATO air defense. He fulfilled u. a. the following tasks:

• Surveillance, protection and defense of the assigned airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Creation, management and evaluation of the "Recognized Air Picture" (AP) in the area of ​​responsibility
• Tactical command and support of air forces
• Coordination of military flight movements with the NATO CAOC 2 , the national Surface to Air Missile Operations Centers (SAMOC), the national situation and command center for security in the airspace up to "air policing" with the neighboring countries
• Taking over the airspace surveillance for another CRC as well as the coordination and control of protective and defense measures, including the implementation of the necessary defense measures
• Ensuring material and operational readiness for action.
• Maintenance and repair of the radars and electronic equipment used in 24-hour operation.
• Management of subordinate units and facilities

history

The history of operational command area 1 goes back to 1962. Over 40 years ago, as the highest region on the Swabian Alb, Meßstetten was a particularly favorable location for the construction of a radar station from a geographical point of view. The Luftwaffe operated a radar station and a command post with the callsign "Sweet Apple" in Meßstetten since 1963. This was a fixed pillar in the performance of air sovereign tasks across Germany. From the previous radar command service, the operational command service, a highly modern service provider for the management and networking of all air warfare, has emerged. Operations management area 1 was the largest association at the Meßstetten location and was also responsible for supplying all of the departments stationed here. In accordance with the concept for the stationing of the Bundeswehr in Germany 2011 by the Federal Minister of Defense of October 26, 2011, the operation of the CRC was discontinued on October 1, 2013 and operational area 1 itself was officially dissolved with effect from December 31, 2013. The radar sub-unit of the staff / support company 12 was integrated into operational command area 2 as a separate technical train (AbgTZg) 249. The AbgTZg of operational management area 1 were also divided between operational command areas 2 and 3.

organization

Commanders

Rank, name	period of service	comment
Flight reporting department 312
Lieutenant Colonel Geppert	May 19, 1958 - March 13, 1961
Lieutenant Colonel Schmidt-Gal	03/04/1961 - 03/01/1962
Lieutenant Colonel King	03/01/1963 - reclassification
Telecommunications Regiment 31
Colonel Stone Great	May 04, 1960 - March 31, 1963
Colonel Wels	04/01/1963 - 09/30/1968
Colonel Maekelburg	10/01/1968 - 09/30/1971
Colonel Langner	October 01, 1971 - March 31, 1979
Colonel Hennemann	04/01/1979 - 03/31/1982
Colonel Malmus	04/01/1982 - 09/27/1989
Radar guidance department 22
Colonel Beutin	01.10.1989 - 14.01.1991
Colonel Schaap	01/15/1991 - 03/30/1993
Colonel Ploeger	04/01/1993 - 06/30/1995
Colonel Fiegle	07/01/1995 - 08/31/1997
Colonel Gülzow	09/01/1997 - 03/31/1999
Lieutenant Colonel Tessner	04/01/1999 - 02/28/2002
Lieutenant Colonel Bodenbender	03/01/2002 - 11/30/2005
Mission control area 1
Lieutenant Colonel Engel	December 01, 2005 - March 31, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel Hinz	04/01/2008 - 08/31/2010
Lieutenant Colonel Engelmann	01.09.2010 - 01.10.2013

Subordinate units

designation	Location	Sensor equipment / callsign		reduction
Headquarters and support company 12	Meßstetten	Hughes Air Defense Radar (HADR)	Sweet Apple (SA)
Detached technical train 131	Birkenfeld (Erbeskopf)	HADR	Hardwheel (HW)	from 50 to 20 posts (p. 108) and Relocation from Birkenfeld to Hilscheid (p. 106)
Detached technical train 132	Schwarzenbach am Wald (Döbraberg)	Remote Radar Post 117 (RRP 117)	Rustcrowd (RC)	from 40 to 20 posts (p. 61)
Detached technical train 133	Bayerisch Eisenstein (Great Arber)	RRP-117	Snow Cap (SC)	from 50 to 20 posts (p. 51)
Detached technical train 134	Lauda-Koenigshofen	Medium Power Radar (MPR)	Batman (BN)	from 40 to 20 posts (p. 44)
Detached technical train 135	Freising	MPR	Coldtrack (CD)	from 30 to 20 posts (p. 53)

timeline

date	event
1960-64	Construction of the Bunker Martin underground air force combat control system
1962	Establishment of the first airspace surveillance association (I./Fernmelderegiment 31) in Meßstetten
1964	Commissioning of the CRC Meßstetten with the 412-L system
1984	Decommissioning of the 412-L system, start of the installation of the GEADGE system ("German Air Defense Ground Environment")
1986	Recommissioning of the CRC Meßstetten with GEADGE system
1989	Renaming of the association to Radar Guidance Department 22
1993	Subordination of the separated technical train 223, Birkenfeld
1998	General overhaul of the Martin bunker , relocation of operations to Lauda and Freising
2000	Recommissioning of the renovated bunker
2004	Establishment / renaming of the association in operational management area 1 and subordination of five separate technical trains at the Erbeskopf, on the Döbraberg, on the Großer Arber, in Lauda and in Freising
2005	Shutdown of the outdated ARKONA (FüWES) and commissioning of the latest FüWES Lw / GIADS available on the market
2006	Obsolescence replacement of the outdated ADMAR by CIMACT
2010	Scaffolding RMCDE and connection to the MilRADNET the Air Force
2011	Dissolution decision of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg)
2013	Cessation of operations and dissolution

literature

• 50 years operational command service in the Air Force 1960–2010, L. Fölbach 2001, special publications by Fölbach Verlag
• Call sign "Sweet Apple" - The history of the Air Force on the Geißbühl, operational area 1 2013, BAIUDBw DL I 4 Central Printing Office Cologne / Bonn

Web links

• The operational management area 1

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 46 ″  E

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christoph Holbein: Appeal for dissolution for the Air Force. schwarzwaelder-bote.de, October 2, 2013, accessed on October 5, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Reference: BMVg, The Armed Forces of the Bundeswehr in Germany, October 2011.
3. ↑ RMCDE stands for "Radar Message Conversion & Distribution Equipment" and is a network node on the application protocol level for the conversion, filtering and distribution of radar data in a radar data network for civil air traffic control.
4. ↑ MilRADNET stands for "Military Radar Data Network".