Anti-aircraft missile squadron 35

Anti-aircraft missile squadron 35 - FlaRakG 35 - II
active	July 1, 1957 to December 31, 1992
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Air defense
Type	squadron
structure	Staff division 1. – 4. Relay, supply relay, medical relay
Insinuation	FlaRakKdo 3
Last garrison	Caspari barracks (Lower Saxony)
commander
first commander	Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard Risius
last commander	Lieutenant Colonel Peter Bräger

The Luftabwehrraketengeschwader 35 (FlaRakG 35) was an association of the Luftwaffe . The last location was the Caspari barracks in Delmenhorst . The squadron was subordinate to NATO and, when decommissioned, was equipped with the HAWK anti-aircraft missile system . It was disbanded on December 31, 1992.

task

After the conversion to the HAWK weapon system , the association, together with other air defense associations, took over the security of the rear airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany. The HAWK associations should protect the assigned rooms against the threat of aircraft and ballistic missiles . In the event of a defense, the mobile HAWK units should avoid attack by enemy troops by repeatedly relocating their locations.

history

LwFlaBtl 42

The anti-aircraft missiles Squadron 35 left the in the July 1, 1957 Bremerhaven forth stationed Air Force Air Defense Battalion 42 in the 1958 Donnerschwee barracks by Oldenburg was moved with anti-aircraft guns of the type 40-mm Bofors equipped. 1963 began the training of soldiers on the HAWK weapon system, on July 1, 1963, due to the future armament, the association was renamed to 35 anti-aircraft missile battalion (FlaRakBtl 35).

FlaRakBtl 35

In the same year the 1st and 2nd batteries were moved to the Dörverden-Barme location. In 1965 the association was equipped with the new weapon system. On April 1, 1968, the staff, the staff battery as well as the supply and 4th battery were relocated to the new home location of the battalion in the Caspari barracks in Delmenhorst .

In 1969 the battalion was subordinated to NATO and thus part of the NATO air defense belt in Lower Saxony. The 3rd battery was moved to Nienburg- Langendamm.

FlaRakG 35

Up until the air force structural reform in 1989, the weapon system experienced several so-called combat value increases, from October 1, 1989 the association was called the Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 35 (FlaRakG 35). The name change was accompanied by the establishment of an Air Force First Aid Squadron (LwSanStff), which was now subordinated to Air Defense Missile Command 3 in Oldenburg. With the renaming, the association received a new coat of arms at its own suggestion. The coat of arms of the city of Delmenhorst, a red castle tower with a blue conical roof in front of a golden background, which is criss-crossed by several blue wavy lines in the middle, was now part of the squadron's coat of arms.

In 1990 and 1991 the association carried out the "HAWK Electronic Optical Sensor" troop test, and in October 1991 the last tactical review ("Tac Eval") was carried out by NATO. In 1991/1992 a further increase in combat value was carried out by the HAWK Support Plan II.

From June 21, 1992 to June 26, 1992, the squadron's staff took part in a work assignment of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge in Bernburg (Saale) with 22 soldiers .

resolution

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Bräger during his speech on the decommissioning of the squadron on September 25, 1992

In June 1991 the Federal Ministry of Defense announced which units of the Bundeswehr were to be disbanded as a result of the reduction in troop strength laid down in the Two-Plus-Four Treaty . In the area of ​​units equipped with the HAWK weapon system, this affected anti-aircraft missile squadrons 32, 35 and 37 .

The NATO subordination of FlaRakG 35 was ended on March 31, 1992, on the following day the 1st and 2nd squadrons were integrated into the anti-aircraft missile squadron 31 in Westertimke . On September 25, 1992, as part of a military appeal by the then Inspector of the Air Force , Lieutenant General Kuebart , the official decommissioning took place on December 31, 1992. On October 1, 1992, the 3rd and 4th squadrons of the squadron as 5th and 6th . Squadron subordinated to the anti-aircraft missile squadron 38 in Bad Arolsen .

From January 1 to March 26, 1993, the staff, as well as the staff, supply and medical squadrons of the association, were dissolved in terms of personnel and material by a so-called residual command.

In the FlaRak network, the HAWK weapon system, with its now outdated technology and slower data connections, fell behind the more modern PATRIOT . This came to light in practice, especially when using the integrated HAWK simulation device (Operations Training System; OTS) during training in the so-called “netted scenario”. Overall, there were not only restrictions in combat value in further use - in particular the high operating costs, the increasingly scarce spare parts (especially tube technology) and the extensive personnel, vehicle and maintenance requirements led to the gradual reduction of active units and in the early 2000s Years of retirement. The last two HAWK units of the Bundeswehr were decommissioned at the end of 2005 with the anti-aircraft missile group 15 in Leipheim.

Insinuation

• 1957–1958: Command of the Air Force Ground Organization North
• 1958–1959: 3rd Air Defense Division
• 1959–1961: Air Defense Regiment 3
• 1961–1965: Air Defense Regiment 4
• 1965–1989: Anti-aircraft missile regiment 4
• 1989–1992: Anti-aircraft missile command 3 “Oldenburg”

List of Union Commanders

Peter Bräger, last commodore of the squadron

Rank	Surname	from	to
Lieutenant colonel	Gerhard Risius	1957	1959
Lieutenant colonel	Albert Michels	1959	1962
Lieutenant colonel	Horst Öhme	1962	1963
Lieutenant colonel	Klaus Dieter Homann	1963	1966
Lieutenant colonel	Wolfgang Böhnke	1966	1969
Lieutenant colonel	Helmut Vach	1969	1971
Lieutenant colonel	Horst Künne	1971	1973
Lieutenant colonel	Hartmut Pickert	1973	1976
Lieutenant colonel	Georg artist	1976	1980
Lieutenant colonel	Karl Heinz Döscher	1980	1983
Lieutenant colonel	Jürgen Keunemann	1983	1987
Lieutenant colonel	Lutz Westerkamp	1987	1991
Lieutenant colonel	Peter Bräger	1991	1992

Branch positions

Season	place	Coordinates	Todays use
1./35	Wittlohe	52 ° 52 '16.9 "  N , 9 ° 20' 13.5"  E
2nd / 35th	Lichtenmoor	52 ° 42 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 6 ″  E
3rd / 35th	Wohlenhausen	52 ° 39 '54 "  N , 9 ° 6' 43.1"  E	Horticultural company
4th/35 & Battalion Operation Center (BOC)	Guard Village	52 ° 52 '4.2 "  N , 8 ° 53' 58.3"  E	Construction waste recycling and civil engineering company

Awards

On September 13, 1984, the battalion was awarded the Lower Saxony flag ribbon by Minister Gerhard Glup .

Sponsorships

• In 1961, the battalion took over the sponsorship of the Dutch 5e Groep Geleide Wapens (5th guided missile group) of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht, stationed in Stolzenau .
• In 1974 the 4th battery and the Syke community at that time became a sponsor.
• In 1983 the Samtgemeinde Marklohe signed a sponsorship with the 3rd battery of the battalion

Web links

• Website of the traditional community FlaRakG 35; accessed on July 13, 2019
• FlaRakG 35 at "History of the Air Force" of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report Bernburg '92 , internal information publication, available
2. ↑ Garrison Chronicle Delmenhorst , accessed on July 20, 2019