Operation Ace Guard

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Operation Ace Guard was the name of the use of air forces of NATO during the Second Gulf War to protect Turkey January 3 until March 8 1991st

background

In December 1990 it was announced by the NATO foreign ministers that they would support the US Gulf policy . Although Iraq had declared on several occasions that it would not attack Turkey, the Turkish government applied for support from NATO on December 17, 1990. By resolution of the North Atlantic Council of January 2, 1991, parts of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces, supported by anti-aircraft missile forces , were relocated to the southeast of the country within a week . This measure was intended to prevent the conflict from spreading to Turkey.

AMF forces involved

On 6./7. January 1991 eighteen German Alpha Jets , eighteen Belgian Mirage and six Italian F-104 were sent to Diyarbakır and Erhaç . Intervention in the conflict in Iraq was not planned. Rather, they should only be used to defend Turkish territory.

German contribution

Germany dispatched eighteen Alpha Jet fighter planes from Fighter Bomber Wing 43 with 219 soldiers, two UH-1D rescue helicopters and two Fuchs ABC tracer tanks to Erhaç. Eight Roland anti-aircraft missile systems with 193 soldiers were also deployed there. In addition, misplaced two reinforced half stagger the weapon system HAWK of anti-aircraft missiles Squadron 36 from Bremervörde with 178 soldiers to Diyarbakir. The objects of protection were those

Pirinçlik Air Base, a US over-horizon radar system. Pirinclik is a village 20km west of Dyabakir
Diyarbakır Airport (IATA: DIY, ICAO: LTCC). This is used civilly and militarily.

To support the forces deployed in Turkey, an LTP from a so-called container village based on HCU pallets on which yellow hardtops, also known as igloos, were mounted, was set up on the Italian military airfield. The crew was provided by the three air transport squadrons under the leadership of LTG 63, ATOC 1 Kalkar and LTKdo. The LTP was used by the flying crews to obtain the latest and most up-to-date information about the airspace to be flown later. For this purpose, the LTP had an ASCP cell (air space coordination cell) operated by personnel from ATOC 1 Kalkar.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "NATO´s Operations 1949 - Present" on the homepage of the Allied Command Operations (PDF, 216 kB; Engl.); Accessed March 7, 2010
  2. ↑ "The ACE Mobile Force (AMF)" on the NATO homepage; viewed on March 7, 2010 ( memento of July 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Muhittin Demiray: “The regional foreign and security policy of Turkey in the Özal era (1983-1993); Against the background of domestic political developments “Dissertation; (PDF; 2.5 MB)
  4. ↑ Peter Dreist: "Rules of Engagement in Multinational Operations - Selected Fundamental Questions"; Accessed on March 7, 2010 ( Memento of the original of February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsches-wehrrecht.de
  5. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol8no4/html/v08i4a05p_0001.htm