Radar Battalion

Radar Battalion
Lineup	1962 as the first flight reporting radar company, reorganized from 2010
Country	Austria
Armed forces	Federal Army
Branch of service	Air Force
structure	Air surveillance Headquarters Company (StbKp); Fixed radar stations (ORS); Mobile radar station (MRS); Low-flyer detection radar system (TERS); Management Support Company (FüUKp);
Location	Wals-Siezenheim
management
Current ; commander	Colonel Wolfgang Schweighofer

The Radar Battalion RadB is an association for air surveillance and is therefore a functional component of the Goldhaube , Austria's military air surveillance system .

General

The command of the radar battalion is based in the Schwarzenberg barracks in Wals near Salzburg . The battalion's badge depicts two combat aircraft above a radar screen.

In addition to the fixed and relocatable radar stations , the radar battalion consists of low-level aircraft detection radar systems , the relocatable command centers for air surveillance and organizational elements of the ICT troops (including mobile radio ) as well as the organic components of operational support .

Since 2019, Colonel Wolfgang Schweighofer has been in charge of the radar battalion; before that, Colonel Markus Kronreif led the battalion. Its predecessor was Colonel Alfred Moser.

Web links

Air surveillance in the 2nd republic

Individual evidence

↑ Photo or graphic - scaled to 450 x 600 pixels (your monitor: 1440 x 900 pixels). Accessed January 21, 2020 .
^ Federal Army - The Austrian Air Force - Radar Battalion. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
↑ Transfer of command to the Radar Battalion in Salzburg. Accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).
^ HTL Leonding: Radar Battalion - HTL Leonding. Accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).
↑ 500 soldiers sworn in on the main square of Neumarkt am Wallersee. In: Town clerk Neumarkt am Wallersee. February 28, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).

[1] Photo or graphic - scaled to 450 x 600 pixels (your monitor: 1440 x 900 pixels). Accessed January 21, 2020 .

[2] Federal Army - The Austrian Air Force - Radar Battalion. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .

[3] Transfer of command to the Radar Battalion in Salzburg. Accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).

[4] HTL Leonding: Radar Battalion - HTL Leonding. Accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).

[5] 500 soldiers sworn in on the main square of Neumarkt am Wallersee. In: Town clerk Neumarkt am Wallersee. February 28, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).