Central command post 14

Central command post 14 ; - ZGS – 14 - ; III
active	May 31, 1957 to 1994
Country	GDR FRG from 1990 ;
Armed forces	NVA ; Bw from 1990
Armed forces	NVA LSK LW Bw from 1990 ;
Branch of service	Air forces / air defense
Strength	approx. 300 soldiers and ; 40 civilian employees
Insinuation	Command LSK / LV 5th LwDiv from 1990 ;
ZGS location	Barnim barracks ; bunker Fuchsbau from 1978
Last commander
Colonel Klaus Jedmin	Head of ZGS-14
NN	Head of GS LV sector 5
insignia
Homepage	Kdo. LSK / LV

ZGS-14, command room (OPS) with air situation display.

ZGS-14, control room (OPS), view from the workstation of the master controller 1994.

The central command post 14 (short ZGS-14, en: Central Component Headquarters 14 ) was the main command post or main command post 1 of the LSK / LV command of the NVA - Air Force . According to today's standards, the ZGS-14 fulfilled partial tasks of a command center for national air defense and had national components of a combined air operations center .

founding

With the establishment of the Air Force Administration (LSK) under Major General Zorn on March 1, 1956, and the Air Defense Administration (LV) under Colonel Bauer as independent command staff , building U-02 (left entrance ( ⊙ ) was established in the Barnim barracks in Strausberg (Eggersdorf) )), in the basement, the main command post LV and on the ground floor above the main command post LSK . 52.52759 13.83049

With the merger of the two administrations on May 31, 1957 and the establishment of the LSK / LV command , both main command posts were merged and now formed the central command post 14 , with the number 14 from now on for units, units and facilities directly subordinate to the command up to the regiment management level stood. The rooms in the basement of the former LV main command post were only used for exercises and missions or for day-to-day work, as an extension by the map-makers or occasionally the staff of the Reconnaissance and Information Center (AIZ).

assignment

From here, the central command and the operational use of the ground-based air defense and the flying weapon systems of the NVA air forces to secure the airspace of the GDR in cooperation with the air defense of the other NVA branches and the GSSD took place until around 1965 . The extended 24-hour / 365-day order also included security measures for major events and state visits, but also the coordination of airspace training arias and special flights through to airspace closures.

The telecommunications support was provided by the intelligence battalion 2 set up in 1956, one of the forerunners of the telecommunications troop part of the 14th intelligence regiment (NR-14) with the associated command center at the Eggersdorf location.

Head of ZGS-14

Rank, name	period of service	comment
NN	1957 - 19th.
Colonel Cartsburg	19 .. - 19 ..	1978 Relocation to Fürstenwalde
Colonel Siegfried Wünsche	19 .. - 19 ..	later Deputy CS and Head of Operations ( A 3 )
Colonel Klaus Jedmin	19th - 1990

NN	1990-1994	now Bundeswehr

Temporary use of the Fuchsbau bunker

From the mid-1960s, the expansion of the existing Fuchsbau bunker facility south of Fürstenwalde in the Rauenschen Mountains began with the aim of relocating the ZGS-14.

Initially, the old building from the time of National Socialism , the so-called sub-property 02 (TO-02), was used temporarily, usually for inspections, exercises and operations . For this purpose, the ZGS-14 relocated personnel, which were reinforced by management personnel from the LSK / LV command, from Eggersdorf to Fürstenwalde.

As early as 1965, a permanent crew was on duty in the Fuchsbau bunker, thus ensuring the readiness of the reduced or full combat crew from Eggersdorf to receive them. A 24/365 command of the NVA air force was not given due to limited space.

The telecommunications support was provided by the "special transmission point 2" of the Deutsche Post in Fürstenwalde (ÜSt-2) and parts of the NR-14 on site.

Full expansion and takeover of management

With the aim of taking over the command of the NVA air forces without restriction, the renovation of the old building and the expansion of sub-property 02 (TO 02) began in the 1970s.

During this time, the command of the units, units of troops and units of the air force of the NVA was considered, depending on the situation and the deployment, not only via the ZGS-14 in Fürstenwalde, but also via the rear command squadron (RFS) in Beeskow (Ranzig) or the auxiliary command post 5 ( ⊙ ) (HFS-5) in Strausberg (Eggersdorf). 52.52647 13.83097

The complete commissioning in shifts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by the so-called on- duty crew of the now expanded and fully developed ZGS-14 (camouflage designation object "FBZ Raduga") in Fürstenwalde was in 1978. Management and use of weapons took place within the framework of the Warsaw Pact via the Soviet automated command system "ALMAS".

For exercises, operations and inspections in cooperation with the coalition partners, the duty crew in Fürstenwalde was regularly reinforced by management personnel from the LSK / LV command.

The daily briefing of the commander of the NVA air force with his deputies, bosses and leaders took place unchanged in the LSK / LV command, in the relief command post on Strausberg (Eggersdorf). From here special air situations were conducted and special flights coordinated. In addition, there was a permanent crew in the auxiliary command post, which could be competently supplemented by management staff from the LSK / LV command in secondary functions within a very short time. The management personnel concerned were on standby 24 hours a day.

In the premises of an extension to building U-2 of the former ZGS-14 at the Eggersdorf / Barnim barracks location , an operational-tactical training center of the LSK (OTAZ) based on the model of the MfNV in Strausberg-Nord was set up in the 1980s .

Takeover by the Bundeswehr and dissolution

On October 2, 1990, midnight, the central command post of the LSK / LV completed its work in the context of the Warsaw Pact air defense. The management of the air space reconnaissance for the territory of the GDR was stopped. This ended the reporting of the air situation to the Soviet command posts in Wünsdorf and Minsk as well as the notification to the neighbors in Prague and Warsaw. The radar command service (now operational command service) of the Bundeswehr Air Force began its work by reporting the air situation to the National Sector Operations Center (NSOC) in Erndtebrück (now operational command area 2 ) on October 3 at 0:01 a.m. This was done using the ARKONA command and weapon deployment system developed by the NVA radio technology troops .

In October 1990 the bunker facility, now known as the Fürstenwalde NSOC , was taken over by the 5th Air Force Division . Until the dissolution of this large association, the airspace over the new federal states was monitored from here. Operation Command Area 3 fulfills this task today .

In 1994 it was finally decommissioned and handed over to the Federal Property Administration . The facility was closed in 1995 and only reopened in 2005.

Sources, references and explanations

↑ The code name FBZ Raduga stands for Research and Observation Center Raduga .
↑ "The radio technical troops of the GDR air defense", history and stories, by Wolf-Rüdiger Stuppert and Siegfried Fiedler, 1st edition 2013 (page), Steffen Verlag / Steffen GmbH, ISBN 978-3-942477-39-0 .

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52.32295 14.057427777778Coordinates: 52 ° 19 '22.6 " N , 14 ° 3' 26.7" E

[1] The code name FBZ Raduga stands for Research and Observation Center Raduga .

[2] "The radio technical troops of the GDR air defense", history and stories, by Wolf-Rüdiger Stuppert and Siegfried Fiedler, 1st edition 2013 (page), Steffen Verlag / Steffen GmbH, ISBN 978-3-942477-39-0 .