Center air operations

Center for Air Operations - ZentrLuftOp - XXX
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active	July 1, 2013 to the present
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Type	Higher command authority
Strength	540
Insinuation	Air Force Command
Location	Kalkar ( Von Seydlitz Barracks )
Web presence	ZentrLuftOp
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commander	Lieutenant General Klaus Habersetzer
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff	Major General Walter Huhn

The Center for Air Operations (ZentrLuftOp) is a higher command authority of the Air Force and subordinate to the Air Force Command. One of their main tasks is to provide a core staff for a command post for commanding air forces in action.

The core components of the center emerged from the Air Force Operations Command, which was already stationed at the site and dissolved on June 30, 2013 . The air operations center is spread across the Uedem, Kalkar and Münster locations (geographic information center of the Air Force).

assignment

The center is tasked with operating the Air Force Operations Center (OPZLw) , which is colocated with the CAOC Uedem, as well as bundling mission-related management tasks of the Air Force for commanding air forces on a tactical level. The Space Situation Center , together with the National Situation and Command Center for Security in the Airspace, is part of the Operations Center and an integral part of the Air Force's Air Operations Center. The center also has the mandate to provide the core functions of a deployable multinational air force command post for commanding air forces. This so-called Joint Force Air Component Headquarters (JFAC HQ) plans and manages the deployment of air forces that have been put together by several nations as required, for example within the framework of the NATO Response Force (NRF) or the European Battle Group (EU BG). Up to two Air Support Operations Centers (ASOC) can be provided for smaller deployments.

history

As part of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr, the center was set up with effect from July 1, 2013. Since July 1, 2015, in the ZentrLuftOp, military air traffic control , the air force operations command service and the air force elements of the Joint Tactical Fire Support (STF) have been combined in the ZentrLuftOp to form the flight management service to be redesigned. The tasks of the dissolved air traffic control office of the Bundeswehr , which were not transferred to the aviation office of the Bundeswehr , will in future be mapped in the ZentrLuftOp. With the reorganization, the Air Force's command and control support department is also subordinate to the Air Operations Center .

Subordinate associations / departments

• Mission control area 2 (EinsFüBer 2), in Erndtebrück
• Mission control area 3 (EinsFüBer 3), in Schönewalde
• Command support center of the Air Force (FüUstgZentrLw), in Cologne-Wahn
• Center for Simulation and Navigation Support for Flying Weapons Systems of the German Armed Forces (ZSimNav) in Büchel
• Air Force Support Group in Kalkar
• German share (DtA) in Allied Air Command Ramstein
• German share (DtA) in Joint Air Power Competence Center
• German share (DtA) in EATC, the European Air Transport Command in Eindhoven, NLD
• German contribution (DtA) to NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Command in Geilenkirchen
• German share (DtA) in AGS in Sigonella, ITA
• German shares (DtA) in the NATO / EU organization
• Liaison organization of the air force to the army and navy, such as the liaison command to the Eurocorps or the naval command

See also : National Situation and Command Center for Safety in Airspace

Location

The center is stationed in the Von Seydlitz barracks in Kalkar .

Commanders

No.	Surname	from	to
1	Lieutenant General Joachim Wundrak	July, 1st 2013	September 24, 2018
1	Lieutenant General Klaus Habersetzer	September 24, 2018	today

Web links

• Center for air operations on Luftwaffe.de
• Combined Air Operations Center UEDEM on Luftwaffe.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andreas Gebbing: Military honors for Schulte Berge in Kalkar. In: NRZ (Neue Rhein / Neue Ruhr Zeitung). March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018 . 
2. ^ Federal Ministry of Defense, press and information staff: Air force structure is streamlined. (PDF, 117 kB) Bundeswehr, June 25, 2013, accessed on July 9, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Jürgen Eise: 44 years in the service of military air traffic control - an era is coming to an end. www.afsbw.de, June 25, 2015, accessed on July 5, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Center for air operations - The competence center for the management and planning of air operations. www.luftwaffe.de, July 3, 2015, accessed on July 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Klaus Sattler: Brave new virtual world. www.luftwaffe.de, August 14, 2015, accessed on August 17, 2015 .