The NATO Integrated Air Defense System (short: NATINADS) is a
command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... hatemploys human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or en ...
network combining radars and other facilities spread throughout the
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
alliance's
air defence
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...
forces. It formed in the mid-1950s and became operational in 1962 as NADGE. It has been constantly upgraded since its formation, notably with the integration of
Airborne Early Warning
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aircraft in the 1970s. The
United Kingdom
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maintained its own network, but was fully integrated with the network since the introduction of the
Linesman/Mediator
Linesman/Mediator was a dual-purpose civil and military radar network in the United Kingdom between the 1960s and 1984. The military side (Linesman) was replaced by the Improved United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment (IUKADGE), while the ...
network in the 1970s. Similarly, the German network maintained an independent nature through GEADGE.
Development
Development was approved by the NATO Military Committee in December 1955. The system was to be based on four air defense regions (ADRs) coordinated by
SACEUR
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is ...
(Supreme Allied Commander Europe). Starting from 1956 early warning coverage was extended across
Western Europe
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using 18 radar stations. This part of the system was completed by 1962. Linked to existing national radar sites the coordinated system was called the NATO Air Defence Ground Environment (NADGE).
From 1960 NATO countries agreed to place all their air defence forces under the command of SACEUR in the event of war. These forces included command & control (C2) systems, radar installations, and Surface-to-Air (SAM) missile units as well as interceptor aircraft.
By 1972 NADGE was converted into NATINADS consisting of 84 radar sites and associated Control Reporting Centers (CRC) and in the 1980s the Airborne Early Warning / Ground Environment Integration Segment (AEGIS) upgraded the NATINADS with the possibility to integrate the AWACS radar picture and all of its information into its visual displays. (NOTE: This AEGIS is not to be confused with the U.S.Navy
AEGIS
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, a shipboard fire control radar and weapons system.) AEGIS processed the information through Hughes H5118ME computers, which replaced the H3118M computers installed at NADGE sites in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
NATINADS ability to handle data increased with faster clock rates. The H5118M computer had a staggering 1 megabyte of memory and could handle 1.2 million instructions per second while the former model had a memory of only 256 kilobytes and a clock speed of 150,000 instructions per seconds.
NATINADS/AEGIS were complemented, in West Germany by the German Air Defence Ground Environment (GEADGE), an updated radar network adding the southern part of Germany to the European system and Coastal Radar Integration System (CRIS), adding data links from Danish coastal radars.
In order to counter the hardware obsolescence, during the mid-1990s NATO started the AEGIS Site Emulator (ASE) program allowing the NATINADS/AEGIS sites to replace the proprietary hardware (the 5118ME computer and the various operator consoles IDM-2, HMD-22, IDM-80) with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers and workstations.
In the first years 2000, the initial ASE capability was expanded with the possibility to run, thanks to the new hardware power, multiple site emulators on the same hardware, so the system was renamed into Multi-AEGIS Site Emulator (MASE). The NATO system designed to replace MASE in the near future is the
Air Command and Control System
Air Command and Control System (ACCS) is the NATO project planned to replace the NATO Air Command and Control Systems of the nineties. At the highest level it comprised the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) from which the air battle is run. ...
(ACCS).
Because of changing politics, NATO expanding and financial crises most European (NATO) countries are trying to cut defence budgets; as a direct result, many obsolete and outdated NATINADS facilities are phased out earlier. As of 2013, operational NATO radar sites in Europe are as follows:
Allied Air Command
Allied Air Command
The Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) is the central command of all NATO air and space forces and the Commander Allied Air Command is the prime air and space advisor to the Alliance. When directed by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), it pro ...
(AIRCOM) is the
central command of all
NATO
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air force
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s on the European continent. The command is based at
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base or Ramstein AB is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and also ...
in
Germany
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and has two subordinate commands in Germany and Spain. The
Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
and United States Air Force fall under command of the
Canadian
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/American
North American Aerospace Defense Command
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...
.
*
Allied Air Command
The Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) is the central command of all NATO air and space forces and the Commander Allied Air Command is the prime air and space advisor to the Alliance. When directed by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), it pro ...
, at
Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base or Ramstein AB is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and also ...
, Germany
** CAOC Torrejón, at
Torrejón Air Base
Torrejón Air Base (Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz) is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón Airport, a secondary civilian airport for the city and metropolitan area of Madrid, east-northeast of th ...
, Spain - responsible for the airspace South of the
Alps
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*** Albania: Air Surveillance Centre, at
Tirana International Airport
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*** Bulgaria: Air Sovereignty Operations Centre, in
Sofia
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*** Croatia: Airspace Surveillance Centre, in
Podvornica
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...
*** Greece: Air Operations Centre, at
Larissa Air Base
Larissa State Airport "Thessaly" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Λάρισσας "Θεσσαλία") was built in 1912. It was the commercial airport of Larissa until 1997 when it closed for civilian traffic. Currently the airport ...
*** Italy: National Air and Space Operations Centre, in
Poggio Renatico
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Poggio Renatico borders on the follow ...
*** Montenegro: Air Surveillance and Reporting Centre, at
Podgorica Airport
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*** Portugal: Control and Reporting Centre, in
Monsanto
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*** Romania: Air Operations Center, in
Bucharest
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*** Slovenia: Airspace Surveillance and Control Centre, in
Brnik
*** Spain: Air Operations Centre, in Torrejón
**** Central Command and Control Group, at Torrejón Air Base
**** Northern Command and Control Group, at
Zaragoza Air Base
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*** Turkey: Control and Reporting Centre, in
Ahlatlıbel
** CAOC Uedem, in Uedem, Germany - responsible for the airspace North of the
Alps
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***
Baltic Air Surveillance Network
Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is an air defense radar network operated by the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Structure
The Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is one of the commands within the NATO Integra ...
- Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre, in
Karmėlava
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**** Estonia: Air Operations Control Centre, at
Ämari Air Base
Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn.
History
Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...
**** Latvia: Air Operations Centre, at
Lielvārde Air Base
Lielvārde is a military air base in Rembate Parish, Ogre Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located north of Lielvārde and southeast of Riga. It was built in 1969 for an attack aircraft regiment.
In spring 1980, the 899th F ...
**** Lithuania: Airspace Control Centre, in
Karmėlava
Karmėlava is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 1,395. The town of Karmėlava is located north east of Kaunas and near the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania, Kaunas International Airpor ...
*** Belgium: Control and Reporting Centre, at
Beauvechain Air Base
Beauvechain Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located south of Beauvechain in Wallonia (Walloon Brabant Province); east-southeast of Brussels.
It is home to the 1st Wing, operating A109BA helicopters, and the ...
*** Czech Republic: Control and Reporting Centre, in
Hlavenec
Hlavenec is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Sights
The most important monument is the memorial of Emperor Charles VI made by Matthias Braun
...
*** Denmark: Control and Reporting Centre, at
Karup Air Base
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The air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area ...
*** France: Control and Reporting Centre, at
Mont Verdun Air Base
*** Germany: Air Operations Centre, in Uedem
**** Control and Reporting Centre 2, in
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Location
Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx. 20 km northeast of Siegen.
Neighbouring com ...
**** Control and Reporting Centre 3, in
Schönewalde
Schönewalde is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 30 km south of Luckenwalde, and 40 km east of Wittenberg.
History
From 1815 to 1944, Schönewalde was part of the Prussian Province ...
*** Hungary: Air Operations Centre, in
Veszprém
Veszprém (; german: Weißbrunn, sl, Belomost) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county (comitatus or 'megye') of ...
*** Iceland: Control and Reporting Centre, at
Keflavik Air Base
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*** Luxembourg: airspace controlled by Belgium's Control and Reporting Centre, at Beauvechain Air Base
*** Netherlands: Control and Reporting Centre, in
Nieuw-Milligen
*** Norway: Control and Reporting Centre, in
Sørreisa
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The municip ...
*** Poland: Air Operations Centre, in Warsaw-
Pyry
**** 22nd Command and Control Centre, in
Osówiec
**** 32nd Command and Control Centre, in
Balice
*** Slovakia: Air Operations Centre, at
Sliač Air Base
*** United Kingdom: Control and Reporting Centre, at
RAF Boulmer
Royal Air Force Boulmer or RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland, England, and is home to Aerospace Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) Force Command, Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) Boulmer.
The Scho ...
Radar stations
Albania
The
Albanian Air Force
The Albanian Air Force ( sq, Forca Ajrore e Republikës së Shqipërisë - Air Force of the Republic of Albania) is the air force of Albania and one of the branches of the Albanian Armed Forces.
History
Early history
In 1914 the governmen ...
operates
Lockheed Martin
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...
AN/TPS-77
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radars.
Belgium
The
Belgian Air Component
The Belgian Air Component ( nl, Luchtcomponent, french: Composante air) is the air arm of the Belgian Armed Forces, and until January 2002 it was officially known as the Belgian Air Force ( nl, Belgische Luchtmacht; french: Force aérienne belg ...
's Control and Reporting Centre was based at
Glons
Glons (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Bassenge, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Glons is a significant site in that it is the home of the NATO Programming Centre The NATO Programming Centre (NPC) is ...
, where also its main radar was located. The radar was deactivated in 2015 and the Centre moved to Beauvechain Air Base in 2020. The Belgian Control and Reporting Centre reports to CAOC Uedem in Germany and is also responsible for guarding the airspace of
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. At the new location the Control and Reporting Centre uses digital radar data of the civilian radars of
Belgocontrol
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and the
Marconi S-723 radar of the Air Component's Air Traffic Control Centre in
Semmerzake
Gavere () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of , Baaigem, , Gavere, and . In 2021, Gavere had a total population of 13,007. The total area is 31.35 km².
Sports
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.
Bulgaria
The
Bulgarian Air Force
The Bulgarian Air Force ( bg, Военновъздушни сили, Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces. Its mission is to guard and p ...
's Air Sovereignty Operations Centre is located in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
and reports to CAOC Torrejón. The Bulgarian Air Force fields three control and surveillance zones, which operate obsolete
Soviet
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-era radars. The Bulgarian Air Force intends to replace these radars with fewer, but more capable Western 3-D radars as soon as possible. The future locations of the new radars are as of 2018 unknown.
* Joint Forces Command, in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
** Air Sovereignty Operational Center (ASOC), in Sofia
*** Base Operative Center (part of 3rd Air Base),
Graf Ignatievo Air Base
Graf Ignatievo Air Base is located in the village of Graf Ignatievo, about north of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second largest city. It is the sole remaining fighter base of that state and houses two squadrons of jet aircraft.
Early years
Graf Igna ...
, operational control of fighter aviation
*** Command, Control and Surveillance Base, in Sofia
**** 1st Control and Surveillance Zone, in
Bozhurishte
Bozhurishte ( bg, Божурище ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of Bozhurishte Municipality in Sofia Province; close to Kostinbrod and the capital Sofia. The old airport of Sofia, now a military one, is near th ...
,
Sofia Province
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**** 2nd Control and Surveillance Zone, in
Trud,
Plovdiv Province
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**** 3rd Control and Surveillance Zone, in
Bratovo,
Burgas Province
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Canada
The Royal Canadian Air Force's control centres and radar stations are part of the Canadian/American North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Croatia
The
Croatian Air Force and Air Defense
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's Airspace Surveillance Centre is headquartered in Podvornica and reports to CAOC Torrejón.
* Air Force and Air Defense Command
** Airspace Surveillance and Control Battalion, at
91st Air Force Base (
Zagreb
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- Pleso)
*** Airspace Surveillance Centre, in Podvornica
*** Sector Operational Centre, in
Split
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Places
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Arts, enterta ...
***
Mount Sljeme Radar Post, with AN/FPS-117(E)1T
***
Borinci
Borinci is a hamlet in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. It is administratively located in the town of Vinkovci as a part of the settlement of Vinkovci itself.
Name
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
Tower
Near Borinci, there is ...
Radar Post, with AN/FPS-117(E)1T
***
Papuk
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The highest peak is the eponymous ...
Radar Post, with AN/FPS-117(E)1T
***
Učka
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It forms a single morphological unit together with the Ćićarija range which stretches ...
Radar Post, with AN/FPS-117(E)1T
***
Mount Rota, with AN/FPS-117(E)1T
Czech Republic
The
Czech Air Force
"The air is our sea"
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's Control and Reporting Centre is located in Hlavenec and reports to CAOC Uedem.
* Air Force Command, in
Prague
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** 26th Air Command, Control and Surveillance Regiment, in
Stará Boleslav
*** 261st
Control and Reporting Centre
A Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) is according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff publication 1.02 defined as – ''A subordinated air control element of the tactical air control centre for which radar control and warning operations are conducted wi ...
(CRC), in Hlavenec
*** 262nd Radiotechnical Battalion, in Hlavenec
**** 1st Radiotechnical Company, in
Nepolisy
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, with
RAT-31DL
**** 4th Radiotechnical Company, in
Sokolnice
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Sokolnice lies approximately south-east of Brno and south-east of Prague.
H ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 263nd Support Battalion, in Hlavenec
**** Reserve Control and Reporting Centre, in
Větrušice
Větrušice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Geography
Větrušice is located on the right bank of the Vltava River, about north of Prague
...
Denmark
The
Royal Danish Air Force
The Royal Danish Air Force ( da, Flyvevåbnet, lit=The Flying weapon) (RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of The Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Defence. Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was ...
's
Combined Air Operations Centre
Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level''. They operate within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework.
...
(CAOC 1) in
Finderup was deactivated in 2008 and replaced at the same location by the
Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup (CAOC Finderup) was located on the Jutland peninsula, approximately 20 km west of Viborg in the middle of the Finderup military training area in Denmark. It was part of NATO's Air Policing mission and w ...
(CAOC F), which had responsibility for the airspaces of
Iceland
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,
Norway
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,
Denmark
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and the
United Kingdom
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. CAOC F was deactivated in 2013 and its responsibilities were transferred to CAOC Uedem in Germany. The national Danish Control and Reporting Centre is located at
Karup Air Base
Air Base Karup is the main air base of the Royal Danish Air Force. It is situated within Midtjyllands Airport, 3 km west of Karup in mid-Jutland.
The air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area ...
and it reports to CAOC Uedem.
The
Thule Air Base
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in
Greenland
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is a United States Air Force installation and its radars are part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
* Air Force Tactical Command, at
Karup Air Base
Air Base Karup is the main air base of the Royal Danish Air Force. It is situated within Midtjyllands Airport, 3 km west of Karup in mid-Jutland.
The air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area ...
** Air Control Wing, at Karup Air Base
*** Control and Reporting Centre, at Karup Air Base
*** Radar Station Skagen, in
Skagen
Skagen () is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skagen is ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** Radar Station Skrydstrup, at
Skrydstrup Air Base
Vojens Airport, also known as Skrydstrup Airport is an airport in Vojens, Denmark. It shares runways with Fighter Wing Skrydstrup
Fighter Wing Skrydstrup is an air base of the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) situated in southern Jutland. It is h ...
, with AN/TPS-77
*** Radar Station
Bornholm
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
, in
Almindingen
Almindingen ("the common") is one of the largest forests in Denmark. It is located in the centre of the island of Bornholm. The forest covers , making it Denmark's third largest. Though it was at one time common grazing land for cattle, it was ...
, with
Marconi S-723
Estonia
The
Estonian Air Force
The Estonian Air Force ( et, Õhuvägi, ) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces. The air force traces its history to 1918, and was re-established in its current form in 1991.
As of 2016, the Estonian Air Force has a strength of ...
's Air Operations Control Centre is located at
Ämari Air Base
Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn.
History
Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...
and reports to the Baltic Air Surveillance Network's Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre (RASCC) in
Karmėlava
Karmėlava is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 1,395. The town of Karmėlava is located north east of Kaunas and near the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania, Kaunas International Airpor ...
, Lithuania, which in turn reports to CAOC Uedem.
* Air Force Command, in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
**
Air Surveillance Wing, at
Ämari Air Base
Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn.
History
Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...
*** Air Operations Control Centre, at Ämari Air Base
*** Engineering and Technical Group, at Ämari Air Base
**** Radar Station, in
Levalõpme, with
GM 403
**** Radar Station, in
Otepää
Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia (in contrast to the "summer ca ...
, with GM 403
**** Radar Station, in
Kellavere
Kellavere is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Between 1992 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Laekvere Parish
Laekve ...
, with AN/TPS-77(V)
**** Airport Surveillance Radar at
Ämari Air Base
Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn.
History
Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...
, with
ASR-8
France
The
French Air and Space Force
The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...
's Air Operations Centre is located at
Mont Verdun Air Base and reports to CAOC Uedem. Most French radar sites use the PALMIER radar, which is being taken out of service. By 2022 all PALMIER radars will have been replaced with new radar stations using the GM 403 radar.
* Air Defense and Air Operations Command
** Air Operations Brigade, at
Mont Verdun Air Base
*** Air Operations Centre, at Mont Verdun Air Base
*** Control and Reporting Centre, at
Mont-de-Marsan Air Base
Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (French: Base aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan) (ICAO: LFBM) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) fighter base located approximately 2 km north of Mont-de-Marsan, in the Land ...
*** Control and Reporting Centre, in
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
Cinq-Mars-la-Pile () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Population
Sights
* Pile of Cinq-Mars: the town derives its name from a thirty metres high, brick Roman tower perched on the hillside. It is remarkably wel ...
*** Mont Verdun Air Base radar, with GM GM 406
*** Élément Air Rattaché (EAR) 943, on
Mont Agel
Mont Agel is a mountain on the border between France and Monaco. The summit of this mount, at above sea level, is on the French side, but the highest point of Monaco, lying on a pathway named Chemin des Révoires, is on its slopes, at an altitud ...
, with GM 406
Additionally the French Air and Space Force fields a GM 406 radar at the
Cayenne-Rochambeau Air Base in
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
to protect the
Guiana Space Centre
The Guiana Space Centre (french: links=no, Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximatel ...
in
Kourou
Kourou () is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It i ...
.
Germany
The
German Air Force
The German Air Force (german: Luftwaffe, lit=air weapon or air arm, ) is the aerial warfare branch of the , the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the ''Bundeswehr'') was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War a ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 2) in
Uedem
Uedem is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands.
Division of the town
Uedem consists of 4 districts
* Uedem
* Uedemerfeld
* Keppeln
* Uedemerbruch
* Brunze ...
was deactivated in 2008 and reactivated as CAOC Uedem in 2013. CAOC Uedem is responsible for the NATO airspace North of the Alps. The HADR radars are a variant of the HR-3000 radar, while the RRP-117 radars are a variant of the AN/FPS-117.
* Air Operations Centre (Zentrum Luftoperationen der Luftwaffe) (NATO CAOC Uedem), in
Uedem
Uedem is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands.
Division of the town
Uedem consists of 4 districts
* Uedem
* Uedemerfeld
* Keppeln
* Uedemerbruch
* Brunze ...
** Control and Reporting Centre 2 (Einsatzführungsbereich 2), in
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Location
Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx. 20 km northeast of Siegen.
Neighbouring com ...
*** Operations Squadron 21, in Erndtebrück
*** Operations Support Squadron 22, in Erndtebrück
**** Sensor Platoon I, in
Lauda
***** Remote Radar Post 240 "Loneship", in Erndtebrück with GM 406F
***** Remote Radar Post 246 "Hardwheel", on
Erbeskopf
The Erbeskopf () is a mountain in the Hunsrück range in central Germany. At a height of , it is the highest point in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as the highest point of German territory on the western bank of the Rhine. It lies ...
with HADR
***** Remote Radar Post 247 "Batman", in Lauda with GM 406F
***** Remote Radar Post 248 "Coldtrack", in
Freising
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000.
Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Is ...
with GM 406F
***** Remote Radar Post 249 "Sweet Apple", in
Meßstetten
Meßstetten () is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Overview
It is situated in the Swabian Jura, 24 km southeast of Balingen and at an altitude of is the highest city (of more than 10,000 inhabitan ...
with HADR
**** Sensor Platoon II, in
Auenhausen
***** Remote Radar Post 241 "Crabtree", in
Marienbaum
Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.
Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the wor ...
with HADR
***** Remote Radar Post 242 "Backwash", in
Auenhausen with GM 406F
***** Remote Radar Post 243 "Silver Cork", in
Visselhövede
Visselhövede () is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg.
Visselhövede b ...
with GM 406F
***** Remote Radar Post 244 "Round up", in
Brockzetel
Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', stq, Aurk) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in ...
with HADR
***** Remote Radar Post 245 "Bugle", in
Brekendorf
Brekendorf is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...
with GM 406F
*** Control and Reporting Training Inspection 23, in Erndtebrück
**** Education and Training Centre, in Erndtebrück
**** Education, Test and Training Group, in Erndtebrück
** Control and Reporting Centre 3 (Einsatzführungsbereich 3), in Schönewalde
*** Operations Squadron 31, in Schönewalde
*** Operations Support Squadron 32, in Schönewalde
**** Sensor Platoon III, in
Cölpin
Cölpin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country i ...
***** Remote Radar Post 351 "Matchpoint", in
Putgarten
Putgarten is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
The municipality is managed by the '' Amt'' of Nord-Rügen with its seat in Sagard.
Putgarten is the northernmost municipality in the state of Mec ...
with RRP-117
***** Remote Radar Post 352 "Mindreader", in Cölpin with RRP-117
***** Remote Radar Post 353 "Teddy Bear", in
Tempelhof
Tempelhof () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It is the location of the former Tempelhof Airport, one of the earliest commercial airports in the world. The former airport and surroundings are now a park called ...
with RRP-117
***** Remote Radar Post 356 "", in
Elmenhorst with RRP-117
**** Sensor Platoon IV, in
Regen
Regen ( Northern Bavarian: ''Reng'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the district town of the district of Regen.
Geography
Regen is situated on the great Regen River, located in the Bavarian Forest.
Divisions
Originally the town consisted o ...
***** Remote Radar Post 354 "Blackmoor", in
Döbern
Döbern (; Lower Sorbian ''Derbno'') is a town in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km southeast of Cottbus, and 15 km south of Forst (Lausitz).
History
From 1815 to 1947, Döbern w ...
with RRP-117
***** Remote Radar Post 355 "Royal Flash", in
Gleina
Gleina is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 2009 it has included Baumersroda and Ebersroda.Döbraberg
Döbraberg () is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member ...
with RRP-117
***** Remote Radar Post 358 "Snow Cap", on
Großer Arber
The Großer Arber (); cs, Velký Javor, "Great Maple") or Great Arber,e.g. Mauser, Wolfram and Monika Prasch (eds). ''Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts: The Project GLOWA-Danube''. Heidelberg: Springer, 2006. p. 94. is the highest pea ...
with RRP-117
Greece
1st Area Control Centre, inside Mount Chortiatis, with Marconi S-743D
2nd Area Control Centre, inside Mount Parnitha, with Marconi S-743D
9th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on Mount Pelion, with Marconi S-743D
10th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on Mount Chortiatis, with Marconi S-743D
The
Hellenic Air Force
, colours =
, colours_label =
, march =
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 8 November
, equipment =
, equipment_label ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 7) at
Larissa Air Base
Larissa State Airport "Thessaly" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Λάρισσας "Θεσσαλία") was built in 1912. It was the commercial airport of Larissa until 1997 when it closed for civilian traffic. Currently the airport ...
was deactivated in 2013 and its responsibilities transferred to the CAOC Torrejón in Spain. The Hellenic Air Force fields two HR-3000, four AR-327 and six
Marconi S-743D radar systems, however as of 2018 the air force is in the process of replacing some of its older systems with three RAT-31DL radars.
*
Air Force Tactical Command, at
Larissa Air Base
Larissa State Airport "Thessaly" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Λάρισσας "Θεσσαλία") was built in 1912. It was the commercial airport of Larissa until 1997 when it closed for civilian traffic. Currently the airport ...
** Air Operations Centre, at Larissa Air Base
*** 1st Area Control Centre, inside
Mount Chortiatis
Mount Chortiatis or Hortiatis ( el, Όρος Χορτιάτη, Χορτιάτης), known in Antiquity as Cissus ( grc, Κισσός) or Kissos, is a mountain in Central Macedonia, Greece. It rises southeast of Thessaloniki, peaking at 1,201 metr ...
*** 2nd Area Control Centre, inside
Mount Parnitha
Mount Parnitha ( ell, Πάρνηθα, , Katharevousa and grc, Πάρνης ''Parnis''/''Parnes''; sometimes Parnetha) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1,413 m, and ...
*** 1st Control and Warning Station Squadron, in
Didymoteicho
Didymoteicho ( el, Διδυμότειχο, Didymóteicho ) is a city located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town ...
, with AR-327
*** 2nd Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mount Ismaros, with HR-3000
*** 3rd Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mount Vitsi
Verno ( el, Βέρνο) or Vitsi ( el, Βίτσι) is a forested mountain range in the southern part of the Florina and the northeastern part of the Kastoria regional units in Western Macedonia, northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak ...
, with
Marconi S-743D
*** 4th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mount Elati, with RAT-31DL
*** 5th Control and Warning Station Squadron, in
Kissamos
Kissamos ( el, Κίσσαμος) is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissam ...
, with
Marconi S-743D
*** 6th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mykonos
Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to the ...
, with AR-327
*** 7th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mount Mela
Skyros ( el, Σκύρος, ), in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros ( grc, Σκῦρος, ), is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the ...
, with AR-327
*** 8th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Lemnos
Lemnos or Limnos ( el, Λήμνος; grc, Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The p ...
, with AR-327
*** 9th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on
Mount Pelion
Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...
, with
Marconi S-743D
*** 10th Control and Warning Station Squadron, on Mount Chortiatis, with
Marconi S-743D
*** 11th Control and Warning Station Squadron, in
Ziros, with HR-3000
Hungary
The
Hungarian Air Force
The Hungarian Air Force ( hu, Magyar Légierő), is the air force branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
The task of the current Hungarian Air Force is primarily defensive purposes. The flying units of the air force are organised into a single ...
's Air Operations Centre is located in Veszprém and reports to CAOC Uedem. There are additional three radar companies with Soviet-era equipment subordinate to the 54th Radar Regiment ''"Veszprém"'', however it is unclear if they will remain in service once Hungary's newest radar at
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
reaches full operational capability.
* Air Force Command, in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
** Air Operations Centre, in Veszprém
** 54th Radar Regiment ''"Veszprém"'', in Veszprém
*** 1st Radar Data Centre, in
Békéscsaba
Békéscsaba (; sk, Békešská Čaba; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a City with county rights, city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County.
Geography
Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 2nd Radar Data Centre, in
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 3rd Radar Data Centre, in
Bánkút, with RAT-31DL
Iceland
The
Iceland Air Defense System, which is part of the
Icelandic Coast Guard
The Icelandic Coast Guard (, or simply ) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search and rescue, maritime safety and security surveillance, and law enforcement in the seas surrounding Iceland. The Coast Guard maintains the Iceland ...
, monitors Iceland's airspace. Air Defense is provided by fighter jets from NATO allies, which rotate units for the
Icelandic Air Policing
Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland's airspace. As Iceland does not have an air force, in 2006 it requested that its NATO allies periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base to provide protection of ...
mission to Keflavik Air Base.
The Iceland Air Defense System's Control and Reporting Centre is at Keflavik Air Base and reports to CAOC Uedem in Germany.
*
Iceland Air Defense System, at Keflavik Air Base
** Control and Reporting Centre, at Keflavik Air Base
** H1 Radar Station, at Miðnesheiði, with AN/FPS-117(V)5
** H2 Radar Station, on
Mount Gunnolfsvík, with AN/FPS-117(V)5
** H3 Radar Station, at
Stokksnes
Stokksnes () is a headland on the southeastern Icelandic coast, near Hofn and Hornafjördur. Stokksnes is located south of Kastarárfjall mountain, and includes Vestrahorn mountain, which was featured in the Bollywood film '' Dilwale''. The H-3 ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)5
** H4 Radar Station, on
Mount Bolafjalli, with AN/FPS-117(V)5
Italy
The
Italian Air Force
, colours =
, colours_label =
, march = (Ordinance March of the Air Force) by Alberto Di Miniello
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 28 March ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 5) in Poggio Renatico was deactivated in 2013 and replaced with the Mobile Command and Control Regiment (RMCC) at
Bari Air Base, while the Centre's responsibilities were transferred to the CAOC Torrejón in Spain.
* Air Operations Command (COA), in Poggio Renatico
** Air Operations Centre, in Poggio Renatico
** Integrated Missile Air-defense Regiment (Rep. DAMI), in Poggio Renatico
*** 11th Integrated Missile Air-defense Squadron, in Poggio Renatico
*** 22nd Air Force Radar Squadron (GrRAM), in
Licola, with AN/FPS-117(V)
*** 112th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Mortara, with RAT-31DL
*** 113th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Lame di Concordia, with RAT-31DL
*** 114th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Potenza Picena
Potenza Picena is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche, about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Macerata.
''Potentia'' was the Roman town situated in the lower Potenza valley, in the ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 115th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Capo Mele
Andora ( lij, Andeua), or Marina di Andora, is a town on the Italian Riviera in the region of Liguria, included in the province of Savona.
Geography and climate
Andora is situated in the western part of the Italian Riviera between Capo Mele in ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 121st Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Poggio Ballone
Castiglione della Pescaia (), regionally simply abbreviated as Castiglione, is an ancient seaside town in the province of Grosseto, in Tuscany, central Italy. The modern city grew around a medieval 12th century fortress ( it, castello) and a large ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
*** 123rd Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Capo Frasca, with AN/FPS-117(V)
*** 131st Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Jacotenente, with RAT-31DL
*** 132nd Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Capo Rizzuto, with RAT-31DL
*** 133rd Remote Radar Station Flight, in
San Giovanni Teatino
San Giovanni Teatino is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Until 1894 this comune was known as Forcabobolina. Situated on a hill overlooking the valley of the river Pescara (Aterno-Pescara), in recent ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
*** 134th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Lampedusa
Lampedusa ( , , ; scn, Lampidusa ; grc, Λοπαδοῦσσα and Λοπαδοῦσα and Λοπαδυῦσσα, Lopadoûssa; mt, Lampeduża) is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
The ''comune'' of L ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 135th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Marsala
Marsala (, local ; la, Lilybaeum) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily.
The town is famous for the docking of Gius ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 136th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Otranto
Otranto (, , ; scn, label= Salentino, Oṭṛàntu; el, label=Griko, Δερεντό, Derentò; grc, Ὑδροῦς, translit=Hudroûs; la, Hydruntum) is a coastal town, port and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertil ...
, with RAT-31DL
*** 137th Remote Radar Station Flight, in
Mezzogregorio, with RAT-31DL
Latvia
The
Latvian Air Force
Latvian Air Force ( lv, Latvijas Gaisa spēki) is the aviation branch of the National Armed Forces. The first air force (AF) units were established 1992. It has no air combat capability, thus the defense of Latvian air space is maintained by NATO ...
's Air Operations Centre is located at Lielvārde Air Base and reports to the Baltic Air Surveillance Network's Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre (RASCC) in Karmėlava, Lithuania, which in turn reports to CAOC Uedem.
* Air Force Headquarters, at Lielvārde Air Base
** Air Surveillance Squadron, at Lielvārde Air Base
*** Air Operations Centre, at Lielvārde Air Base
*** 1st Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, at Lielvārde Air Base, with AN/TPS-77(V)
*** 2nd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in
Audriņi
Audriņi (also Audreņi, ) is a village and the center of Audriņi Parish, Rēzekne Municipality of the Latgale area of eastern Latvia, 245 km east of Riga. It is situated on the banks of the Liužonka River along route P36.
The parish ...
, with AN/TPS-77(V)
*** 3rd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in
Čalas, with AN/TPS-77(V)
*** Mobile Radar Section, with TPS-77 MRR
Lithuania
The
Lithuanian Air Force
The Lithuanian Air Force or LAF ( lt, Lietuvos karinės oro pajėgos, abbreviated as ''LK KOP'') is the military aviation branch of the Lithuanian armed forces. It is formed from professional military servicemen and non-military personnel. Units ...
's Air Operations Control Centre is located in Karmėlava and reports to the Baltic Air Surveillance Network's Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre (RASCC) co-located in Karmėlava, which in turn reports to CAOC Uedem.
* Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters, in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...
**
Airspace Surveillance and Control Command, in Kaunas
*** Airspace Control Centre, in
Karmėlava
Karmėlava is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 1,395. The town of Karmėlava is located north east of Kaunas and near the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania, Kaunas International Airpor ...
*** 1st Radar Post, in
Antaveršis
*** 3rd Radar Post, in
Degučiai
*** 4th Radar Post, in
Ceikiškės
Luxembourg
Luxembourg's airspace is monitored and guarded by the Belgian Air Component's Control and Reporting Centre at Beauvechain Air Base.
Montenegro
The
Armed Forces of Montenegro
The Armed Forces of Montenegro ( cnr, Војска Црне Горе, Vojska Crne Gore) are the military forces of Montenegro. The Armed Forces consists of an army, navy and air force.
The military currently maintains a force of 2,350 active du ...
do not possess a modern air defense radar and the country's airspace is monitored by Italian Air Force radar sites. The Armed Forces Air Surveillance and Reporting Centre is located at
Podgorica Airport
Podgorica Airport ( cnr, Аеродром Подгорица, Aerodrom Podgorica, ) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and the surrounding region. It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the ...
in
Golubovci
Golubovci ( cnr, Голубовци, ) is a small town in the Podgorica Municipality of Montenegro.
It has 3,110 residents according to 2011 census, while the ''Golubovci City Municipality'' accounts for some 16,093 residents.
Transport
Sometim ...
and reports to CAOC Torrejón in Spain.
Netherlands
The
Royal Netherlands Air Force
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, colours_label =
, march = ''Parade March of the Royal Netherlands Air Force''
, mascot =
, anniversaries =
, equipment ...
's Air Operations Centre is located at Nieuw-Milligen and reports to CAOC Uedem. The air force's main radars are being replaced with two modern
SMART-L GB radars.
* Air Force Command, in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
** Air Operations Control Station, in Nieuw-Milligen
*** Control and Reporting Centre, in Nieuw-Milligen
*** Radar Station South, in Nieuw-Milligen, with
SMART-L GB
*** Radar Station North, at
Wier, with SMART-L GB
Norway
The
Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( no, Luftforsvaret, , The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximatel ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 3) in
Reitan was deactivated in 2008 and its responsibilities were transferred to the Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup (CAOC F). After CAOC F was deactivated in 2013 the responsibility for the air defense of Norway was transferred to CAOC Uedem in Germany and the Royal Norwegian Air Force's Control and Reporting Centre in Sørreisa reports to it. Until 2016 the Royal Norwegian Air Force's radar installations were distributed between two CRCs. That year the CRC Mågerø was disbanded. In its place a wartime mobilization back-up CRC has been formed with a reduction in personnel from the around active 170 duty to about 50
air force home guardsmen. The SINDRE I radars are a variant of the HR-3000 radar, which is also used in the German HADR radars. The newer
RAT-31SL/N radars are sometimes designated SINDRE II.
*
Armed Forces Operational Headquarters,
Reitan near
Bodø Main Air Station
Bodø Air Station (; no, Bodø hovedflystasjon) is a military air base of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) located in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality, Nordland county, Norway. It is home to the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon ...
** 131 Air Wing, in Sørreisa
*** Control and Reporting Centre Sørreisa
**** Radar Station
Njunis
Njunis is a mountain in the interior of southern Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The mountain lies in Målselv Municipality. With a peak at , it is the highest mountain in this part of the county, and has Norway's thirteenth largest prominence. ...
, with RAT-31SL/N
**** Radar Station
Senja
or is an island in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, Europe. With an area of , it is the second largest island in Norway (outside of the Svalbard archipelago). It has a wild, mountainous outer (western) side facing the Atlantic, and a mild ...
, with RAT-31SL/N
**** Radar Station
Honningsvåg
, other_name =
, native_name =
, nickname =
, settlement_type = Town
, image_skyline = Honningsvåg-01.jpg
, image_caption = View of the city
, pushpin_map = Finnmark#Nor ...
, with RAT-31SL/N
**** Radar Station
Vestvågøy
Vestvågøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, B ...
, with SINDRE I
**** Radar Station
Vågsøy
Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...
, with SINDRE I
**** Radar Station
Skykula, with SINDRE I
Poland
The
Polish Armed Forces Operational Command's Air Operations Centre is located in the Warsaw-Pyry neighborhood and reports to CAOC Uedem. The 3rd ''Wrocław'' Radiotechnical Brigade is responsible for the operation of the Armed Forces radar equipment. As of 2021, the Polish Air Force possesses three NUR-12M and three RAT-31DL long-range radars making up BACKBONE system, which are listed below.
* Armed Forces Operational Command, in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
** Air Operations Centre - Air Component Command, in Warsaw-Pyry
*** Mobile Air Operations Command Unit, in
Babki
*** 22nd Command and Control Centre, in
Osówiec
*** 32nd Command and Control Centre, at
Kraków-Balice Air Base
*** 1st Air Operations Coordination Centre, in
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and ...
*** 2nd Air Operations Coordination Centre, in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
*** 4th Air Operations Coordination Centre, in
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
*** 3rd ''Wrocław'' Radiotechnical Brigade, in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
**** 3rd ''Sandomierz'' Radiotechnical Battalion, in
Sandomierz
Sandomierz (pronounced: ; la, Sandomiria) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants (as of 2017), situated on the Vistula River in the Sandomierz Basin. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Provi ...
***** 110th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Łabunie
Łabunie is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łabunie. It lies some southeast of Zamość and southeast of the regional capital, Lublin. ...
, with RAT-31DL
*****360th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Brzoskwinia, with NUR-12M
**** 8th ''Szczycień'' Radiotechnical Battalion, in
Lipowiec
*****144th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Roskosz, with NUR-12M
*****184th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Szypliszki, with RAT-31DL
***** 211th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Chruściel, with RAT-31DL
**** 31st ''Lower Silesian'' Radiotechnical Battalion, in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
*****170th Long Range Radiolocating Post, in
Wronowice, with NUR-12M
**** 34th ''Chojnice'' Radiotechnical Battalion, in
Chojnice
Chojnice (; , or ''Chòjnice''; german: Konitz or ''Conitz'') is a town in northern Poland with 39,423 inhabitants as of December 2021, near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of the Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
History
Pias ...
Portugal
The
Portuguese Air Force
, colours =
, colours_label =
, march =
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 1 July
, equipment =
, equipment_label ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 10) in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
was deactivated in 2013 and its responsibilities were transferred to CAOC Torrejón in Spain.
* Air Command, in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
** Control and Reporting Centre, in
Monsanto
The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in th ...
** Radar Station 1, on
Monte Fóia, with HR-3000
** Radar Station 2, on
Monte Pilar in
Paços de Ferreira
Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km².
Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...
, with HR-3000
** Radar Station 3, at
Montejunto, with HR-3000
** Radar Station 4, on
Pico do Arieiro
Pico do Areeiro (often wrongly written as Pico do Arieiro), at high, is Madeira Island's third highest peak.Madeira ...
, on the island of
Madeira
)
, anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira")
, song_type = Regional anthem
, image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg
, map_alt=Location of Madeira
, map_caption=Location of Madeira
, subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, with
LANZA 3-D
Romania
The
Romanian Air Force
The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) ( ro, Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five airbases and an air defense brigade. Reserve forces include one ai ...
's Air Operations Centre is headquartered in Bucharest and reports to CAOC Torrejón. The radar station in Bârnova is officially designated and operated as a civilian radar station, however its data is fed into the military air surveillance system.
* Air Operations Centre, in Bucharest
** 2nd Airspace Surveillance Centre "North", at
71st Air Base, in
Câmpia Turzii
Câmpia Turzii (; german: Jerischmarkt; hu, Aranyosgyéres) is a municipality in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages, Ghiriș (''Aranyosgyéres'') and Sâncrai (''Szentkirály''). It was decla ...
** Radar Station, in
Ovidiu
Ovidiu (, historical name: ''Canara'', tr, Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants o ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
** Radar Station, at
Giarmata Airport, with AN/FPS-117(V)
** Radar Station, in
Suceava
Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central and Eastern E ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
** Radar Station, in
Craiova
Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
** Radar Station, on
Muntele Mare, with AN/FPS-117(V)
** Civil/Military Radar Station, in
Bârnova
Bârnova is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, part of the Iași Metropolitan Area
The Iași Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan association in Iași County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby comm ...
, with AN/FPS-117(V)
Slovakia
The
Slovak Air Force
The Slovak Air Force, known since 2002 as the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic ( sk, Vzdušné sily Ozbrojených síl Slovenskej republiky), is the aviation and air defense branch of the Slovak Armed Forces. Operating 23 aircr ...
's Air Operations Centre is located at
Sliač Air Base and reports to CAOC Uedem. The Slovak Air Force still operates obsolete Soviet-era radars, which it intends to replace with fewer, but more capable Western 3-D radars as soon as possible. The future locations of the new radars are as of 2018 unknown.
* Air Force Command, at
Sliač Air Base
** Command, Control and Surveillance Wing, at Sliač Air Base
*** Air Operations Centre, at Sliač Air Base
*** Radar Surveillance Battalion, in Sliač Air Base
Slovenia
The
Slovenian Air Force and Air Defense's Airspace Surveillance and Control Centre is headquartered in Brnik and reports to CAOC Torrejón.
The Italian Air Force's 4th Wing at
Grosseto Air Base
Grosseto Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Grosseto) is an airport in central Italy, located west of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany.
Although it is classified as a "joint use" facility, Grosseto Airport is primarily an Italian Air Force (A ...
and 36th Wing at
Gioia del Colle Air Base
Gioia del Colle Air Base is an Italian Air Force ( Aeronautica Militare) base located in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy, located approximately 1 km south-southeast of Gioia del Colle.
World War II
During World War II the air base was ...
rotate a
QRA flight of
Eurofighter Typhoon
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo ...
s to
Istrana Air Base
Istrana Air Base is a military airport located in Istrana, Veneto, Italy. It is home to the Italian Air Force's 51º Stormo.
Overview
* 132º Gruppo FBA/RECCE (132nd Fighter Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron) operating AMX International AMX's.
* 45 ...
, which are responsible for the air defense of Northern Italy and Slovenia.
* Forces Command, in
Vrhnika
Vrhnika (; german: Oberlaibach;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. la, Nauportus) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Muni ...
** 15th Military Aviation Regiment, at
Cerklje ob Krki Air Base
Cerklje ob Krki Airport ( sl, Letališče Cerklje ob Krki) is the only military airport in Slovenia, and a civilian airport. The Cerklje ob Krki Air Base operates at it. The airport is in the midst of an enlargement and restructuring.
History T ...
*** 16th Airspace Surveillance and Control Battalion in Brnik
**** Airspace Surveillance and Control Centre, in Brnik
**** 1st Radar Station, in
Vrhnika
Vrhnika (; german: Oberlaibach;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. la, Nauportus) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Muni ...
, with GM 403
**** 2nd Radar Station, in
Hočko Pohorje
Hočko Pohorje () is a settlement in the Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the eastern Pohorje Hills south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in th ...
, with GM 403
Spain
The
Spanish Air Force
, colours =
, colours_label =
, march = Spanish Air and Space Force Anthem
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 10 December
, equipment ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 8) at Torrejón Air Base was deactivated in 2013 and replaced at same location by CAOC Torrejon, which took over the functions of CAOC 5, CAOC 7, CAOC 8 and CAOC 10. CAOC Torrejón is responsible for the NATO airspace South of the Alps.
* Combat Air Command, at Torrejón Air Base
** Combat Air Command Headquarter (CGMACOM), at Torrejón Air Base
*** Air Operations Centre / NATO CAOC Torrejón
** Command and Control Systems Headquarter (JSMC), at Torrejón Air Base
*** Central Command and Control Group (GRUCEMAC), at Torrejón Air Base
*** Northern Command and Control Group (GRUNOMAC), at
Zaragoza Air Base
Zaragoza Air Base is a base of the Spanish Air and Space Force located near Zaragoza, Spain. It is located west of Zaragoza, west of Barcelona, and northeast of Madrid. It shares infrastructure with the Zaragoza Airport. in the past, Zaragoza ...
*** Mobile Air Control Group (GRUMOCA) at
Tablada Air Base
*** 1st Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 1) radar station, at Air Station
El Frasno, with LANZA 3-D
*** 2nd Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 2) radar station, at Air Station
Villatobas, with RAT-31SL/T
*** 3rd Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 3) radar station, at Air Station
Constantina
Flavia Valeria Constantina (also sometimes called ''Constantia'' and ''Constantiana''; el, Κωνσταντίνα; b. after 307/before 317 – d. 354), later known as Saint Constance, was the eldest daughter of Roman emperor Constantine the Great ...
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 4th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 4) radar station, at Air Station
Roses
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be e ...
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 5th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 5) radar station, at Air Station
Aitana
Aitana (, ) is a mountain massif that is part of Prebaetic System in the eastern end of the Iberian Peninsula. Administratively, the mountainous area is located in the Marina Baixa, Alcoià and Comtat comarcas in the northern part of Alicante p ...
, with RAT-31SL/T
*** 7th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 7) radar station, at Air Station
Puig Major
Puig Major is the highest peak on the Spanish island of Majorca. With an elevation of above sea level. It is situated in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. As the mountain is located in a military zone, the neighbouring peak Puig de Massanella (1 ...
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 9th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 9) radar station, at Air Station
Motril
Motril () is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the Granada, Spain. It is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 60,368 as of 2016. The town is located near the Guadalfeo River and is from Granada.
Hi ...
, with RAT-31SL/T
*** 10th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 10) radar station, at Air Station
Barbanza
A Barbanza is a comarca in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Its capital is the municipality of Ribeira. The comarca contains four municipalities and 66,095 inhabitants (2019) in an area of 244.2 km². These municipalities are:
* A Pobr ...
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 11th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 11) radar station, at Air Station
Alcalá de los Gazules, with LANZA 3-D
*** 12th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 12) radar station, at Air Station
Espinosa de los Monteros
Espinosa de los Monteros is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, with a population of c. 2,100 inhabitants.
The village is spread over a large rural area at the southern outskirts of a mountainous area of ...
, with RAT-31SL/T
*** 13th Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 13) radar station, at Air Station
Sierra Espuña
The Sierra Espuña is a mountain range in the Region of Murcia, Spain. It is part of the Penibaetic System. The Sierra Espuña Regional Park protects 17,804 ha of the mountain range in the municipalities of Alhama de Murcia, Totana and Mula. The ...
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 21st Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 21) radar station, at
Vega de San Mateo
Vega de San Mateo is a town and a municipality in the mountainous central part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Its population is 7,774 (2013),[Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...]
, with LANZA 3-D
*** 22nd Air Surveillance Squadron (EVA 22) radar station, in
Haría on
Lanzarote
Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...
, with RAT-31SL/T
Turkey
The
Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force ( tr, ) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Air Force can trace its origins back to June 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire, however, the air force as it is known t ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 6) in
Eskişehir
Eskişehir ( , ; from "old" and "city") is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 898,369 with a metropolitan population of 797,708. The city is located on the banks of the ...
was deactivated in 2013 and its responsibilities were transferred to CAOC Torrejón in Spain. Turkey's Air Force fields a mix of HR-3000, AN/FPS-117, RAT-31SL and RAT-31DL radars, however the exact number of each of these radar and their location in the Turkish radar system is unknown.
* Air Force Command (COA), in
** Control and Reporting Centre, in Ahlatlıbel
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in Ahlatlıbel, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Körfez, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Karabelen, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Çanakkale
Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate).
Çanakkale is ...
, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010.
The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...
, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Datça
Datça is a district of Muğla Province in south-west Turkey, and the center town of the district. The center is situated midway through the peninsula which carries the same name as the district and the town (Datça Peninsula). It was a nahiya of ...
, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
İnebolu
İnebolu is a town and district of the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is from Istanbul by road and north of Kastamonu. It is a typical Black Sea port town with many fine examples of traditional domestic architecture. Ac ...
, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
İskenderun
İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Names
The city was founded as Ale ...
, with
*** Aerial Surveillance Radar Post, in
Rize
Rize (Greek language, Greek: ρίζα, Laz language, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian language, Georgian: რიზე,
, Ottoman Turkish: ريزه)
is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
Rize ...
, with
United Kingdom
The
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC 9) at
RAF High Wycombe
RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It houses Headquarters Air Command, and was originally designed to house RAF Bomber Command in the late 1930s ...
was deactivated in 2008 and its responsibilities were transferred to the Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup (CAOC F). After CAOC F was deactivated in 2013 the responsibility for the air defense of the United Kingdom was transferred to CAOC Uedem in Germany. The Royal Air Force's Control and Reporting Centres report to it.
*
No. 1 Group RAF
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Sup ...
, at
RAF High Wycombe
RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It houses Headquarters Air Command, and was originally designed to house RAF Bomber Command in the late 1930s ...
**
UK Air Surveillance and Control Systems
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
, at RAF Boulmer
*** Control and Reporting Centre, at RAF Boulmer
***
No. 1 Air Control Centre
No. 1 Air Control Centre (also known as 1 ACC) is a deployable mobile command and control unit of the Royal Air Force that is currently based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. The unit acts in conjunction with the Control and Reporting Centre (CRC ...
, at
RAF Scampton
Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton is a Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and north-west of the city of Lincoln, England.
RAF Scampton stands on the site of a First ...
(National Air Control Centre)
***
RRH Benbecula
Remote Radar Head Benbecula or RRH Benbecula, is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It is located at Cleitreabhal a'Deas, from Lochmaddy on the isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The radar site wa ...
, in
North Uist
North Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Tuath; sco, North Uise) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Etymology
In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and ...
, with AN/TPS-77
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RRH Brizlee Wood, in
Shipley, with AN/FPS-117
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RRH Buchan, in
Boddam, with AN/TPS-77
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RRH Portreath, in
Portreath
Portreath ( kw, Porthtreth or ) is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (5 km) northwest of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a str ...
, with AR-327
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RRH Saxa Vord, in
Unst
Unst (; sco, Unst; nrn, Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .
Unst ...
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RRH Trimingham, in
Trimingham
Trimingham is a coastal village and a civil parish in the North Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. The village is north of North Walsham, east of Cromer, north of the city and county town of Norwich, and is on the B1159 coastal road be ...
, with AN/FPS-117 (satellite station of
RRH Neatishead)
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RRH Staxton Wold
Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. As it has been a radar site continuously since 1939, it has a claim to be ...
, in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
, had an AN/TPS-77 radar, which was moved to RRH Saxa Vord in 2017, future plans for RRH Staxton Wold are as of 2018 unknown.
United States
The
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...
's control centres and radar stations are part of the Canadian/American North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Non-NATO European air defense systems
Austria
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Austrian Air Force
The Austrian Air Force (german: Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte, , Austrian Air Combat Force) is a component part of the Austrian Armed Forces.
History
The Austrian Air Force in its current form was created in May 1955 by the victorious Al ...
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GOLDHAUBE system:
** Command and Control Center ''"Basisraum"'', in
St Johann im Pongau
St. Johann im Pongau (''Saiga Håns'' or ''Sainig Håns'' in the local Pongau dialect, abbreviated St.Johann/Pg.) is a small city in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is the administrative centre of the St. Johann im Pongau District.
Geograph ...
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Kolomansberg Radar Station
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Großer Speikkogel
Grosser or Großer is the masculine nominative singular form of the German adjective "gross", meaning "big", "great", "large", "tall", and the like. It is part of many placenames, especially of mountains. It is also a surname. People with that surn ...
Radar Station
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Steinmandl Radar Station
Switzerland
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Swiss Air Force
The Swiss Air Force (german: Schweizer Luftwaffe; french: Forces aériennes suisses; it, Forze aeree svizzere; rm, Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914 as a part of the army and ...
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FLORAKO
FLORAKO is a Swiss radar system for military and civil aviation. The acronym stands for FLORIDA radar replacement air radar system capable communication system (in German: FLORIDA Radarersatz Radarluftlagesystem Kommunikationssystem) in the initia ...
system:
** Air Defence & Direction Center, at
Dübendorf Air Base
Dübendorf Military Airport (german: Militärflugplatz Dübendorf) was a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force northeast of Dübendorf in Switzerland, located east of Zürich.
History
The search for a suitable site for an airfield started i ...
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Pilatus
Pilatus may refer to: People
* Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus, died 39 AD), Roman governor of Judea
* Leontius Pilatus (died 1366), Greek Calabrian scholar
* Rob Pilatus (1965–1998), artist and member of group Milli Vanilli
Other uses
* ...
Radar Station
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Scopi
The Scopi is a 3,190-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Lukmanier Pass on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden.
A cable car (not accessible to public) connects the summit from the road of Lukmanier Pass ...
Radar Station
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Weisshorn
The Weisshorn (German, lit. ''white peak/mountain'') is a major peak of Switzerland and the Alps, culminating at above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valai ...
Radar Station
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Weissfluh
The Weissfluh is a mountain of the Plessur Alps, located above Davos in the canton of Graubünden. It is part of a ski area and the summit is served by a cable car from the Weissfluhjoch.
See also
*List of most isolated mountains of Switzerla ...
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References
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Integrated Air Defense System
Air defence radar networks