page_title: Austrian air defense
section_title: Operational elements
hierarchical_section_title: Austrian air defense / Operational elements
caption_attribution_description: English: A Thales RAC 3D 3D-radar of the Austrian Air Force; ITU-classificatio: Radiolocation land station in the radiolocation service.
context_page_description: Austrian air defence is the air defense system that protects the nation of Austria. It integrates civilian and military radar systems under the authority of the Austrian Air Force.
context_section_description: The Einsatzzentrale/Basisraum (EZ/B) is a command center and government crisis bunker, situated 300m inside a mountain near the village of Heukareck, in the vicinity of St. Johann and Salzburg. The bunker, known by some as "der Berg" (the mountain), was built from 1977-1982 to house military and civilian leadership during a crisis. The three main radar stations are located on the mountains of Kolomannsberg, Koralpe and Buschberg.
  Kommando Luftraumüberwachung (Kdo LRÜ). The airspace control command.
  Betriebsstab (ready staff). Responsible for the technical status of the Einsatzzentrale/Basisraum (government crisisbunker), for the airspace control and for the alerting of air defence fighters.
  Luftraumüberwachungszentrale (LRÜZ). (control reporting centre). Responsible for active and passive airspace control on a 24/7 basis by means of the operational air defence system and by means of producing an actual airpicture exceeding Austria's boundaries.
  Beobachtungs- and Identification service (controlling and identification service). Responsible for the delivery of an actual airpicture.
  Radarleitdienst (radar control service). Responsible for guiding alerted fighter interceptors using radar, radio and datalink
  Analyse- und Dokumentationsteam (analysis - documentation team). Coördinates the activated sensor capacity and responsible for the data quality.
  Dateneingabestelle (manual input service). Grants flight permits to all foreign military airplanes and is responsible for correct flight information.
  Military Control Center (MCC). This operational unit is the real interface between both civil and military flight security authorities.
  Wetterdienstzentrale (WEDZ). The military weather forecasting organisation.
  EDV-LRÜ. Responsible for IT-handling and operational servicing of all stationary IT facilities and system upgrades.
  Technische Betriebszentrale (TEBZ) Technical maintenance. Responsible for all technical installations in the EZ/B (government bunker).
  Rettungs- und Brandschutzdienst (RuBSD) Internal fire and rescue brigade. Responsible for all active and passive fire control in the EZ/B bunker.
  Radar station commando (RadStat)  Radar command. Responsible for the overall operational capacity of the complete radar network.
  Fixed radar station Kolomannsberg (ORS K)
  Fixed radar station Steinmandl (ORS STM)
  Fixed radar station Speikkogel (ORS SPK)
  Radar bataillon (RadB). Responsible for all personnel and materiel operational readiness of all mobile air controlcomponents and radar control services
  Mobile radar station 1 (MRS 1)
  Mobile radar station 2 (MRS 2)
  6 x lowlevel detection radar
  Operational shelter (deployable CRC)
  Mobile direct relay stations
  Mobile land communication facilities
  Mobile air communication facilities
  Technisch Logistisches Zentrum (TLZ) The technical logistics centre is direct responsible for communications between stations.
caption: Thales lowlevel detection radar
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