Allied Forces Baltic Approaches
As Allied Command Baltic Approaches ( ACBA ) the existing 1962-2002 NATO command area of the Baltic Approaches ( Baltic Approaches / BALTAP ) was called.
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History
The NATO Command Baltic Approaches range was with the headquarters in Karup, Denmark, situated on 8 January 1962. It was created on Germany's urging to finish the pre-existing division of the German naval forces to the NATO command areas of Northern Europe and Central Europe. After the change in the security situation in 1990, the command was reclassified in 1993 and dissolved in 2002.
Mission and responsibility
The remit BALTAP comprised the territory of Denmark ( excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands ), the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig -Holstein and the sea areas of the eastern North Sea, the Baltic Approaches to Skagerrak, Kattegat, Belts and Sound and the Baltic Sea. A peculiar feature, the responsibility for the air defense on the German part of the BALTAP - area dar. Until 1990, the Western Allies were responsible on the basis of the Allied conditional law for air defense over the entire Federal Republic of Germany. After France withdrew from the integrated military alliance, this task has been carried out jointly by the U.S. and the UK. For the Schleswig -Holstein and Hamburg area the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force was ( 2 ATAF ) is responsible, which was led by a British officer in the RAF Germany with headquarters in Mönchengladbach.
Organization
1962-1993
The organization created when setting up the command area BALTAP existed with little change from 1962 to 1994 to ACBA were at this time four subordinate NATO commands. :
- The multinational corps Allied Land Forces Schleswig -Holstein and Jutland ( LANDJUT ) under the leadership of the commander ( COMLANDJUT ) in Rendsburg
- Land forces in Zealand ( LANDZEALAND ) under the leadership of the commander ( COMLANDZEALAND ) in Copenhagen
- The Air Forces Baltic Approaches ( AIRBALTAP ) under the leadership of the commander ( COMAIRBALTAP ) in Karup
- The naval forces of the Baltic Approaches ( NAVBALTAP ) under the leadership of the commander ( COMNAVBALTAP ) in Karup (up to 1976 in Holtenau ) with his subordinate commanders Flag Officer Denmark ( FOD) in Aarhus, at the same time the national commander of the Danish fleet
- Flag Officer Germany ( FOG) in Glücksburg, both national commander of the German fleet
- Commander German Northsea Subarea ( COMGERNORSEA ) in Sengwarden, both national German commander of the naval forces of the North Sea (BSN ).
1993-2002
On 1 October 1993, a reclassification came into force that addressed the changing military situation in the Baltic region. While the two commands the land forces remained, the two headquarters of the naval and air forces were disbanded. In place of the COMAIRBALTAP the Interim Combined Air Operations Centre joined 1 ( ICAOC 1) in Karup. The two national fleet commanders were the COMBALTAP assumed as Admiral Danish Fleet ( AdmDanFleet ) and Commander German Fleet ( COMGERFLEET ) directly.
Imputed forces
In the case of alliance COMBALTAP had to carry out the functions assigned NATO forces. According to the plan, all Danish forces were provided with the exception of some parts in the outdoor areas for placement under COMBALTAP. Germany had planned stationed in BALTAP - range land and air forces and the entire naval and naval air for this area. In addition, external reinforcements from the United States and Britain were provided.
Leadership
ACBA was led by a Danish officer in the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral who was known as the Commander Allied Forces Baltic Approaches ( COMBALTAP ). His deputy was a German officer in the same service level. COMBALTAP under stood from 1962 to 1993 the NATO command, Allied Forces Northern Europe ( AFNORTH ) in Kolsås at Oslo in Norway. After a change in the NATO command structure, it was assumed on 1 October 1993 the command area of Central Europe ( AFCENT ). For the operational management of the air and naval forces to use a consistent assignment of these forces under the new command Northwest Europe ( AFNORTHWEST ) was made with its components and commands AIRNORTHWEST NAVNORTHWEST.