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The airbase wooden village ( ICAO code: ETSH, even airbase Schoenewalde / Wood Village ) is a military airfield in the Air Force. It is located east of Jessen and wood village in Saxony -Anhalt, Brandenburg and is bordered to the north by the federal highway 187
Airfield infrastructure
In addition to today exclusively used 2,419 m long asphalt runway 09/27, after 1990, extended from the original 2.350m, there was a parallel north grass runway 09/27 with a length of 1,800 m and a width of 40 m. In addition, on the northern edge of the airfield, there is a runway, which can be used with 2.400 m × 15 m as Notstartbahn.
South of the runway is the Tower, north of which the aprons, hangars and a helipad.
As navigational aids are a TACAN system and a NDB available. As an approach aid for the slopes 09 and 27 is a PAPI, runway 27 is also equipped with an ILS Cat I
Bundeswehr-Einrichtungen/Stationierungen and proposed plans
History
Beginnings to the NVA - time
In 1968 the site was selected by the NVA as a location for a new airfield. 1974 saw the completion of field airfield until 1980, the expansion to a use airfield. The transfer to the Jagdfliegergeschwader 1 came in 1982, which was moved from the old location Cottbus to wood village. He was the most modern airfield of his time in the GDR (3 developed decentralization rooms). Overall, the Jagdfliegergeschwader 1, the Air Technical Battalion 1 and the radio Technical Battalion 41 stationed here in the 1980s.
After the reunification
With the reunification of the German Army took over the area and broke up on a Nachkommando, the fighter pilot Squadron 1 and the Air Technical Battalion 1 on. On April 1, 1991, the Air Transport Squadron 62 participated as a successor to the fighter squadron one his work, followed by the Air Force Training Regiment 1 on 1 October 1991. Likewise April 1, 1991, the Radio Technical Battalion 41 was dissolved and transferred to the newly established radar guidance department 34. On 30 September 1994 the transfer Selbiger 25 in the radar guidance department was
Modernization and NATO integration
The radar control unit 25 was officially under NATO command on 9 January 1995.
The built 1978-1983 air defense command post was in 1997 and 1998 completely gutted and then rebuilt for 40 million DM. Subsequently, from April 2000 installed state of the art computer technology to the value of DM 50 million and officially put GIADS with the most modern Air Command and Control System ( ACCS ) Europe on 6 June 2000. On 1 October 2002, the Joint Operations Area 3 was reorganized as the successor to the radar control unit 25. On 19 May 2003 the relocation of the newly established Army Aviation Support Season 1 from Cottbus to wood village followed.
By 2012, the infrastructure for the flight operation of the NH -90 helicopter was created, including up to approximately 300 million euros have been invested. With the introduction of this new weapon system should after the helicopter component of the Air Transport Wing 62, the helicopter squadrons of the Air Transport Squadron 61 and Lufttransportgeschwader 63 Helicopter Squadron 64 are summarized at the site timber village.
With the reorientation of the Bundeswehr and the associated ability to transfer between the air force and the army of the training flight operations is the werden.Die CH -53 ensured of wood village since 2014 first CH- 53GA hit the end of September 2013 and the exercise started operations in January 2014.