The mission of airspace surveillance by the Air Force today:Air defense as a NATO Committed Force and interdepartmental security in the airspace.
Flight reporting and control service, radar control service as well as low-flying aircraft reporting and control service, operational control service, flight control service - air traffic control by the Air Force has had many names since the early 1960s. As diverse as the names are, the development of this mission is equally diverse; its core and foundation is the integrated NATO air defense, then as now.
The core mission has made a decisive contribution to national and alliance defense since air traffic surveillance was established by the Air Force. Efficiency and speed of leadership are the key to optimal responsiveness. For this purpose, the command posts of the air traffic control (Control and Reporting Center, CRC) as well as the alarm groups (Ouick Reaction Alert “Interceptor”, QRA(I)) set up by the German Air Force with the conclusion of the two-plus-four contract in 1990 were set up directly in peacetime subordinate to the alliance. Such forces subordinated to NATO for operations are now referred to as NATO Committed Forces.
The terrorist attacks on September 9, 2001 in the USA significantly changed the security structure of the world and presented airspace surveillance with a new challenge: the ability to respond to asymmetrical threats in the airspace.
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