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Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 1 (Air Defence Wing 1) or (FlaRakG 1) Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 is an association of the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

 based in Husum. The squadron is equipped with the Patriot
MIM-104 Patriot
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. The Patriot System replaced the Nike Hercules system as the U.S. Army's primary High to Medium...

air defense missile system

History

The air defense missile wing was established in 1959 as an air defense regiment 3 in Essen-copper spin. In the same year the transfer was to Bocholt, 1960 in Osnabrück. 1965 was the introduction of the weapon system Hawk air defense missile regiment 3 Krummenort renamed and moved to near Rendsburg. 1967 moved to the Association for heath. There it was established in 1989 to command an air defense missiles and 1992 reclassified to-air missile squadrons first In 1994, the squadron moved to its present location. In 2001, the HAWK weapon system was deactivated.

On 1 January 2011, the squadron took formal responsibility for the weapon system MANTIS on the resolution contained in air defense troops of the army . To operate the weapons system by the anti-aircraft missiles service of the Air Force 1 April 2011 an anti-aircraft group at Husum called into service. [1]

The nickname "Schleswig-Holstein, the Association since 1989.

Tasks

Boot device of the Patriot air defense missile system
The object of the association is with the Patriot weapon system assigned to rooms and objects against the threat of aircraft and ballistic missiles to protect.

Insinuation

The air defense missile wing 1 is now a federation of the 4th Air Division .

The Commodore, the air defense missile groups 25 in Stadium and 26 assumed in Husum.
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