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QRA stations
[edit]Austria
[edit]Austria has only daylight QRA readyness. Austrian Air Force Air Surveillance Command is located at Salzburg, Fighter Squadron 1 & 2 with Eurofighter Typhoon on Zeltweg Air Base.
Bulgaria
[edit]Graf Ignatievo Air Base (3rd Fighter Air Base) of the BuAF has a single MiG-29 squadron, which carry two R-73 missiles. the Bulgarian CRC is at Sofia.
Croatia
[edit]The Croatian Air Force's Air Force and Air Defence Command is located in Zagreb[1] The 191. Fighter Squadron, flying MiG-21bisD/UMD from Pleso (Zagreb Airport) with a second QRA on Pula Airport. The MiG-21 will be replaced with Dassault Rafale.
Czech Republic
[edit]261st Control and Reporting Centre (CRC), in Hlavenec. The Czech Air Force uses JAS-39C/D Gripen at Čáslav AFB
Denmark
[edit]The Royal Danish Air Force Command has its headquartered at Karup Air Base. The Fighter Wing with the Eskadrille 727 and the Eskadrille 730, at Skrydstrup Air Base use F-16AM/BM Falcon (soon replaced with F-35A).
Finnland
[edit]The Air Operations Centre is at Jyväskylä–Tikkakoski Air Base. The Finnish Air Force Fighter Squadron 31 (Hävittäjälentolaivue 31, HävLLv 31) uses F-18C/D from Rovaniemi, Kuopio. In addition to the Air Force's main operating bases, QRA aircraft may by rotated between civilian airports and other temporary operating bases. [2]
Germany
[edit]Air Operations Center (NATO CAOC Uedem), in Uedem the German Air Force uses Eurofighter Typhoon from Wittmund (QRA Nord) and Neuburg Air Base (QRA Süd) alternate QRA Base are Nörvenich, Rostock-Laage Airport[3]
Hungaria
[edit]The Hungarian Air Command and Control Centre is in Veszprém, the QRA base is at the Kecskemét Air Base with the Fighter Squadron Puma and operates JAS-39C/D Gripen fighters. The Hungarian Gripens are responsible for the air police service over Slovenia[4]
Italy
[edit]At Grosseto Air Base, in the Province of Grosseto on the west Italian coast, the Typhoon is operated by IX Gruppo of 4º Stormo Caccia, at Trapani-Birgi Airport, in Sicily, by 18° Gruppo of 37° Stormo, at Gioia del Colle Air Base, Apulia, by 10° Gruppo and 12° Gruppo of 36º Stormo and at Istrana Air Base, Veneto, by the 51° Stormo. At Amendola Air Base F-35 is operated by 13° Gruppo of 32° Stormo.
Netherlands
[edit]The Royal Netherlands Air Force have F-16 aircraft at Volkel Air Base or Leeuwarden Air Base on high alert. They intercept once notified by the Air Operations Control Station Nieuw-Milligen, near Apeldoorn in Gelderland. The Royal Netherlands Air Force shares the responsibilities for QRA above Benelux with the Belgian Air Component since 2016/2017.
Norway
[edit]The Royal Norwegian Air Force Quick Reaction Alert force consists of F-35 and F-16 squadrons on high alert from Bodø Air Station and Ørland Air Station, among others.
Romania
[edit]The RoAF 71st Air Base (Baza 71 Aeriană) at Câmpia Turzii in central Romania and the RoAF 86th Air Base (Baza 86 Aeriană) at Borcea in south-east Romania both operate the MiG-21 LanceRs, which carry the Matra Magic 2 missile. The Romanian CRC is at Balotești in southern Romania.
Slovakia
[edit]The Air Force Command of the Slovak Air Force is in Zvolen[5], the 1st Tactical Squadron, with MiG-29AS, 2× MiG-29UBS at Sliač Air Base. The MiG-29 wil be replaced with F-16V.
Spain
[edit]At the Morón Air Base at Morón de la Frontera in the Province of Seville in the south of Spain, Ala 11 (11th Wing) has three squadrons of Typhoons, with 111 Sqn and 112 Sqn. Los Llanos Air Base has 141 Sqn and 142 Sqn of Ala 14.
Switzerland
[edit]The main base for the QRA of the Swiss Air Force is Payerne Air Base. The QRA also operates from Emmen Air Base and Meiringen Air Base for several weeks per year. Zurich Airport, Geneva Airport and Sion Airport serve as alternative locations. All QRA operations are guided oby the Operations Center (EZ-LUV)/CRC at Dübendorf Air Base. The Swiss QRA are equipped with F/A-18C/D.[6] [7]
Turkey
[edit]Merzifon Air Base of the TuAF (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri), in northern Turkey, has two F-16 squadrons (built by TAI) with the 5th Air Wing (5 Ana Jet Üs). Bandırma Air Base has two F-16 squadrons of the 6th Air Wing. The Turkish CRC is at Ahlatlabel near Ankara.
United Kingdom
[edit]Currently there are two QRA RAF stations, of 1 Group.
- RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire looks after the southern sector of the UK, known as QRA South, with 3 and 11 (XI) squadrons.
- RAF Lossiemouth in Moray protects the northern sector of the UK, referred to as QRA North,[8] hosted by 1 Sqn, No. 2 Squadron RAF and 6 Sqn.
- ^ "Orbats - Scramble". Scramblemagazine.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Monitoring and Securing of Finland's Territorial Integrity
- ^ Sicherheit im Luftraum – Der Luftwaffe entgeht nichts!
- ^ "Hungarian Gripens police Slovenia". AIRheads↑FLY. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ https://www.scramble.nl/orbats/slovakia
- ^ Swiss Air Force 24h QRA (German )
- ^ Swiss Air Force finally on call around the clock
- ^ QRA North September 2014