Unit Name: | Air Surveillance Wing |
Native Name: | Õhuseiredivisjon |
Dates: | 1 January 1998−Present |
Country: | Estonia |
Branch: | Air Force |
Role: | Surveillance |
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Website: | http://www.mil.ee/en/air_force |
Commander9: | Ivar Sammal |
Commander9 Label: | Air Surveillance Wing Commander |
Aircraft Recon: | 2 Aero L-39 Albatross |
The Air Surveillance Wing (Estonian: Õhuseiredivisjon (ÕSD)) is one of the three wings of the Estonian Air Force, and specializes in air surveillance.[1]
The Air Surveillance Wing is made up of three groups: the Engineering and Technical Group, which controls Estonia's five land based radars, the Ämari Command and Reporting Centre, which runs the day-to-day air policing, and the Combined Command Reporting Centre, centred in Lithuania, which controls the Baltic Air Surveillance Network, along with Lithuania and Latvia.[1]
The Air Surveillance Wing was founded on 1 January 1998, and based at Ämari Air Base, in Ämari, Estonia.[1] The Air Surveillance Wing has worked alongside the US Air Force and Danish Air Force on Air Policing in Iceland.[1] From 8 to 29 March 2010, the Air Surveillance Wing provided two ground-based intercept controllers to assist four Danish F-16 Fighting Falcons during their Air Policing Patrol.[2]
Currently the Air Surveillance Wing has 2 Aero L-39 Albatross.[3]