Missile Wing 2

Missile Wing 2
German: Flugkörpergeschwader 2

Active	1965–1991
Country	West Germany
Branch	German Air Force
Part of	3rd Luftwaffendivision, Second Allied Tactical Air Force
Disbanded	1991

Missile Wing 2 (German: Flugkörpergeschwader 2, FKG 2) was a unit of the German Air Force. It was activated on January 1, 1965 in Lechfeld with two subordinate units: Missile Group 21 (German: Flugkörpergruppen 21) and Missile Group 22 (German: Flugkörpergruppen 22).^[1]

Missile Group 21 moved to Nörvenich in September 1965. In 1976, the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) site at Arsbeck became operational for FKG 2, and QRA Nörvenich was used for training. In November 1986, QRA Arsbeck was closed.

Warheads were under U.S. control, released only in wartime conditions.^[2] Warheads were controlled by the 85th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment (85th USAFAD) from 1969 to 1991.

Pershing 1b was a single stage, reduced range version of the Pershing II with the same range as the Pershing 1a. The Pershing II launcher was designed so that the cradle could be easily repositioned to handle the shorter missile airframe. The intent was to replace the German Air Force's Pershing 1a systems with Pershing 1b, since SALT II limited the range of German-owned missiles. The German government agreed to destroy its Pershing 1a systems when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on May 27, 1988., thus the Pershing 1b was never deployed. Although not covered by the treaty, West Germany agreed unilaterally to the removal of the Pershing 1a missiles from its inventory in 1991, and the missiles were destroyed in the United States.

The wing was deactivated on December 31, 1991.

Commanders

Oberst Hans-Wilhelm Fleckner 1965-1969
Oberstleutnant Heinz Eschershaus 1969-1971
Oberst Egon Winkler 1971-1976
Oberst Heinrich Basse 1976-1982
Oberst Heinz Kohler 1982-1985
Oberst Manfred Günter 1985-1990

Gallery

West German Air Force Pershing 1 on parade, 6 June 1969
Members of the West German Air Force receive Pershing 1a equipment in early 1971
Pershing 1a on display with FKG 2, August 1989
West German Air Force Pershing 1a at the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Germany

References

↑ Berghoff, Major Walter (1970). "In einem Flugkörpergeschwader Pershing" [Pershing Missile Wing]. Jahrbuch der Luftwaffe [Yearbook of the German Air Force] (in German). Luftwaffe.
↑ Burns, Steven T. (2014). History of the Pershing Missile Systems. ISBN 978-1-63318-129-8.

External links

Traditionsgemeinschaft Flugkörpergeschwader 2

Pershing missile

Systems	Pershing 1 Field Artillery Missile System Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System Pershing II Weapon System

56th Field Artillery Command	4th Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 266th Chemical Detachment 55th Support Battalion 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 193rd Aviation Company 38th Signal Battalion

59th Ordnance Brigade	41st Ordnance Company 579th Ordnance Company 74th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment 82nd U.S. Army Missile Detachment 85th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment

German Air Force	Missile Wing 1 Missile Wing 2

214th Field Artillery Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment

1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 79th Artillery Regiment 251st Ordnance Detachment

United States Army Missile Command	Pershing Project Manager's Office

United States Army Europe	Pershing Operational Test Unit

Treaties	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Equipment	AN/TRC-80 Radio Terminal Set M474 Carrier M656 Ford Truck M1001 MAN Truck

Other	Applied Physics Laboratory Pershing missile bibliography Pershing missile displays Pershing missile launches Pershing missile models Pershing Professionals Badge Pershing tab Deutschland 83

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