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History
Up until 1972, civil and military air traffic control services were organised separately in Germany. The latter formed part of the Armed Forces and had their own infrastructure to independently provide air traffic control services at military aerodromes and in the entire airspace. Due to the mix of civil aviation and military operational air traffic, however, it soon became obvious that the two traffic types would have to be coordinated. An administrative agreement from 1959 served as the basis for the civil-military cooperation. Based on this agreement, the first regional military air traffic control unit "Fürsty Control" was taken over by the Americans in Fürstenfeldbruck and transferred to a central approach control unit to Kaufbeuren in 1962. In 1965, this became the first regional military air traffic control unit to be incorporated into the civil air navigation services within the scope of an integration concept. Additional military air traffic services units took up their work from 1960 on, using such legendary call signs as "Hollywood Radar" for the Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) in Uedem or "Miami Radar" for the CRC in Brockzetel. In northern Germany, there were the military approach control units Eider and Weser Control with their own local history. In the early 1960s, Eider was put into operation in Husum and Weser in Oldenburg. The integration concept of 1960 already envisaged joint operations from a civil control unit. It was concluded in 1974 for Weser Control and in 1976 for Eider Control when the units were transferred to the Regional Air Navigation Services Unit of Bremen. The Armed Forces also planned their own structures for upper airspace in the form of Military Air Traffic Radar Control Centres (MATRAC). The first MATRAC "Saar Radar" was put into operation in 1962; it was co-located with the civil air traffic control unit in Birkenfeld (Rhein Control). In 1968, the two air traffic control units moved to Frankfurt and transferred to their current location in Karlsruhe in 1977. The second MATRAC was established in Goch on the Lower Rhine where, in 1969, the air traffic services units of Auenhausen and Uedem moved in. In 1975, the unit was relocated to the military part of the EUROCONTROL Centre in Maastricht which had already been put into service in upper airspace of northern Germany in 1973. In 1972, military and civil controllers began to work in the control centres of the civil air navigation services organisation BFS. They worked in the same operations room, either in separate areas or even side by side, they used the same technical systems and were trained according to the ICAO provisions and national regulations. Military staff were placed under the supervision of the Bundeswehr Air Traffic Services Office (AFSBw). The Federal Administration of Air Navigation Services (BFS) and the AFSBw consolidated their headquarters at one location in late 1971. In 1991, the Federal Minister of Defence and the Federal Minister of Transport signed an agreement concerning the integration of civil air traffic services and regional military air traffic control. This agreement entailed amendments to the German Constitution and to the German Aviation Act. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH was then founded and military experts were released from regular service to work for DFS in peacetime. The basis for this agreement was the political intent to privatise the civil air navigation services while at the same time safeguarding military interests. Experience gained during the past years has shown that available airspace can be optimally used for the benefit of both traffic types as long as the interests are mutually respected.
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