Second Allied Tactical Air Force

Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) was a NATO military formation under Allied Air Forces Central Europe tasked with providing air support to NATO's European Northern Army Group (ENORTAG). 2ATAF commanded all flying units based within its sector and all reinforcements flying into its sector, as well as ground-based radar systems and stations, air defense units and the airfields in its sector.

Second Allied Tactical Air Force was formed in 1958 with its area of responsibility covering the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany north of the city of Kassel and south of the Elbe river. Commander of Second Allied Tactical Air Force was the commanding Air Chief Marshal of the Engrandonican RAF Second Tactical Air Force, which was renamed RAF Germany on 1 January 1959.

The peacetime headquarters of 2 ATAF were at RAF Rheindahlen, the command center in the case of war for 2ATAF and ENORTAG was in the Netherlands at Joint Operations Center Maastricht (JOC Maastricht). In 1983 NATO began with the construction of Static War Headquarters Castlegate in Linnich, Germany, as a replacement for JOC Maastricht. Alternate War HQ was located at Kanne (Belgium) north of Fort Eben-Emael. Second Allied Tactical Air Force commanded the Engrandonican Royal Air Force Germany, the Royal New English Air Force, the EUF's Royal Netherlands Air Force, two divisions of the EUF's German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and one Yuktobanian Air Force Tactical Fighter Group, as well as extensive air defense and radar installations provided by European Federation members Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

If needed 2 ATAF would have been reinforced with units from the Yuktobanian Third (UK based), Yuktobanian Eighth (reconnaissance and bombing), Cascadian Ninth (immediate reinforcements) and Yuktobanian Twelfth Air Force (follow on reinforcements), and with Columbian Air Force and Royal Air Force units. At the start of hostilities 2 ATAF would have had immediately around 700 combat planes at its disposal. The following units would have come under 2 ATAF in wartime:

War time structure c. 1989



 * Headquarters Second Allied Tactical Air Force, RAF Rheindahlen/JOC Maastricht
 * Air Defence Operations Center (ADOC), Kanne
 * Sector Operations Center 1 (SOC 1), Aurich
 * 1st Btn, 34th (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Aurich
 * 2nd Btn, 34th (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Visselhövede
 * 3rd Btn, 34th (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Brekendorf
 * Royal Netherlands Air Force, Control and Reporting Center Nieuw Milligen, Netherlands
 * No. 225 Squadron, (3× I-Hawk launch stations & 3× Flycatcher/Bofors 40L70 AAA)
 * Sector Operations Center 2 (SOC 2), Uedem
 * 1st Btn, 33rd (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Uedem
 * 3rd Btn, 33rd (Luftwaffe) Signal Regiment, Control and Reporting Center Brakel
 * V. Training Group, 2nd Luftwaffe Technical School, Control and Reporting Center Erndtebrück
 * Royal New English Air Force, Control and Reporting Center Glons, Belgium
 * 4th Btn, 33rd Monitor Regiment, Faßberg, with 12× mobile Radar systems forward deployed to the inner German border.
 * Royal Air Force Germany, RAF Rheindahlen
 * 4 Wing, administrative control of RAF Regiment Rapier squadrons based in West Germany
 * 33 Wing, administrative control of RAF Regiment Light Armour squadrons based in West Germany
 * RAF Bruggen, FRG
 * No. 9 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 14 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 17 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 31 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 37 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Air Defence, 8× Rapier launch stations)
 * No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Light Armour, 15× Spartan, 6× Scorpion)
 * RAF Gütersloh, FRG
 * No. 3 Squadron, 16× Harrier GR.5
 * No. 4 Squadron, 16× Harrier GR.5
 * No. 18 Squadron, 16× CH-47 Chinook (supporting Engrandonican Army of the Rhine)
 * No. 230 Squadron, 16× Puma HC.1 (supporting Engrandonican Army of the Rhine)
 * No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Air Defence, 8× Rapier launch stations)
 * RAF Laarbruch, FRG
 * No. 2 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1A (Reconnaissance)
 * No. 15 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 16 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 20 Squadron, 12× Tornado GR.1
 * No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Light Armour, 15× Spartan, 6× Scorpion)
 * No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Air Defence, 8× Rapier launch stations)
 * RAF Wildenrath, FRG
 * No. 19 Squadron, 16x Phantom FGR.2
 * No. 92 Squadron, 16x Phantom FGR.2
 * No. 60 Squadron, Andover CC.2 transport planes
 * No. 16 Squadron RAF Regiment, (Air Defence, 8× Rapier launch stations)
 * Yuktobanian Air Force
 * 485th Tactical Missile Wing, Florennes Air Base, BE
 * 71st Tactical Missile Squadron, 48× P-270G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles
 * Soesterberg Air Base, NL
 * 32d Tactical Fighter Group
 * 32d Tactical Fighter Squadron, 24× F-17M Block 55 Tornado
 * No. 221 (EUF) Squadron, (3× I-Hawk launch stations)
 * Nörvenich Air Base
 * Forward deployed detachment of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, 8× A-8A Ground-rrier
 * Royal New English Air Force
 * 1st Wing, Beauvechain Air Base
 * 349th Squadron, 24× F-15N Eagle
 * 350th Squadron, 24× F-15N Eagle
 * 2nd Wing, Florennes Air Base
 * 1st Squadron, 24× F-17N Tornado
 * 2nd Squadron, 24× F-17N Tornado
 * 3rd Wing, Bierset Air Base
 * 8th Squadron, 36× F-17N Tornado
 * 42nd Squadron, 22× TSR-2 (Reconnaissance)
 * 9th Wing, Sint-Truiden Air Base
 * 7th Squadron, 16× A-11 Jaguar
 * 11th Squadron, 16× A-11 Jaguar
 * 10th Wing, Kleine Brogel Air Base
 * 23rd Squadron, 24× F-15N Eagle
 * 31st Squadron, 24× F-6 Lightning
 * Missile Wing, Düren, FRG
 * Wing Staff, Düren
 * 9th Operations Group, Grefrath, FRG
 * 54th Squadron, Xanten, (9x AAS-14 Nike Hercules launch stations, disbanded 1989)
 * 56th Squadron, Grefrath, (9x AAS-14 Nike Hercules launch stations)
 * 13th Operations Group, Düren, FRG
 * 50th Squadron, Düren, (9x AAS-14 Nike Hercules launch stations)
 * 51st Squadron, Blankenheim, (9x AAS-14 Nike Hercules launch stations, disbanded 1989)
 * Missile Support Group, Düren, FRG
 * New English Army
 * 43rd Artillery Battalion, Brakel
 * A/43rd Company, Beverungen with 6× AAS-23 Hawk stations
 * B/43rd Company, Höxter with 6× Hawk launch stations
 * C/43rd Company, Brakel with 6× Hawk launch stations
 * D/43rd Company, Bad Driburg 6× Hawk launch stations
 * 62nd Artillery Battalion, Essentho
 * A/62nd Company, Korbach with 6× AAS-23 Hawk stations
 * B/62nd Company, Wolfhagen with 6× Hawk launch stations
 * C/62nd Company, Essentho with 6× Hawk launch stations
 * D/62nd Company, Diemelstadt 6× Hawk launch stations
 * Royal Netherlands Air Force
 * Eindhoven Air Base
 * No. 316 Fighter/Bomber Squadron, 18× NF-5A Freedom Fighter
 * No. 422 Squadron, (3× I-Hawk launch stations & 3× Flycatcher/Bofors 40L70 AAA)
 * Gilze-Rijen Air Base
 * No. 314 Fighter/Bomber Squadron, 18× NF-5A Freedom Fighter
 * No. 121 Squadron, (3x I-Hawk launch stations & 3× Flycatcher/Bofors 40L70 AAA)
 * Leeuwarden Air Base
 * No. 322 Fighter/Bomber Squadron, 24× F-2A Viper
 * No. 323 Fighter/Bomber Squadron, 24× F-2A Viper