The Austrian Armed Forces are currently advertising with posters, the new landing page luft.bundesheer.at as well as cinema and online commercials under the general motto “Get in and take off” for the various professional fields in the air force.
There are many areas of responsibility in the air force – from military pilots, aviation technology, air traffic control, radar control, military meteorology to air defense and drone defense. The information website luft.bundesheer.at also allows users to get up close and personal with individual air force missions or explore details in aircraft and their cockpits with spectacular 360° panoramas. “In the videos and information, only soldiers and civilian employees who work in these areas of the armed forces have their say. This means that our core message for the public is also authentic, empathetic and competent. We know best what our job in the Austrian Air Force is all about, where we can develop personally and what the benefits of our job are,” explains helicopter pilot Captain Eva Berginc about the concept behind the Army’s public relations work. https://militaeraktuell.at/daedalus22-oesterreich-sichert-seinen-luftraum/ The Air Force ensures the protection of Austrian airspace and supports the ground forces with transports and reconnaissance flights. For these and many other tasks, the air forces have various types of aircraft and helicopters at their disposal, as well as stationary radar systems and air defense systems. In addition, the air forces are facing extensive modernization and retrofitting. “One thing is clear these days: Austria must be more equipped than ever to ensure the security of our airspace in the future, and we are currently demonstrating this with our campaign. And the
Airpower 2022 on will give us the opportunity to show what we need to protect Austrian airspace and for domestic and foreign missions,” says Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner. https://militaeraktuell.at/oebh-testet-counter-suas-system-von-rheinmetall/ Thus, the procurement of 18 AW169 helicopters from the manufacturer Leonardo opens up new functionalities and a wide range of deployment options for the Austrian Armed Forces. The successors to the Alouette III liaison and transport helicopter are being procured with various equipment packages – including for use as rescue helicopters or for transporting special forces. The Black Hawks are also undergoing important further developments. The existing nine helicopters are being equipped with new cockpitsand the army will also receive three more Black Hawk helicopters by 2025. The preparatory work for this is already underway. Adaptations are also planned for the Eurofighter: night identification capabilities, self-protection systems and radar-guided missiles are necessary for modern airspace surveillance. In addition the army is already looking ahead to the successor to the Hercules transport aircraftwhich will remain operational until the end of the decade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNkWIcsKvCI
