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Structure of the Austrian Army after the Bundesheerreform 2019 Austrian Guard Company during the Bastille Day parade Allentsteig (157 km 2) is the largest training area in Austria. Zeltweg Air Base Soldiers of the 17th Infantry Battalion during a manoeuvre. Under the constitution, the President is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. [17]
Armed Forces Troops School (Heerestruppenschule), in Eisenstadt Pilot and Air-defense Troops School (Flieger- und Fliegerabwehrtruppenschule), at Langenlebarn Air Base Airplane Instruction Squadron (Lehrabteilung Flugzeuge), at Zeltweg Air Base , with PC-7 Turbo-Trainer trainers
The Gardebataillon ("Guard Battalion") is a ceremonial unit in the Austrian Armed Forces.The Gardebataillon is one of the most important military units in the Austrian Armed Forces as its main task is to represent Austria at home and abroad.
The history of the Austrian Special Operations Forces begins in 1961, when a group of Austrian officers participated in the US Army's Ranger School as part of their training in order to set up a similar course for the eventual establishment of Jagdkommando. Jagdkommando training courses were set up on May 4, 1963, to train the first operators.
Since 1955, Austria's armed forces had been forbidden to operate any guided missile system, including air-to-air missiles and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). In the post- Cold War environment, and with gun-armed aircraft a relic of a past age, the Austrian Parliament voted to amend this section of its state treaty and in January 1993 modern AIM ...
Austrian army may refer to: Austrian Federal Army , the modern Austrian military Austro-Hungarian Army , the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918
Emblem of the Austrian MP. The Military Police (German: Militärpolizei) is the branch within the Austrian Armed Forces tasked with law enforcement and the protection of the forces, military events and Austrian Armed Forces property. The increasing number of international operations with the participation of Austrian soldiers and new threat ...
Between 1918 and 1921, the military forces were known as Volkswehr (people's defense). From 1921 to the present (except World War II, (1938–1945)), the name of the military of Austria is Bundesheer ("Federal Army"). The branches are Land Forces (KdoLdSK) and Air Forces (KdoLuSK).