Polygone
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The Multinational Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility Polygone, known more briefly as Polygone, is an electronic warfare tactics range located on the border between Germany and France. It is a tri-national facility operated by France, Germany and the United States.[1]
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Purpose
The range, also referred to as the Multi-national Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility (MAEWTF), is jointly operated by personnel from the United States, German and French air forces.
Training areas
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The particular sites of the range are coordinated by CCC systems provided by Computer Application Services (www.casltd.co.uk) - SPICCCS at RAF Spadeadam & EPICCCS at Polygone. These systems additionally provide debrief products for aircrew.
Training sites are in:
- Bann Alpha (Germany)
- Bann Bravo; with the Polygone Coordination Center (PCC), responsible for the co-ordination oft the missions
- Pirmasens-Grünbühl (Germany)
- Zweibrücken-Oberauerbach (Germany)
- Grostenquin (France)
- Chenevières (France)
- Épinal (France)
Civil-military ATM co-ordination
In order to provide civil / military air traffic management co-ordination the EUROCONTROL software tools ADMAR and ADMAR 2000 have been used. These products were replaced by CIMACT in 2005.
References
- ^ Emig, Thomas (1 April 2010). "Polygone – Simulierter Kampf ums Überleben" [Polygone – a simulated duel for survival] (in German). German Air Force. Retrieved 11 June 2015.