Sylt, the Fliegerhorst Sylt and the A2G Range Sylt Ellenbogen

[Rick Mave]

Suggestion for inclusion of the island of Sylt, the Fliegerhorst Sylt as well as the Sylt Ellenbogen A2G firing range

Hello guys and welcome,
Today I want to formally suggest the inclusion of the island of Sylt with the thereon located airfield of the same name, the Fliegerhorst Sylt, as well as the air to ground firing range on the NE part of the island called "Ellenbogen" (in other places the range is also referred to as "Luft-Boden Schießplatz List").

I have recently filed a request with the german Bundesarchiv for more information about the airfield as well as the air to ground range and have gotten an answer. My request was approved and I was forwarded a digital copy of the standard flying procedures of the year 1969, which included all the information needed to realistically recreate flying operations from the airfield Sylt.

The Ellenbogen range was in use from 1972 to 1992 in the months from October to March and run/maintained by a small detachment of LeKG41 of Husum.
Reportedly, there was a small observation tower on the range which was assembled before the range was activated in October, and then disassembled when operations would be shut down over the summer months.

I will attach a link to the digital copy now accessible via the german Bundesarchive's website "inveo" here: https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/invenio/direktlink/9d86ab39-cf44-4e4d-b4f2-793b693f1f74/
The photographs as well as the descriptions of these is cited from the excellent website: http://www.sylt-2000.de/Informationen/Flughafen/Bundeswehr/bundeswehr.html

Alright, let's get right into the images. Have fun!

 
Cover image w/Bundesarchiv inventory number and Field Layout Chart

 
TACAN and NDB charts

 
VAD Charts for light aircraft, jets as well as helicopters

 
Obstructions and GCA-Pattern charts

 
Alternates and important frequencies in use in 1969

Firing Range Ellenbogen-Often grazing sheep had to be dispersed from the range before operations could commence, March 1983

Fiat G.91 of light fighter wing 41 out of Husum above the firing range Ellenbogen in 1981

An MFG F-104G deploying practice bombs at the Ellenbogen range, 15th February 1983

F-104G Starfighter of MFG2 out of Eggebek, October 1979

NATO partners also came to train at the Ellenbogen range, here you can see a dutch F-104G Starfighter, March 1981

Fighterbomber wings 41 out of Husum and 43 out of Oldenburg, as well as the naval aviator wings MFG1 out of Jagel and MFG2 out of Eggebek were the main users of the range. The dissolution of JaboG41 in 1992 marked the end of A2G training on the Ellenbogen range.
Photograph of an Alpha Jet out of Oldenburg, March 1988

The island of Slyt's history with aviation goes back even farther than the period roughly outlined by my post here. It was a base for the german Luftwaffe during the third Reich as well as an RAF base during the occupation in the post war years.
I highly recommend you check out all of the sources I provided and hope that @MAESTR0 and Ugra Media may find the time and capacity to review and hopefully implement my suggestion at some point.
Thank you very much for reading and best regards,
Rohrkrepierer o7

Edited November 11 by Rick Mave