Brigadier Roman Hofer (left) is the new commander of Austria’s airspace surveillance. He took over today from Colonel Markus Kronreif. The command is based in the Schwarzenberg barracks in Salzburg.
At a military ceremony in the presence of numerous guests and guests of honor, the air surveillance insignia was handed over from Colonel Markus Kronreif to Brigadier Roman Hofer as a visible sign of the assumption of command.Brigadier Roman Hofer is taking over a unit he is familiar with. He started there in 2000 as a young officer and worked in the operations center in St. Johann in Pongau. After successfully completing the 18th General Staff Course (2007-2010), he was assigned to the Armed Forces Command in Salzburg (2010-2012), the NATO headquarters in Brussels (2012-2017) and the Federal Ministry of Defense (2018-2020 and 2022-2024). He also completed the Master of Strategic Studies program at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama, USA from 2021 to 2022. From 2020 to 2021 he was again active in airspace surveillance as commander of the radar battalion. The “Airspace Surveillance” association is tasked with ensuring the preservation of air sovereignty in Austrian territory in order to protect the Austrian population and to preserve the sovereignty of the Republic of Austria.
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