Luftmeldekorpset

Air Reporting Corps
Luftmeldekorpset
Active1934–2004
Country Denmark
BranchHome Guard (from 1952)
TypeCivil defence organisation
RoleAircraft recognition and reporting (1934–1991)
Nuclear warfare analysis and fallout warning service (1952–2004)
Part ofHome Guard Command
EngagementsSecond World War (1939–1945)
Cold War (1947–1991)

The Luftmeldekorps (LMK; transl.Air Reporting Corps) was a Danish civil defence organisation which performed aircraft recognition during WWII, and a nuclear warning role from 1952,[1] whilst retaining the aircraft recognition role due to the proximity of Warsaw Pact countries until 1991. The LMK was disbanded in 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "Flyverhjemmeværnet bliver 75 år i 2009" [The Air Force will be 75 years old in 2009]. Hjemmeværnet (in Danish). 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Luftmeldekorpsets historie" [History of the Luftmeldekorpset]. Hjemmeværnet (in Danish). [permanent dead link]