Air Transport Wing 63

Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63)
(Air Transport Wing 63)
— III —
Active 24 August 1957–present
Country  Germany
Branch  German Air Force
Type Wing
Role Strategic and tactical transport
Part of Air Force Combat Command
Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe
Garrison/HQ Hohn Air Base
Decorations Campaign streamer
Schleswig-Holstein (1981)
Campaign streamer
Federal Republic of Germany (1997)
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Hartmut Zitzewitz
Aircraft flown
Transport Transall C-160

Air Transport Wing 63 (German: Lufttransportgeschwader 63) is a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing was founded in 1957 and is currently based at Hohn Air Base in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany operating Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft.

Commanding officers

  • Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz, 15 December 1961 – 31 January 1964
  • Oberst Horst Rudat, 1 February 1964 – 31 March 1971
  • Oberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther, 1 April 1971 – 31 March 1979
  • Oberst Hubert Marquitan, 1 April 1979 – 30 September 1980
  • Oberst Rudi Gutzeit, 1 October 1980 – 30 September 1986
  • Oberst Jürgen Reiss, 1 October 1986 – 31 March 1991
  • Oberst Joachim Mörsdorf, 1 April 1991 – 30 September 1993
  • Oberst Hans-Otto Elger, 1 October 1993 – 31 March 1995
  • Oberst Hans-Jürgen Ochs, 1 April 1995 – 30 September 1998
  • Oberst Hans-Jürgen Miunske, 1 October 1998 – 27 March 2003
  • Oberst Helmut Fritzsche, 28 March 2003 – 27 March 2006
  • Oberst Manfred Merten, 27 March 2006 – 25 February 2010
  • Oberst Stefan W. Neumann, 25 February 2010 – 18 June 2012
  • Oberst Hartmut Zitzewitz, since 19 June 2012

References

    Further reading

    • Lemke, Bernd; Krüger, Dieter; Rebhan, Heinz; Schmidt, Wolfgang (2006). Die Luftwaffe 1950 bis 1970. Konzeption, Aufbau, Integration (in German). München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. ISBN 3-486-57973-8.

    Coordinates: 54°18′43″N 9°32′17″E / 54.3119°N 9.5381°E / 54.3119; 9.5381

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