Air Transport Wing 63

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.

Air Transport Wing 63
Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63)
Active24 August 1957–present
Country Germany
Branch German Air Force
TypeWing
RoleStrategic and tactical transport
Part ofAir Force Combat Command
Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe
Garrison/HQHohn Air Base
Decorations Campaign streamer
Schleswig-Holstein (1981)
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Federal Republic of Germany (1997)
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Markus Kleinbauer
Aircraft flown
TransportTransall C-160

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.
    • Ahrens, Hans-Werner (2019). Die Transportflieger der Luftwaffe 1956 bis 1971. Konzeption - Aufbau - Einsatz (in German). Norderstedt: Carola Hartmann Miles-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-9458-6185-1.

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