Air transport command
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Air Transport |
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 Coat of arms of the air transport command |
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| active | April 1, 1968 to December 31, 2010 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
| Armed forces |
 air force
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| Subordinate troops |
Lufttransportgeschwader 61 , Lufttransportgeschwader 62 , Lufttransportgeschwader 63 , flight readiness BMVg |
| Location | Muenster |
| commander | |
| Last commander | Hans-Werner Ahrens |
| Aircraft | |
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Transport aircraft / helicopter |
Transall C-160 , Bell UH-1 u. a. |
The air transport command ( LTKdo for short , initially referred to as the air transport command of the Bundeswehr ) was an Air Force agency from 1961 to 2010 that was responsible for commanding the air force of the air force. With the dissolution, the operational management of the German transport aircraft was transferred to the multinational European Air Transport Command .
history
Lineup
The air transport command was set up in Cologne-Wahn by the previous commodore of Lufttransportgeschwader 61 , Alfons Vonier, who officially held the position of "stage manager of the transport pilots" and acted as head of the advance command in Cologne-Wahn , initially as a so-called mission-coordinating department of the Air Force Office . The air transport squadrons, the aviation readiness and the air rescue units were subordinate to this command when carrying out the missions; in terms of troops, they were subordinate to the corresponding air force divisions. In 1965, the Bundeswehr's air transport command led cross-squadron forces for the first time in an aid mission, first in January in Algeria and at the end of March in Mauritania .
Reclassification
Since the subordination of the squadrons to different divisions had not proven itself, the air force restructured the service in 1968 to a specialist command at division level , which was now called the air transport command . He oversaw four air transport associations, two air emergency rooms and also with Transall C-160 equipped pilot school "S" in Wunstorf . Kurt Kuhlmey became the first commander in command .
1971-1990
On February 1, 1971, the company moved to its final location in Münster in Westphalia ; In the same year Werner Guth became commander , who handed over the command to Horst Rudat in 1977 . In 1987 the air transport command was subordinated to the Air Force Support Command , and in 1992 to the Air Fleet Command , later the Air Force Command.
resolution
With the establishment of the European Air Transport Command (EATC) in Eindhoven ( Netherlands ) on July 1, 2010, the operational management of the aircraft largely went to the EATC; the air transport command was dissolved at the end of December 31, 2010. The reclassification was done in order to optimally use the existing European transport capacities and to avoid any parallel deployments. The management of the flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense with the flight orders for the parliamentary area and the helicopter squadron 64 , which is currently being set up, as well as the performance of national tasks, such as the search and rescue service, remain the responsibility of the German Air Force.
As of July 1, 2010, the air transport units were assigned to the 1st Air Force Division ( LTG 61 , LTG 62 and the flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense ) and the 4th Air Force Division ( LTG 63 ), and the Air Transport Command was disbanded on December 31, 2010.
Calls
The air transport command was responsible for the coordination of all air transport missions of the Bundeswehr , for search and rescue missions (SAR) and for the transport of politicians by the flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense. It supported the military operations in Kosovo and Bosnia and Afghanistan and contributed to humanitarian aid in Somalia , East Timor and Cambodia . Within Germany, up to eight helicopters were on standby to be used in the event of accidents. For example, the rescue flights during the ICE accident in Eschede were coordinated by LTKdo. The approximately 6,300 soldiers and civilian employees last operated 96 fixed- wing and 85 rotary-wing aircraft , mostly Transall C-160 D and Bell UH-1 D.
Associated associations
In the course of its existence, the LTKdo was subordinated to the pilot school “S” , the helicopter pilot school of the air force “HFSLw” (dissolved in 1975), the air transport squadrons 61 , 62 , 63 , the helicopter transport squadron 64 and the flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense . In addition, it managed the SAR control centers north and south as the predecessor of the SAR control center air force, the geophysical advice center and the Transall transport test squadron. From 1991 to 1993, the Air Transport Squadron 65 was also subordinate to the LTKdo for technical services and operations .
Location
The air transport command was initially in Cologne / Wahn, most recently in Münster in Westphalia on the corner of Hohenzollernring and Manfred-von-Richthofen- Strasse . There it was housed in the premises of the former Luftgaukommando VI. The building was built by Ernst Sagebiel in 1935/1936 and remained virtually undamaged during World War II .
Commanders
The air transport command was led by a commander with the rank of major general .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lufttransportkommando (Ed.): The Lufttransportkommando . 40 years in use. Münster 2008.
- ^ The air transport command on the website of the Federal Archives; Accessed on January 1, 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Starting shot for the European Air Transport Command. Homepage of the German Air Force, August 31, 2010, accessed on October 19, 2014 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 56.5 ″ E