Dirk Böcker (officer)

Dirk Böcker (born January 17, 1945 ) is a German lieutenant general a. D. the Air Force . In 2002 he was Commander of the Air Force Command and from 2002 to 2005 Deputy Inspector General of the Federal Armed Forces and Commissioner for Reservist Affairs of the Federal Armed Forces.

biography

Böcker entered the Air Force as an officer candidate in 1965 . First, a training took place in the United States for Starfighter - pilots . In the following years he was first a pilot in the Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (JaboG) " Westphalia " in Rheine and then a squadron captain of the Jagdbombergeschwader 35 in horse field . After serving as commander of the flying group of JaboG 36 "Westphalia", he was from 1987 to June 30, 1989 as Colonel Commodore of Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" in Wittmund . This also followed flight training as a pilot of the McDonnell F-4 "Phantom" and Panavia Tornado .

After the general staff training at the command academy of the Bundeswehr , he rose in the following years to head of department at the air force command in Cologne-Wahn . After serving as a department head and then in 1994 as a brigadier general and head of department in the Air Force Command , he became Deputy Commanding General of the Air Force Command North in Kalkar in 1996 as Major General . In this function he was also the German Military Representative to NATO in Naples and to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPF) in Zagreb . Subsequently, he was appointed commanding general of the Air Force Command South. After serving as Commander of Combined Air Operations Center 4 (CAOC 4), he finally became Commander of the Air Force Command Command (LwFüKdo) in Cologne-Wahn.

Most recently he was in the rank of Lieutenant General from October 1, 2002 until his retirement on March 31, 2005 as the successor to Vice Admiral Rainer Feist, Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Commissioner for Reservist Affairs of the Bundeswehr. On March 23, 2005, Federal Defense Minister Peter Struck adopted him into retirement with a big tattoo . Successor in this office was Lieutenant General Johann-Georg Dora .

After his retirement he became first chairman of the association for the development of the Air Force Museum of the Bundeswehr eV and chairman of the traditional community of JG 71 "Richthofen".

Today Böcker lives in Wittmund .

Web links

• Homepage of the series "Networked Security"
• “Jet fighter approaching. Without informing the public, the Hardthöhe set up new corridors for night low flights ”, Die Zeit September 16, 1994
• "BUNDESWEHR REFORM: 'A primarily intellectual process'", BERLINER ZEITUNG August 19, 2004

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 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.  
2. ↑ Info Field Artillery Battalion 71/110 Dülmen January 1996 (PDF; 169 kB)
3. ^ Chronology of the term of office of Defense Minister Peter Struck
4. ↑ Homepage of the Association for the Promotion of the Air Force Museum of the Bundeswehr eV
5. ↑ "In honor of Richthofen. 50 years of the squadron in Wittmund " (PDF; 93 kB)