Erich Siegmann

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Erich Siegmann (born August 23, 1956 ) is a major general a. D. of the Air Force of the German Armed Forces and in his last use until March 2020 Director Policy and Capabilities in the NATO International Military Staff in Brussels .

Military career

Training and first uses

Siegmann joined the German Armed Forces as an officer candidate in Fürstenfeldbruck in 1976 and took part in officer training at the Luftwaffe's officers' school in Neubiberg until 1977 as part of the 43rd officer training course. From 1977 to 1981 he studied education at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich . After graduating with a degree in pedagogy (univ.) Followed to 1982 pilots training at Sheppard AFB , Texas , the weapon system training, the USA and then to 1983 on the aircraft RF-4C Phantom II at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin ( USA ). After the Europeanization phase, Siegmann was then used until 1985 as pilot RF-4E Phantom in the 2nd  squadron of the reconnaissance wing 51 "Immelmann" in Bremgarten . On March 18, 1985 the RF4E 35 + 27 led by Erich Siegmann crashed, Siegmann and his combat observer, First Lieutenant E. Quintus, were able to save themselves with the ejector seat . In 1985 he was retrained to the HFB 320 aircraft type , and then from 1985 to 1989 as an aircraft pilot (in the field of electronic warfare ) and operations officer in the 3rd squadron of Fighter Bomber Wing 32 on the Lechfeld .

General staff training and service as a staff officer

In the 34th general staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg from 1989 to 1991 Siegmann was trained as an officer in the general staff service . This was followed by the first employment in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) as a consultant for air transport operations in the command staff of the Air Force (Fü L III 3) on the Hardthöhe in Bonn . This was followed in 1993 by a further retraining on the aircraft type C-160 Transall at the Lufthansa Commercial Aviation School in Bremen and at the Wunstorf Air Base, in order to serve as Head of Department A 3 a in the air transport command in Münster until 1996 . 1996 to 1998 followed a service assignment as commander of the flying group in Lufttransportgeschwader 62 (LTG 62) Wunstorf . In 1998 Siegmann returned to the BMVg's planning staff as a consultant. In the same year until 2000 he served as Deputy Air Force Adjutant to the Federal Minister of Defense . In 2000 Siegmann returned to LTG 62 to take over command there until 2003 as a commodore of Lufttransportgeschwader 62 and site elder of the Wunstorf site. In this position as a colonel , three of Siegmann's four missions abroad took place . He was deployed in 2001 as head of the Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen air transport base in Istanbul as part of Operation Enduring Freedom , in 2002 as head of the Termez strategic air transport base in Uzbekistan and in the same year as deputy commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (AirOps) in Kabul . From 2003 to 2005, Siegmann was head of the Armed Forces Command and Operations Department at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy and then until 2007 as Head of Department in the Armed Forces Command Staff (FüS V 1 - Mission Basics and Exercises ) at the BMVg in Bonn. From 2007 to 2009, Siegmann was employed as head of Section 222 ( Military Aspects of Security Policy , Armed Forces Affairs and Federal Security Council ) at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin .

General uses

From 2009 to December 2012 Siegmann was Deputy Commander of the 2nd  Air Force Division in Birkenfeld under Bernhard Fürst . From February 2012 to August 2012 Siegmann, who had been appointed Brigadier General in 2010 , was deployed as Base Commander Camp Marmal / Mazar-e Sharif (Afghanistan).

As of January 1, 2013, Siegmann was transferred as Chief of Staff to Allied Air Command Ramstein at Ramstein Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate and appointed major general. On October 1, 2016, Siegmann handed over his post to the Italian Major General Claudio Gabellini.

From December 1, 2016 to March 1, 2020, Siegmann was in his last assignment Director Plans and Capabilities on NATO's International Military Staff in Brussels, Belgium. He then retired after 44 years of service.

Private

Erich Siegmann is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e curriculum vitae - Major General Erich Siegmann - Chief of Staff. (pdf) In: Airn.Nato.int. Allied Air Command Headquarters, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 30, 2015 .
  2. ↑ NATO HQ Aircom | AIRCOM leadership. In: www.airn.nato.int. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Organization. In: www.personal.bundeswehr.de. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - March 2020. In: https://www.bundeswehr.de/ . Press and information staff in the BmVg, February 25, 2020, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Siegmann, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1956