Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force
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Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force |
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| active | 1951 to January 30, 1993 |
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  Germany
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| Armed forces | NATO |
| Type | Air Force |
| last headquarters headquarters | Heidelberg |
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The Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (short: 4 ATAF ; German 4th Allied Tactical Air Force ) was a major formation of NATO at the time of the Cold War , whose task was to air support for the CENTAG ( Central Army Group to provide). It was founded in 1951 and its headquarters were initially at Trier Air Base before it was stationed at Ramstein Air Base from 1957 . In 1980 the headquarters of the 4 ATAF and that of the CENTAG were moved to the Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg . In 1993 CENTAG and 4 ATAF stopped their work and were replaced by the headquarters of LANDCENT ( Allied Land Forces Central Europe ). The tasks of the 4 ATAF were taken over by the Allied Air Forces Central Europe .
Commander
- General Dean C. Strother 1951-1953
- Major general Robert M. Lee 1953-1957
- Lieutenant General Edward J. Timberlake 1957-1958
- General Frank F. Everest 1958-1959
- General Frederic H. Smith Jr 1959–1961
- General Truman H. Landon 1961-1963
- General Gabriel P. Disosway 1963-1965
- General Bruce K. Holloway 1965-1966
- General Maurice A. Preston 1966–1968
- General Horace M. Wade 1968-1969
- General Joseph R. Holzapple 1969–1971
- General David C. Jones 1971-1974
- Major General Carl-Heinz Antonius Greve October 8, 1974 to March 31, 1981
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- Lieutenant General Bruno Loosen? 1981–? 1982
- Lieutenant General Horst Jungkurth 1982–1985
- Lieutenant General Walter Schmitz 1985–1987
- Lieutenant General Rolf Thiemann 1987–?
- See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr, sc. W. Weber, "The armed forces of NATO on the territory of the FRG", military transport of the GDR, 1st edition, Berlin 1984, license no .: 5, LSV: 0535, page 190.
- ↑ History of NATO's Air Headquarters at Ramstein Air Base (English). Retrieved April 30, 2016 .