Günter Katz

Günter Katz 2013 in Afghanistan.

Günter Gustav Katz (born August 29, 1962 in Wiesbaden ) is a German major general in the Air Force and since July 1, 2018 head of the Bundeswehr Aviation Office .

Military career

Training and first uses

Promotions

1985 lieutenant
1987 first lieutenant
1990 captain
1994 major
1996 Lieutenant Colonel
2004 Colonel
2012 Brigadier General
2016 Major General

Günter Katz joined the Air Force as an officer candidate in 1982 . From 1983 to 1985 he completed his training as a jet pilot at DtLwKdo USA / CAN with subsequent employment as a jet pilot on the aircraft McDonnell F-4 F at Jagdgeschwader 71 in Wittmund , from 1994 to 1996 he was squadron captain of the 2nd flying squadron.

In 1996, Katz was a course participant in the general staff service course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. From 2000 to 2003 he worked as a consultant for military policy principles and bilateral relations at the headquarters of the armed forces and from 2003 to 2004 as a spokesman for the air force in the Federal Ministry of Defense . In 2004 Katz took over the post of Commodore in Jagdgeschwader 73 . In 2007 he returned to the headquarters of the armed forces as head of the military policy bases and bilateral relations division . From 2012 to 2013, Katz was appointed brigadier general, spokesman for ISAF in Kabul, and in 2013 he was appointed head of the air department in the Luftwaffe commando. In October 2014 he then took over the post of head of the operations department at the Air Force Command in Berlin-Gatow. From October 2015 to June 2018 he was commanding air force units in the air force command . He was promoted to major general in 2016. After handing over this post to Brigadier General Jan Kuebart , Katz succeeded Major General Christian Badia as head of the Bundeswehr Aviation Office on July 1, 2018 .

Awards

Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in gold
ISAF medal of the Bundeswehr
NATO medal ISAF
Order of Honor of the Italian General Staff
US Order " Legion of Merit "

Web links

Military vita
isaf.nato.int: Brigadier General Günter Katz (English), accessed on July 12, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Change of staff at the top of the Aviation Office on July 1, 2018. In: http://www.luftfahrtamt.bundeswehr.de . PIZ LfA Bw, June 18, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Commander of the flying units - Major General Günter Katz. In: luftwaffe.de. Air Force, accessed February 14, 2016 .
^ The new ISAF spokesman: Jagdpilot with media and political experience. Retrieved July 12, 2014 .
↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - July 2018. In: http://www.personal.bundeswehr.de . Press and Information Office of the Federal Ministry of Defense, July 4, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Katz, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Katz, Günter Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German major general
DATE OF BIRTH	August 29, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden

[1] Change of staff at the top of the Aviation Office on July 1, 2018. In: http://www.luftfahrtamt.bundeswehr.de . PIZ LfA Bw, June 18, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 .

[:0-2] Commander of the flying units - Major General Günter Katz. In: luftwaffe.de. Air Force, accessed February 14, 2016 .

[3] The new ISAF spokesman: Jagdpilot with media and political experience. Retrieved July 12, 2014 .

[4] Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - July 2018. In: http://www.personal.bundeswehr.de . Press and Information Office of the Federal Ministry of Defense, July 4, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2018 .