Hans-Dieter Poth

Hans-Dieter Poth is a Brigadier General a. D. of the German Air Force and was a defense attaché at the German Embassy in Paris from 2013 to September 1, 2017 . From September 2017 until his retirement on January 1, 2018, he was employed in the Armed Forces Office.

Military career

Training and first uses

Poth joined the Bundeswehr in 1974 as an officer candidate . After basic military training in the Air Force Training Regiment 3 in Roth and the subsequent training at the Air Force officers' school in Neubiberg , he began studying aerospace engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces from 1975 to 1978 , which he completed as a graduate engineer. Poth began his aviation training in 1979 in Fürstenfeldbruck with Fighter Bomber Wing 49 , which was followed by training as a weapons system officer on the F-4F Phantom weapon system in California . After successfully completing this training, he was employed from 1980 to 1983 as a WSO at Jagdgeschwader 71 Richthofen in Wittmund . In 1983, the Trinational Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE) in Cottesmore ( Great Britain ) retrained to the Tornado weapon system , which was then used by the Boelcke 31st Boelcke Fighter Bomber Wing until 1987 , including as an operational staff officer of the 2nd Squadron. In 1985 he was transferred to Jever to take over the 1st squadron of Fighter Bomber Wing 38 Friesland as squadron captain . He held this post until 1989. From 1989 to 1991 Poth completed the 34th general staff course at the command and control academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg .

Service as general staff officer

The first assignment as a staff officer followed from 1991 to 1993 as a department head A 2 b ( military intelligence of the air force, military security, technical management of the field intelligence forces of the air force ) at the air force command in Cologne-Wahn . In 1993, he was appointed to the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn , where he was employed as a consultant FüS II 3 ( national risk assessment; situation in other countries; commissioner of the army inspector for military intelligence ) at the command staff of the armed forces until 1995 . From 1995 to 1996 this was followed by a position as Head of Division A3 IV c ( direct operational preparation and accompaniment, operation of the Luftwaffe Command Center (FüZLw) as a joint situation center for the Air Force Command , the Air Force Office and the Air Force Command Command ) at the Air Force Command in Cologne-Wahn . From 1996 to 1999, Poth was the Air Force spokesman in the BMVg's press and information staff. This was again followed by a deployment in a flying unit of the Air Force, he was from 1999 to 2000 S3 staff officer and deputy commodore of the reconnaissance wing 51 Immelmann stationed in Kropp , and then from 2000 to 2002 commodore of this squadron. He then completed language and attaché training at the Federal Language Office in Hürth and Bad Ems until 2004 , and then from 2004 to 2007 he was employed as an air force attaché at the German embassy in Paris . From 2007 to 2011, he was employed as Head of Division Fü L III 4 ( basic matters of deployment and operational management, operational command of the air force, operational principles, command support, exercises ) at the command staff of the Air Force in Bonn. In this function he was a representative of the BMVg on the supervisory board of German air traffic control .

Service as a general

In 2011, Poth held the position of Base Commander of Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan under (temporary) appointment as Brigadier General , which he ended in February 2012. Subsequently, from December 22, 2011 to September 9, 2013, he was deployed as General Aviation Safety in the Air Force Office , investigating the causes of accidents in accidents involving military aircraft . At the end of September 2013, he took over from Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger as a defense attaché at the German Embassy in Paris.

Calls

2011/12 ISAF Base Commander at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e Sharif , Afghanistan

Web links

Vita in flight safety-technical information for airborne associations (S23)

Military attaché staff on the side of the German Embassy in Paris

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Farewell to Brigadier General Weisenburger. (No longer available online.) In: allemagne.diplo.de. German representations in France - German Embassy Paris, July 8, 2013, formerly the original ; retrieved on April 28, 2015 : “Ms. Ambassador introduced Brigadier General Hans-Dieter Poth as his successor at the farewell reception for Brigadier General Weisenburger. Brigadier General Poth, as General Aviation Safety, is currently responsible for fundamental matters and technical control of the measures to ensure aviation safety in the Bundeswehr. "

↑ ^a ^b New "General Aviation Safety". In: luftwaffe.de. Air Force, January 21, 2012, accessed on April 28, 2015 : “On December 22, 2011, the Deputy Head of the Air Force Office and head of the department with specialist tasks in the Air Force Office, Brigadier General Günter Gisa, transferred the official duties of General Aviation Safety in the Bundeswehr from Brigadier General Lothar Schmidt to Colonel i. G. Hans-Dieter Poth. "

↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions. In: bmvg.de. Federal Ministry of Defense, September 24, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015 : “Major General Thomas Johannes Wollny, Head of the Armed Forces Office, Bonn, has retired. His successor was Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger, Defense Attaché in Paris / FRA. He was followed by Brigadier General Hans-Dieter Poth, most recently General Aviation Safety of the German Armed Forces in the Air Force Support Associations Command, Cologne. "

↑ Handover General Aviation Safety. In: luftwaffe.de. Luftwaffe, September 9, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015 : “On September 9, 2013, the Commander Command Support Associations of the Air Force transferred the official duties of the General Aviation Safety in the Bundeswehr from Brigadier General to Major General Ansgar Rieks in the offices of the Officers' Home Company in Cologne Hans-Dieter Poth to Colonel Peter Klement . "

personal data
SURNAME	Poth, Hans-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German brigadier general and military attaché
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[diplo2013-1] A ^b Farewell to Brigadier General Weisenburger. (No longer available online.) In: allemagne.diplo.de. German representations in France - German Embassy Paris, July 8, 2013, formerly the original ; retrieved on April 28, 2015 : “Ms. Ambassador introduced Brigadier General Hans-Dieter Poth as his successor at the farewell reception for Brigadier General Weisenburger. Brigadier General Poth, as General Aviation Safety, is currently responsible for fundamental matters and technical control of the measures to ensure aviation safety in the Bundeswehr. "

[lw2012-2] New "General Aviation Safety". In: luftwaffe.de. Air Force, January 21, 2012, accessed on April 28, 2015 : “On December 22, 2011, the Deputy Head of the Air Force Office and head of the department with specialist tasks in the Air Force Office, Brigadier General Günter Gisa, transferred the official duties of General Aviation Safety in the Bundeswehr from Brigadier General Lothar Schmidt to Colonel i. G. Hans-Dieter Poth. "

[bmvg2013-3] Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions. In: bmvg.de. Federal Ministry of Defense, September 24, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2015 : “Major General Thomas Johannes Wollny, Head of the Armed Forces Office, Bonn, has retired. His successor was Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger, Defense Attaché in Paris / FRA. He was followed by Brigadier General Hans-Dieter Poth, most recently General Aviation Safety of the German Armed Forces in the Air Force Support Associations Command, Cologne. "