Army Aviation Support Squadron 1
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January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2013 |
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Branch of service | Army Air Force |
Type | Stabilization and intervention forces |
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Location | Wooden village |
motto | Broken neck and leg ! |
Colours | Bordeaux red |
equipment | Bo 105 VBH |
The Heeresfliegerunterstützungsstaffel 1 (HFlgUstgStff 1) was an independent squadron of the German Army based at the Holzdorf Air Base in the state of Brandenburg , which was subordinate to the Air Movable Brigade 1.
assignment
The Army Aviation Support Squadron 1 enabled airmobile command, reconnaissance, observation and surveillance with its helicopters, as well as supporting operations of the Airmobile Operations Division and Airmobile Brigade 1 .
coat of arms
The colors white and red represented the state colors of Brandenburg. The crab is the heraldic animal of the city of Cottbus . As a representative of the birds, the stork symbolized the main task area of Army Aviation Support Squadron 1, which referred to connection and reconnaissance flights with the Bo 105 VBH helicopter.
history
The origins of Army Aviation Support Squadron 1 resulted from the dissolution of Combat Helicopter Squadron 3 of the NVA on April 1, 1991 and the formation of Army Aviation Squadrons East and 70 and Army Airfield Command 701 at the Cottbus location . The squadrons were the Corps / TerrKdo Ost (Geltow) and the WBK VII / 13. PzGrenDiv (Leipzig) subordinated.
On October 1, 1993, the Heeresfliegerstaffeln Ost and 70 merged and were renamed to Heeresfliegerverbindungs- und Aufklärungsstaffel 400. This was initially subordinated to HFlgBrig 3 (Mendig) and from 1997 to the newly established LuftMechBrig 1 (Fritzlar). In 2002, the regrouping of the Army Aviation Connection and Reconnaissance Squadron 400 was established.
This was completed on January 1, 2003, by simultaneously changing location from Cottbus to Holzdorf and renaming it to Army Aviation Support Squadron 1.
Flight operations ceased on January 13, 2013 after 51,189 accident-free flight hours. On April 3, 2013, the last official squadron captain Lieutenant Colonel Lutz Wagner was released from his command on March 26, 2013, and his deputy Major Sascha Ferdinand was introduced to the management of Army Aviation Support Squadron 1.
The dissolution of Army Aviation Support Squadron 1 was planned in the realignment of the Bundeswehr and was completed on December 31, 2013.
Calls
From 1995 to 2013, a total of 53 soldiers were deployed for five deployment contingents:
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Implementation Force - Yugoslavia
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Stabilization Force - Yugoslavia
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Kosovo Force - Yugoslavia
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European Union Force - Bosnia-Herzegovina
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International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
In addition, humanitarian aid was provided at home and abroad through flying missions:
- 1993 Fire fighting in Weißwasser
- 1997 Oder flood operation in Eisenhüttenstadt and Frankfurt (Oder)
- 2002 Elbe flood use in Dresden , Wittenberg and Herzberg (Elster)
- 2010 Elster flood operation in Mönchenhöfe and Herzberg (Elster)
- 2013 Elbe flood in Pretzsch (Elbe)
Squadron captains
The following squadron captains led the squadron from 2003 to 2013 | ||||||||
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Rank | Surname | Beginning | The End | |||||
Lieutenant colonel | Heiko Reichenauer | January 1, 2003 | June 30, 2003 | |||||
Lieutenant colonel | Norman Strelow † | July 1, 2003 | December 14, 2005 | |||||
Lieutenant colonel | Peter Lutz Seifert | December 15, 2005 | March 31, 2009 | |||||
Lieutenant colonel | Lutz Wagner | April 1, 2009 | March 26, 2013 | |||||
major | Sascha Ferdinand | March 27, 2013 | 30th of June 2013 | |||||
Captain | Göran Havenstein | July, 1st 2013 | December 31 2013 |
swell
- Settlement is like an end to installments , Lausitzer Rundschau, April 3, 2013
- Heeresfliegerstaffel in Holzdorf is being disbanded , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, November 16, 2012
- Holzdorfer Heeresflieger honored for flight safety , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, July 27, 2012
- Officer with a strong will , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, March 31, 2009
- Holzdorfer Heeresflieger in Spain , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, October 16, 2007
- A soul mate packs his suitcase , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, December 14, 2005
- “Air taxi” has found a permanent place in Holzdorf , Lausitzer Rundschau, August 24, 2004
- Air chauffeurs for Crown Prince Alexander , Lausitzer Rundschau, November 3, 2003
- Holzdorf's helicopter over the Babimost area , Lausitzer Rundschau, October 25, 2003
- It was one of those farewells that only succeed with a heavy heart , Lausitzer Rundschau, August 1, 2003
- The long history of aviation in Cottbus , Lausitzer Rundschau, May 15, 2003
- Red cancer hovered in Holzdorf yesterday , Lausitzer Rundschau, May 14, 2003
- Machines from Cottbus move to Holzdorf , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 13, 2003
- Bundeswehr helicopters will soon be disappearing from Cottbus , Lausitzer Rundschau, December 3, 2002