Army Aviation Support Squadron 1

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Army
Aviation Support Squadron 1 - HFlgUstgStff 1 -

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active January 1, 2003  to 
December 31, 2013
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces army army
Branch of service Army Air Force
Type Stabilization and intervention forces
Insinuation Airmobile Brigade 1st Airmobile Brigade 1st
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:

In addition, humanitarian aid was provided at home and abroad through flying missions:

Squadron captains

The following squadron captains led the squadron from 2003 to 2013
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

  1. Settlement is like an end to installments , Lausitzer Rundschau, April 3, 2013
  2. Heeresfliegerstaffel in Holzdorf is being disbanded , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, November 16, 2012
  3. Holzdorfer Heeresflieger honored for flight safety , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, July 27, 2012
  4. Officer with a strong will , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, March 31, 2009
  5. Holzdorfer Heeresflieger in Spain , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, October 16, 2007
  6. A soul mate packs his suitcase , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, December 14, 2005
  7. “Air taxi” has found a permanent place in Holzdorf , Lausitzer Rundschau, August 24, 2004
  8. Air chauffeurs for Crown Prince Alexander , Lausitzer Rundschau, November 3, 2003
  9. Holzdorf's helicopter over the Babimost area , Lausitzer Rundschau, October 25, 2003
  10. It was one of those farewells that only succeed with a heavy heart , Lausitzer Rundschau, August 1, 2003
  11. The long history of aviation in Cottbus , Lausitzer Rundschau, May 15, 2003
  12. Red cancer hovered in Holzdorf yesterday , Lausitzer Rundschau, May 14, 2003
  13. Machines from Cottbus move to Holzdorf , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 13, 2003
  14. Bundeswehr helicopters will soon be disappearing from Cottbus , Lausitzer Rundschau, December 3, 2002