Helicopter Transport Squadron 64
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Helicopter transport squadron 64 |
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 Squadron coat of arms HSG64 |
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| active | October 1, 1966 to April 1, 1994 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces |
 armed forces
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| Armed forces |
air force
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| Master of ceremonies | Colonel Hans-Otto Elger |
The helicopter transport squadron 64 (HTG 64) was from 1966 to 1994 a flying unit of the air force of the German armed forces .
history
The helicopter transport squadron 64 was put into service on October 1, 1966 in Penzing near Landsberg . Personnel and material came from three air rescue and liaison squadrons from Faßberg , Lechfeld and Fürstenfeldbruck and - after the jet training was transferred to the USA - from parts of the pilot school "A". In January 1968 the 3rd air rescue and liaison squadron was placed under Ahlhorn. In May 1968 the newly established 4th season moved to Diepholz. From February 1968 to May 1969, the UH-1D was introduced as the sole operational model, thus reducing the number of types in the squadron. After the Lufttransportgeschwader 62 was dissolved , the HTG 64 relocated with three squadrons to the Ahlhorn Air Base in April 1971 . The reinforced 1st season stayed in Penzing. With the takeover of Air Force Structure 4, HTG 64 was dissolved on April 1, 1994. The air transport squadron and the flight readiness of the Federal Ministry of Defense took over the personnel and material .
As a new, pure helicopter squadron of the Air Force, the helicopter squadron 64 (HSG 64) was put into service on October 1, 2010 in Holzdorf .
Use of the HTG 64
In addition to the routine provision of helicopters for Search and Rescue (SAR) and the support of air rescue , the HTG was involved in numerous missions at home and abroad:
- 1969/70: East Frisian Islands (airlift to supply the population after days of severe storms)
- 1969: Tunisia (flood disaster)
- 1970: East Pakistan ( flood disaster )
- 1971: Turkey (earthquake relief)
- 1975: Lower Saxony ( fighting forest fires )
- 1979: Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein ( snow disaster )
Aircraft type
The air fleet consisted of:
- Bell H-13 Sioux
- Bristol Sycamore Br 71
- Alouette II
- Sikorsky S-58
- Vertol H-21C
- Dornier Do 27 A (as a liaison aircraft)
- Bell UH-1 D (from 1968)
Commodore
| No. | Surname | from | to |
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| 1 | Colonel Johannes Naumann | October 1, 1966 | September 30, 1973 |
| 2 | Colonel Rudolf Meyer | 1st October 1973 | April 30, 1975 |
| 3 | Colonel Max Dietrich | May 1st, 1975 | 19th August 1981 |
| 4th | Colonel Werner Geissinger | August 21, 1981 | March 29, 1984 |
| 5 | Colonel Jörg Rappke | April 1, 1984 | March 31, 1990 |
| 6th | Colonel Hans-Otto Elger | April 1, 1990 | September 30, 1993 |
References
Web links
literature
- Commodore helicopter transport squadron 64 Colonel Hans-Otto Elger (Ed.): Unique! Helicopter Transport Squadron 64 1966–1993. Ziese Verlag, Oldenburg 1993, ISBN 3-928757-03-2
- Bernd Lemke ; Dieter Krüger ; Heinz Rebhan; Wolfgang Schmidt : The Air Force 1950 to 1970. Concept, structure, integration. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57973-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ HTG 64 in the Federal Archives; viewed on June 19, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
