Air Force Inspector
The Inspector of the Air Force ( InspL ) is the supreme superior of the Air Force branch of the German Armed Forces .
He is responsible for their personnel and material availability and in this function reports directly to the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr . The air force command in Berlin-Gatow reports to the inspector . As part of the nationwide concept, he is a member of the Military Leadership Council , chaired by the Inspector General.
The inspector and his deputy generally hold the rank of lieutenant general , the first inspector of the air force, Josef Kammhuber , was promoted to general during his tenure due to his services to the development of the German air force after the Second World War .
The seventh inspector of the Luftwaffe, later General Eberhard Eimler, was the first official who did not serve in the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht during World War II . At the age of six, Karl Müllner was the longest at the helm of the Air Force.
Inspectors
No. | Surname | image | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment | Remarks |
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16 | Ingo Gerhartz | since May 29, 2018 | |||
15th | Karl Muellner | April 25, 2012 | 29 May 2018 | At 6 years longest term as inspector | |
14th | Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik | October 29, 2009 | April 25, 2012 | ||
13 | Klaus-Peter Stieglitz | January 12, 2004 | October 29, 2009 | ||
12 | Gerhard W. Back | April 1, 2001 | January 2004 | 2004–2007 commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | |
11 | Rolf Portz | October 1, 1997 | March 31, 2001 | ||
10 | Bernhard Mende | October 1, 1994 | September 30, 1997 | First and so far only inspector who was not a jet pilot but came from the area of air defense (" FlaRak ") | |
9 | Hans-Jörg Kuebart | April 1, 1991 | September 30, 1994 | ||
8th | Horst Jungkurth | 1st October 1987 | March 31, 1991 | ||
7th | Eberhard Eimler | April 1, 1983 | September 30, 1987 | 1987–1990 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | |
6th | Friedrich Obleser | October 1, 1978 | March 31, 1983 | ||
5 | Gerhard Limberg | April 1, 1974 | September 30, 1978 | ||
4th | Günther Rall | 1st January 1971 | March 31, 1974 | Dismissed by Defense Minister Georg Leber after a trip to South Africa had become known, which had been officially stated as a trip to a friend in Namibia, but which Rall had also met with high-ranking officials of the apartheid regime | |
3 | Johannes Steinhoff | 2nd September 1966 | December 31, 1970 | 1971–1974 Chairman of the NATO Military Committee , is considered the inspector who was able to end the Starfighter crisis | |
2 | Werner Panitzki | October 1, 1962 | August 25, 1966 | Resignation because of the Starfighter affair | |
1 | Josef Kammhuber | June 1, 1957 | September 30, 1962 | In 1961 he was promoted to general as the only inspector of a branch of the armed forces due to his services in building up the air force |
Deputy Inspector of the Air Force
Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Official* |
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June 1, 1957 | June 30, 1957 | Brigadier General Werner Panitzki |
July 1, 1957 | June 30, 1958 | Brigadier General Hermann Plocher |
July 1, 1958 | October 31, 1960 | Brigadier General Lothar von Heinemann |
November 1, 1960 | August 31, 1961 | Brigadier General Johannes Trautloft |
September 1, 1961 | February 28, 1962 | Brigadier General Kurt Kuhlmey |
March 1, 1962 | September 30, 1962 | Brigadier General Adolf Hempel |
October 1, 1962 | September 30, 1963 | Major General Werner-Eugen Hoffmann |
October 1, 1963 | March 31, 1966 | Major General Friedrich-Carl Schlichting |
April 1, 1966 | March 31, 1968 | Major General Adolf Hempel (2nd time) |
April 1, 1968 | September 30, 1969 | Major General Walter Roos |
1st October 1969 | June 30, 1971 | Major General Uwe Vogel |
July 1, 1971 | September 30, 1973 | Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Mehlen |
1st October 1973 | March 31, 1974 | Lieutenant General Gerhard Limberg |
April 1, 1974 | September 30, 1975 | Lieutenant General Harald Wust |
1st October 1975 | September 30, 1976 | Lieutenant General Werner Schmitz |
October 1, 1976 | March 30, 1979 | Lieutenant General Helmut Heinz |
April 1, 1979 | September 30, 1981 | Lieutenant General Wolfgang von Bergh |
October 1, 1981 | September 30, 1984 | Lieutenant General Paul Sommerhoff |
October 1, 1984 | September 30, 1989 | Lieutenant General Hans-Heinz Feldhoff |
October 1, 1989 | September 30, 1991 | Lieutenant General Jürgen Schnell |
October 1, 1991 | September 30, 1994 | Lieutenant General Bernhard Mende |
October 1, 1994 | September 30, 1997 | Lieutenant General Rolf Portz |
October 1, 1997 | September 30, 2000 | Lieutenant General Benno Ertmann |
October 1, 2000 | March 30, 2001 | Lieutenant General Gerhard W. Back |
April 1, 2001 | March 30, 2004 | Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Jarosch |
April 1, 2004 | March 30, 2009 | Lieutenant General Heinz Marzi |
April 1, 2009 | September 30, 2010 | Lieutenant General Manfred Lange |
October 1, 2010 | March 30, 2012 | Lieutenant General Norbert Finster |
April 1, 2012 | September 30, 2017 | Lieutenant General Dieter Naskrent |
October 1, 2017 | Lieutenant General Ansgar Rieks |
- Between 1957 and 1972, the deputies of the Air Force Inspector were also Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command (FüL).
Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command Staff (Fü L)
Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Official |
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1st December 1972 | September 30, 1976 | Major General Gerhard Kerscher |
October 1, 1976 | September 30, 1978 | Major General Gerd Haseloff |
October 1, 1978 | September 30, 1981 | Major General Paul Sommerhoff |
October 1, 1981 | September 30, 1984 | Major General Hartmut Gülzow |
October 1, 1984 | September 30, 1985 | Major General Fritz Schulz |
October 1, 1985 | March 30, 1990 | Major General Peter Klatte |
April 1, 1990 | March 30, 1993 | Major General Detlef Wibel |
April 1, 1993 | September 30, 1994 | Major General Axel Kleppien |
April 1, 1994 | March 30, 1997 | Major General Klaus Richter |
April 1, 1997 | September 30, 2001 | Major General Hans-Günter Schröfel |
October 1, 2001 | March 30, 2004 | Major General Heinz Marzi |
April 1, 2004 | October 30, 2005 | Major General Winfried Graves |
November 1, 2005 | September 30, 2010 | Major General Norbert Finster |
October 1, 2010 | March 30, 2012 | Major General Erich Staudacher |
Web links
Deputy of the Inspector of the Air Force / Chief of Staff Fü L , in: Chronicle of the Luftwaffe Command Staff. From 1955 Department VI (Air Force) of the Federal Ministry of Defense to 2012 dissolution of the Air Force Command Staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense , Luftwaffe Command, Berlin-Gatow / Köln-Wahn, October 2013, p. 381