Air Force Inspector

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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

Ingo Gerhartz Karl Müllner Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik Klaus-Peter Stieglitz Gerhard W. Back Rolf H. Portz Bernhard Mende Hans-Jörg Kuebart Horst Jungkurth Eberhard Eimler Friedrich Obleser Gerhard Limberg Günther Rall Johannes Steinhoff Werner Panitzki Josef Kammhuber
No. Surname image Beginning of the appointment End of appointment Remarks
16 Ingo Gerhartz since May 29, 2018
15th Karl Muellner

Lieutenant General Karl Müllner.jpg

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 Hans-Jörg Kuebart.png 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 Federal archive Image 183-J1112-0206-004, Günther Rall.jpg 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 Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1997-041-03, Johannes Steinhoff.jpg 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 Federal archive picture 146-2005-0033, Josef Kammhuber retusche.jpg 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*
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
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