Fighter-bomber squadron 38

Fighter Bomber Squadron 38 "Friesland" - JaboG 38 "F" -
Internal association badge (coat of arms)
active	August 26, 1983 to August 31, 2005
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Location	Jever , air base
Aircraft
bomber	Panavia tornado

The Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" (JaboG 38 "F") is a former squadron of the Luftwaffe and was stationed at Jever Air Base .

history

The JaboG 38 "F" emerged on August 26, 1983 from the Luftwaffe 10 weapons school , which had been stationed at Upjever Air Base since 1964. First a squadron was set up and equipped with a Panavia Tornado . Their task was to carry out the weapons training of the pilots and weapons system officers (WSO) who had been trained on tornado at the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment in Cottesmore, England . On April 26, 1988, the squadron was given the addition "Friesland".

JaboG tornado 38

In 1989 a second squadron was set up, which was equipped with the first Tornado ECR . These machines remained in the squadron until 1995, when the ECR version was exchanged for the IDS version of the 32 fighter-bomber squadron in Lechfeld. On February 24, 1999 the trinational tornado training in Cottesmore was discontinued. Since then, the Air Force has been re-training pilots and WSO for the tornado at Holloman AFB in New Mexico / USA, which made a Europeanization course necessary. From this point on, this was carried out by JaboG 38 “F”.

On July 1, 1999, the squadron was reorganized, the 2nd squadron dissolved and instead a tactical course was introduced. On August 31, 2005, the squadron was disbanded. The Europeanization of the aircraft crews has since been carried out independently by the remaining squadrons. As such, Jever Air Base was closed at the end of September 2013.

Trivia

From September 1997 to March 1999, astronaut Thomas Reiter was the commander of the flying group of JaboG 38.

Web links

Commons : Jagdbombergeschwader 38  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weapons School 10 becomes Fighter Bomber Squadron 38 . Homepage of the Air Force; accessed on February 10, 2015
2. ↑ List of weapons school 10 . Homepage of the Air Force; accessed on February 10, 2015
3. ↑ Air Force Weapons School 10
4. ↑ The Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" has been disbanded ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ "Fly Out" at Jagdbombergeschwader 38 "Friesland" Homepage of the Air Force; accessed on February 10, 2015
6. ↑ First squadrons are equipped with the ECR tornado . Homepage of the Air Force; accessed on February 10, 2015
7. ↑ Last flight after 77 years - in Upjever the lights went out yesterday , In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung, p. 13
8. ^ Curriculum vitae of Thomas Reiter esa.int; accessed on February 10, 2015