Fighter Squadron 3
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Fighter Squadron 3 |
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.svg) Cockade of the GDR LSK aircraft |
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| active | 1956 to 1990 |
| Country |
 GDR
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| Armed forces | NVA |
| Armed forces | NVA Air Force |
| Branch of service | Aviation forces |
| Type | Type of fighter pilot forces |
| Strength | approx. 600 soldiers and 100 civilian employees |
| Insinuation | 1. LVD |
| Squadron location | Airfield Preschen |
| Web presence | JG-3 |
| Last commander | |
| Squadron commander | Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Kilian |
| insignia | |
| Homepage | III |
| Aircraft | |
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Fighter aircraft / helicopter |
MiG-21MF MiG-29A |
| education |
MiG-21UM MiG-29UB |
The Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 ( JG-3 ) bore the honorary title " Vladimir Komarov " and was a flying unit in regimental strength of the NVA air forces in direct subordination of the 1st Air Defense Division .
 
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JG-3 dash |
history
The squadron was set up on December 14, 1954 as the 3rd command of the 1st Aero Club. On August 24, 1956, it was taken over as the 3rd Air Wing in the NVA . On December 1, 1961, the name was changed to Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 (JG-3) and on March 1, 1971, the squadron was given the traditional name "Vladimir Komarow". Flight duty days were usually Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The squadron belonged to the 1st Air Defense Division (1st LVD) Cottbus .
Colloquially, this fighter pilot association was referred to as the "Bockwurst Squadron"; a parody of the self-creation of the squadron: "sausage catering variants".
The last flight as part of the NVA troops took place on September 27, 1990. The aircraft used for this flight was the MiG-29 "604" in a corresponding special paint scheme.
On October 3, 1990, the squadron was taken over into the air force of the German armed forces . It initially flew under the name JG-3, but without the traditional name. On April 1, 1991, the MiG-29 squadron was formed from the two MiG-29 squadrons. This became the Jagdgeschwader 73 (JG 73) on June 1, 1993 , which was relocated to Laage in 1994 .
The MiG-29 were used until 2004 when they were handed over to the Polish Air Force .
Today's TaktLwG 73 "S" in Laage emerged from the merger of the Fighter Bomber Wing 35 from Pferdfeld and the MiG-29 test wing.
Commanders JG-3
| Rank, name | period of service | comment |
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| First Lieutenant Walter Lobner | 1954-1956 | later major general command LSK / LV |
| Captain Roland Peters | 1956-1958 | |
| Major Günter Ifland | 1958-1959 | |
| Major Wolfgang Gleis | 1959-1964 | later commander TG-44 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Walter Grosse | 1964-1968 | later commander JG-7 |
| Lieutenant Colonel Hans-Peter Otto | 1968-1975 | 1974 Honored military pilot of the GDR |
| Lieutenant Colonel Dieter Paul | 1975-1988 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Norbert Wechsel | 1978-1980 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Bernd Schneider | 1980-1982 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard Reuschel | 1982-1986 | later major general in command of 1st LVD |
| Lieutenant Colonel Ralf Wukasch | 1980-1982 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Kilian | 1987-1990 |
Used aircraft types
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In the JG-3 aircraft from the Soviet design office MiG were used almost exclusively . With the exception of the Jak-11 and the Jak-18, all the types used were jet aircraft. The letters behind the type numbers identify the individual version of the aircraft type.
| Aircraft type | Period of use |
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| Jak-11 , Jak-18 | 1954-1956 |
| MiG-15bis | 1956-1959 |
| MiG-15UTI | 1962-1969 |
| MiG-17F | 1957-1963 |
| MiG-19S , MiG-19PM | 1959-1968 |
| MiG-21F -13 | 1963-1985 |
| MiG-21U | 1965-1985 |
| MiG-21SPS | 1968-1982 |
| MiG-21SPS-K | 1968-1976 |
| MiG-21US | 1970-1989 |
| MiG-21M | 1969-1982 |
| MiG-21UM, MiG-21MF | 1972-1990 |
| MiG-29A , MiG-29UB | 1988-1990 |
The 20 MiG-29A and four two-seat MiG-29UB were taken over into the air force of the German armed forces in 1990 . One of them was lost in a crash, and another machine was taken to the museum. The remaining 22 aircraft were handed over to Poland in 2003 and 2004. Until then, these fighter planes were in service with Jagdgeschwader 73 “Steinhoff” in Rostock-Laage .
See also
Web links
literature
- Patrick Balzer: Preschen Airfield, JG-3 and TAFS-47 , POINT-36, 2005
- Eugen Rudolph: From the MiG-19 to the MiG-29 - Preschen airfield until 1994 ( private print )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus-Jürgen Baarß (Red.), Fliegerstammtisch Strausberg (Ed.): Fliegergeschichten - From take-off to landing. Facts and experiences - written down by members of the NVA aviation forces. Media Script, Strausberg, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-9814822-3-2 , p. 388
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '48.64 " N , 14 ° 38' 0.42" E