Tactical Air Force Squadron 74

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Tactical Air Force Squadron 74
- TaktLwG 74 -
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COA TaktLwG 74.svg

Internal association badge (coat of arms)
Lineup May 5, 1961
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg air force
Type Flying task force
Strength approx. 935 soldiers
Insinuation Air Force Command
Location Wilhelm-Frankl-Barracks
Neuburg Air Base
( Lechfeld Air Base )
Calls Air Policing Baltic States
(2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Awards Flag of Bavaria (striped) .svg Flag ribbon of the
Free State of Bavaria
(1987, 2005)
Web presence TaktLwG 74
guide
Commodore Colonel Gordon Schnitger
Aircraft
Fighter aircraft /
helicopter 		Eurofighter (since 2006)

The Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 ( TaktLwG 74 ; Jagdgeschwader 74 until October 2013 ) is a flying combat unit of the German Air Force . It is the first squadron and one of four units within the Bundeswehr to receive the Eurofighter aircraft . The NATO assignierte wing is on the air base Neuburg in Neuburg stationed and provides the alarm rotting for the Southern airspace ; Lechfeld Air Base acts as an alternative location . The TaktLwG 74 has repeatedly provided honorary escorts for foreign state guests in the past and a. honored with the banner of the Free State of Bavaria . It has already participated in the German NATO Air Policing Baltic contingents four times ; At the turn of the year 2018/19, JG 74 took on this task for the fifth time.

assignment

The core mission of the Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 in peacetime since reunification has been to set up and keep in practice the NATO alarm riot , i.e. Quick Reaction Alert "Interceptor" (QRA "I"), to protect the southern airspace of the Federal Republic of Germany (see Tactical Air Force Squadron 71 "Richthofen" in Wittmund for the northern airspace). This task was previously the responsibility of the USAFE , most recently at Bitburg Air Base .

An alarm riot consists of two ammunitioned Eurofighter aircraft. The squadron also provides forces for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and other Bundeswehr missions abroad . Important tasks of the squadron are then:

history

Saber

F-86K Saber of JG 74

The Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 in Neuburg an der Donau in Upper Bavaria originally emerged from the Jagdgeschwader 75 (JG 75) in Oldenburg or Leipheim near Ulm, which was "unofficially" set up in 1960 according to Luftwaffe deployment order No. 155 and thus the fourth fighter squadron belonging to the air defense forces the air force of the Bundeswehr was. This first all-weather fighter squadron was equipped with the AWX fighter F-86K "Saber" ("Saber Dog"). The formation of the originally planned Fighter Wing 74 was therefore initially not realized. In April 1961, JG 75 was finally relocated to the newly built air base in Zell near Neuburg an der Donau and renamed it to Jagdgeschwader 74 (JG 74) on May 1, 1961, also for reasons of resources.

Fighter Wing 74 officially entered service on May 5, 1961 in the presence of the Air Force's first inspector, Lieutenant General Josef Kammhuber , and the Commander in Chief of the United States Air Forces in Europe , General Frederic H. Smith, Jr. Federal Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss inaugurated the new farm building in autumn. In addition to the Americans, it is thanks in particular to Kammhuber and Strauss that "important air force locations" were able to establish themselves in the southern Bavarian region at that time . The Mexican military attaché gave the 2nd season the name "Zapata", named after the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata . JG 74 has been assigned to NATO since July 1, 1962 ; during the Cold War it was included in the so-called " HAWK belt" of NATO. Of the six originally planned JGs for the Luftwaffe, the plan was reduced to two in 1964, namely JG 74 and JG 71 ; These were supplemented by the light combat squadrons .

Starfighter

Four F-104G Starfighters of the JG 74 "M" in formation flight

On May 12, 1964, the first F-104G “Starfighter” of the wing reached Neuburg. From July 1, 1964, the conversion took place - eight further fighter, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance squadrons were equipped by the manufacturer by 1966. Because of the existing NATO assignment, JG 74 operated two aircraft types in parallel for eighteen months. The F-86K "Saber" machines, which were retired by 1966 and transferred to the Oberpfaffenhofen depot near Munich, were sold to the democratic Venezuela in 1966 . The new troop flag was handed over in Munich in April 1965 . During the state visit of the Japanese imperial couple (Tennō Hirohito and Kōjun ) to the Federal Republic of Germany in October 1971, JG 74 provided the escort .

phantom

Three F-4F Phantom from the JG 74 "M" in 1998

In 1974 the aging starfighter, incapable of all weather and night combat, was retired from the squadron: After the first F-4F "Phantom II" aircraft landed in Neuburg on September 26, 1974 , it was used by the fighter squadrons from June 1975 to April 1976 71 and 74, which were to receive thirty copies each, as well as in the fighter bomber squadrons 35 (formerly Leichtes Kampfgeschwader 42) and 36 the conversion, so that flight operations could be started in 1975 . With the new US aircraft type as Attack / Air Superiority Fighter , i. H. Interceptors and multi-purpose fighter - bombers , the range of tasks of the JG 74 has meanwhile been expanded. The development was in the context of the "increasing dissolution" of the original division into air attack and air defense in the German Air Force.

On the 20th anniversary of JG 74 (May 5, 1981), eight F-4F Phantom aircraft of the association made a 7-hour non-stop flight with in - flight refueling from Neuburg on the Danube to CFB Goose Bay in Canada for the first time since the Bundeswehr was founded, with the aim of deep flight training by. This was followed by visits to Neuburg by the Federal President Karl Carstens (1981), the Chief of Staff of the Swiss Army, Corps Commander Jörg Zumstein , and the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Jürgen Brandt (1982) and the Inspector of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Eberhard Eimler (1983). After Spain joined NATO in 1983, there was a relay exchange with the Spanish Air Force . In the same year, four machines were able to practice take-offs and landings on the makeshift motorway airport near Ahlhorn for the first time . In 1986, JG 74 provided the honorary escort for the Spanish royal couple ( Juan Carlos I and Sophia of Greece ) and the Italian President ( Francesco Cossiga ) on their state visits to Germany. Around 150,000 visitors came to the air base for the open day on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of JG 74.

In the course of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, JG 74 made beds and lockers available to around 400 emigrants from the GDR . Even before the German reunification in 1990, former officers of the air force of the National People's Army stayed in Neuburg for an internship. This was followed by visits by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Klaus Naumann (1991), the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force, Lieutenant General Ramos Fernandez Sequeiros and the Inspector of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Hans-Jörg Kuebart (1992), the Commanding General of the French Tactical Air Forces , General Bernard Norlain and the Commanding General of the Air Force Command, Lieutenant General Gerhard John (1993), the Greek Defense Minister, Gerasimos Arsenis (1995) and the Commander of the Air Force Command Command, Lieutenant General Jürgen Höche (1996). Until the end of 1992, the JG 71 and the JG 74 were intended for 75 upgraded F-4F ICE [Improved Combat Effectiveness] Phantom II (37 + 49), the first of which arrived in Neuburg in April 1992. The combat value increase of the 1990s included the APG-65 radar and the AMRAAM guided missiles . A year later, the squadron's liaison aircraft, Do 28 D Skyservant , was decommissioned. With the two-plus-four contract (1990/91), at the latest with the withdrawal of Russian troops from the new federal states (1994), JG 71 in Wittmund and JG 74 in Neuburg independently took over the air policing ( alarm riot ) in the Federal Republic. From May to December 1995 flight operations were relocated to the Ingolstadt / Manching Air Base due to infrastructure work . They also took part in the NATO exercise “Strong Resolve” in Norway, which was supposed to prepare for UN missions . For the 35th anniversary of the squadron in 1996, a big tattoo took place on the forecourt of the Neuburg Hofkirche (Karlsplatz).

In 2000 the Federal Minister of Defense, Rudolf Scharping , and in 2001 the General Inspector of the Federal Armed Forces, General Harald Kujat , were guests in Neuburg. In addition, another big tattoo took place in 2001 for the anniversary; around 120,000 guests took advantage of the open day. From May to November 2001 u. a. The squadron's exhibits are shown in a special exhibition on weapons on board in the Suhl weapons museum . In 2003/04, the association's aircraft were on large-scale exercises at the Trollenhagen air base near Neubrandenburg. From July to September 2005, JG 71 and JG 74 provided the contingent for the NATO mission Air Policing Baltic States for the first time . In 2006 the squadron celebrated its 45th anniversary in the Neuburg City Palace.

Eurofighter

Eurofighter of JG 74

Since summer 2006, the conversion to the Eurofighter has taken place step by step. On July 25, 2006, flight operations with the Eurofighter at JG 74 began. The squadron was thus the Bundeswehr's first Eurofighter squadron. On June 3, 2008, NATO was notified for the first time that the Eurofighter weapons system had taken over the emergency air defense system. On June 12, 2008 the Phantom II was decommissioned. The following officials visited JG 74 during this time: the Federal Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung (2008), the Vice President of the German Bundestag, Gerda Hasselfeldt (2009), the Federal Defense Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (2010), and the permanent state secretary in the Federal Defense Ministry , Stéphane Beemelmans , or the Inspector of the Air Force Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik (2011). From September to November 2009 JG 74 again provided the allotment for Air Policing Baltic States. In 2011, around 20,000 guests attended the celebrations for the 50th anniversary with international participation. In the early summer of 2012, the JG 74 relocated for the first time after the conversion with eight aircraft to the Eielson AFB in Alaska, where it performed the "Distant Frontier" maneuvers for purposes of comparison with the USAF F-22 Raptor and to prepare for the immediately subsequent " Red Flag Alaska" maneuver. participated.

With the dissolution of Fighter Bomber Wing 32 (JaboG 32), Lechfeld Air Base became the second airfield of the wing. The JG 74 took over from the 1st squadron of the JaboG 32 that they belonged to the NATO Tigers . The Bavarian Tigers are formed by both flying squadrons and took part in Norway for the first time in June 2013 in the NATO Tiger Meet , where combined air warfare operations are practiced. In 2013, work began on a new control tower at Neuburg Air Base. In addition, three JG 74 Eurofighters took part in NATO's Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) at Albacete Airport in Spain for the first time. On July 14th of the same year, the Air Force first took part in the military parade on the French national holiday . In addition to a Transall as a participant in Opération Serval , three JG 74 fighter jets were involved in the French Air Force's “Flypass” on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty .

As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the Jagdgeschwader 74 (JG 74) was renamed Tactical Air Force Squadron 74 (TaktLwG 74) on October 1, 2013. During the flood in Bavaria in 2013 , soldiers from the association provided support. From September to December 2014, JG 74 provided NATO's Air Policing Baltic contingent for the third time. Since September 2016, JG 74 has provided the fourth German contingent Air Policing Baltic States (again at the Ämari air base in Estonia) with up to six Eurofighters and 130 soldiers.

Traditional name

The traditional name " Mölders ", later also referred to as "M", - after an " flying ace " in World War II and former member of the Condor Legion - was given to the association on the 32nd anniversary of the death of Colonel Werner Mölders († 1941), 22nd. November 1973, awarded by the Inspector of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Günther Rall . This made the Jagdgeschwader the fourth traditional wing of the Federal Air Force (after “ Richthofen ”, “ Boelcke ” and “ Immelmann ”) and the third carrier of the Mölder tradition (after the destroyer (1968) and the air force barracks in Visselhövede (1972)) in the German Armed Forces. At the same time, the barracks in the Grünau Forest was named after a successful fighter pilot of World War I of Jewish descent, Lieutenant of the Reserve and Pour-le-Mérite carrier Wilhelm Frankl . Lieutenant General Günther Rall and Werner Nachmann , Chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, unveiled a memorial stone. Later (1990) the widow of Mölders presented his military decorations and awards, which were exhibited in the military history classroom of the squadron. After a resolution recommendation by the German Bundestag (1998) to no longer recommend members of the Condor Legion as models for German soldiers, and a study commissioned by the Military History Research Office (MGFA), this nickname was given by the Federal Minister of Defense, Peter Struck , for the 11th time. March 2005 deleted again (see also Werner Mölders ).

structure

Tactical Air Force Wing 74 (Germany)
Lechfeld Air Base
Lechfeld Air Base
Neuburg Air Base
Neuburg Air Base
Neuburg Air Base (Neuburg an der Donau) and Lechfeld Air Base (Lagerlechfeld)

Former allegations:

  • Air force structure 1958: 1st Air Defense Division in Munich
  • Air force structure 1964: 1st Air Force Division in Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Air force structure 1970: Command of the 2nd Air Force Division in Birkenfeld
  • Air Force Structure 4 (1994): 2nd Air Force Division in Birkenfeld and Air Force Command South in Meßstetten / Combined Air Operations Center
  • Air Force Structure 5 (2004): Command 1st Air Force Division in Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Air Force Structure 6 (2010): Command 1st Air Force Division in Fürstenfeldbruck

The TaktLwG 74 has been subordinate to the Luftwaffe Troop Command (LwTrKdo) in Cologne-Wahn since 2015 . The association is led by a commodore with the rank of lieutenant colonel or colonel .

The squadron is divided into the flying and technical groups. The flying group comprises the two fighter squadrons and the flight operations squadron , the technical group consists of the repair and electronics squadron, the maintenance and weapons squadron and the replenishment and transport squadron.

Since the end of March 2013, the squadron has also been responsible for operating the Lechfeld air base in Lagerlechfeld . For this purpose, it maintains the Lechfeld airfield squadron of the TaktLwG 74 at this second location.

Commodore

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1 Colonel Fritz Wegner May 5, 1961 26th September 1968
2 Colonel Gerhard Mohrdieck 26th September 1968 September 25, 1972
3 Colonel Rudolf Erlemann September 25, 1972 March 26, 1975
4th Colonel Walter Schmitz March 26, 1975 July 18, 1977
5 Colonel Michael Estendorfer July 18, 1977 March 12, 1980
6th Colonel Hans Heinrich Block March 12, 1980 April 1, 1984
7th Colonel Gunter Lange April 1, 1984 March 26, 1986
8th Colonel Helmut Ruppert March 26, 1986 September 25, 1991
9 Colonel Kurt Wolfgang Fredemann September 25, 1991 September 30, 1993
10 Colonel Claus Volk September 30, 1993 June 26, 1995
11 Colonel Gerhard Ballhausen June 26, 1995 March 31, 1998
12 Colonel Ludwig Frank March 31, 1998 September 28, 2000
13 Colonel Karl Müllner September 28, 2000 September 27, 2002
14th Colonel Thomas Tillich September 27, 2002 September 26, 2005
15th Colonel Uwe Klein September 26, 2005 April 1, 2008
16 Colonel Andreas Pfeiffer April 1, 2008 March 20, 2013
17th Colonel Frank Graefe March 20, 2013 April 29, 2015
18th Colonel Holger Neumann April 29, 2015 October 6, 2017
19th Colonel Thomas Früh October 6, 2017 December 2019
20th Colonel Gordon Schnitger since December 2019

Members of the squadron

In addition to the commodores, u. a. The following officers are members of the squadron:

Used aircraft types

Incidents

  • On May 3, 1962, two F-86K “Saber” of JG 74 collided on approach to Neuburg. Both pilots were killed.
  • On October 30, 1963, an F-86K “Saber” of JG 74 crashed into a house in the village of Straß , about ten kilometers west of Neuburg an der Donau. There were four dead and eleven injured. The pilot was able to save himself with the ejector seat.
  • On October 21, 1967, the architect Manfred Ramminger stole a combat-ready AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile from the ammunition depot of JG 74 and sent it to Moscow by air freight .
  • On April 11, 1972, an F-104G “Starfighter” crashed near Volkenschwand , Lower Bavaria. The pilot was killed.
  • On August 21, 1981, an F-4F Phantom II crashed into the Mediterranean outside Sardinia. The pilot was able to save himself, the weapons system officer was killed.
  • On April 11, 1985, an F-4F Phantom II crashed near Lorient in France. The pilot and weapons system officer were killed.
  • On July 16, 1985, an F-4F Phantom II crashed near Rudelzhausen in Lower Bavaria. The pilot and weapons system officer were killed.
  • On September 13, 1995, an F-4F Phantom II fighter plane crashed between Kirchheim in Schwaben and Haselbach and rammed itself into a field. The pilot and the weapons system officer were killed.
  • August 20, 2011: The radio contact to an Airbus A321 of the Turkish airline Onur Air on the flight from Manchester to Turkey suddenly broke off at around 4 p.m. over Upper Bavaria (probably technical defect). The alarm riot of JG 74 rose immediately and visual contact was established after about five minutes of flight. All attempts to establish radio contact with the Turkish pilot failed. The A321 was escorted by the Rotte to the Austrian border and handed over to the Austrian Air Force .

Awards

  • 1965: Silver shield of the Air Force Club for the best Air Force formations
  • 1968: Aviation safety award from the Air Force inspector, Lieutenant General Johannes Steinhoff
  • 1973: Arm band "Geschwader Mölders" (representative for all soldiers) by the inspector of the air force
  • 1980: Aviation Safety Cup
  • 1987: Banner of the Free State of Bavaria by the Bavarian State Secretary for Science and Art Thomas Goppel
  • 1988: Flight safety cup for two years of accident-free flying by the commanding general of the air fleet command
  • 1991: Gold Aviation Safety Cup for five years of accident-free flying
  • 1993: Flight safety certificate "Blue" for seven years of accident-free flying by the commander of the 2nd Air Force Division
  • 1994: Flight safety certificate for eight years of accident-free flying by the commander of the 2nd Air Force Division
  • 1994: Certificate of Commendation by the NATO Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces Central Europe, General Helge Hansen , for outstanding performance
  • 1996: Prince Heinrich Prize for the best association in the 2nd Air Force Division
  • 2004: Flight Safety Certificate
  • 2005: The banner of the Free State of Bavaria by the Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber
  • 2007: Flight safety certificate for seven years of accident-free flying by the commander of the 1st Air Force Division
  • 2013: Flight safety certificate for twelve years of accident-free flying by the commander of the 1st Air Force Division
  • 2015: Aviation safety award for 15 years of accident-free flying by the General Aviation Safety of the German Armed Forces

literature

  • Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" (Ed.): 35 years of Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders", Neuburg an der Donau . Tussa-Dr., Illertissen 1996.
  • Jagdgeschwader 74 (Ed.): 50 years Jagdgeschwader 74 Neuburg Donau: 1961–2011. June 9, 2011 . Neuburg an der Donau 2011.

Web links

Commons : Jagdgeschwader 74  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Dittenhofer: Visiting the Neuburg soldiers on missions abroad. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tactical Air Force Wing 74: Order , luftwaffe.de, accessed on July 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders" (Ed.): 35 years of Jagdgeschwader 74 "Mölders", Neuburg an der Donau . Illertissen 1996, p. 9.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Kai Müller: 50 years of the German Air Force . In: Rüdiger Hulin (Ed.): 50 Years of the Bundeswehr . German Defense Mirror, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-9809680-1-4 , p. 126.
  5. ↑ Hans-Werner Jarosch (Ed.): Always in action. 50 years of the Air Force . Mittler, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8132-0837-0 , p. 29.
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  40. ↑ a b The Jagdgeschwader 74 - Competence meets tradition . luftwaffe.de, June 10, 2011.
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  43. ↑ Jung visits the troupe in Bavaria . In: Fränkischer Tag , July 5, 2008, p. 3.
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  46. ^ State Secretary Stéphane Beemelmans: Inaugural visit to the Air Force . bmvg.de, October 13, 2011.
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