Air Force Command

Luftwaffe Command - Kdo Lw - XXXX
Internal association badge (coat of arms)
Lineup	October 1, 2012
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Type	Higher command authority
Subordinate troops	Center Air Operations Air Force Command
Strength	330
Insinuation	GenInspBw
Seat of the staff	Berlin-Gatow , General Steinhoff barracks Cologne , Luftwaffe barracks Wahn
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Air Force Inspector	Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz
Deputy Inspector of the Air Force	Lieutenant General Ansgar Rieks
Chief of Staff	Major General Wolfgang Ohl

The Luftwaffe Command (Kdo Lw) is the only higher command authority of the Air Force subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) . It was set up in the course of the realignment of the Bundeswehr on October 1, 2012 by transferring the former command staff of the Air Force , is the top management level of this branch of the Bundeswehr and is led by the Inspector of the Air Force.

Insinuation

The command is the Air Force Chief of Staff Air Force assumed and has his official residence in Berlin-Gatow in the General Steinhoff - Kaserne . Until the infrastructure there is completed, parts of the command will be temporarily housed in the Wahn air force barracks in Cologne-Wahn .

Subordinate troops

Structure of the Air Force in March 2020

The following departments are subordinate to the Air Force Command to fulfill its tasks.

• Center air operations
• Air Force Command

With the establishment of the air force command on July 1, 2015, the command of the operational units of the air force and the command of the support units of the air force were dissolved and merged into the newly established air force command. While one of the core tasks of the Center for Air Operations is to provide the air situation for Germany, the Air Force Command is in charge of all air force squadrons.

assignment

• Troop service management of the military organization area of ​​the air force
• Establishing and maintaining the Luftwaffe's conceptually prescribed capabilities by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, as well as ensuring the Luftwaffe's personnel and material capabilities and operational readiness
• Ensuring training is the responsibility of the Air Force, including pre-deployment training
• Advising the commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command on all air force-specific matters and providing support in maintaining the operational readiness of the Air Force deployed and subordinate to the Bundeswehr Operations Command
• Ensuring the specified continuous deployment tasks and exercising the powers within the framework of assigned specialist, armed forces or joint tasks

construction

The command is basically organized into four departments and their sub-departments.

• Development department, Air Force planning
  • Subsection principle, further development of the Air Force
  • Air Force Skill Management Division
  • Subdivision Financial Requirements Analysis / Budget / Federal Audit Office
• Deployment department
  • Deployment / Operations Management Air Force subdivision
  • Air Force Command & Operations Division
  • Air Force Leadership Subdivision
• Personnel / organization / training department
  • Air Force Personnel Management Division
  • Organization / Infrastructure & Stationing Department
  • User organization subdivision / SASPF Air Force
  • Air Force Training Division
• Support department
  • Subdivision Principle / Processes & Control Operations Logistics Air Force
  • Subdivision material operational readiness / operational readiness for weapon systems
• Central tasks
  • Order & project management
  • Process management & controlling
  • Air Force Press and Information Center
• Headquarters

There are also other groups as bar and line elements :

• Adjutancy
• Occupational and environmental protection
• Equal Opportunities Officer
• Legal advisor / defense disciplinary attorney
• Senior troop psychologist

Command and Head of Department

Deputy Inspector of the Air Force
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
2	Lieutenant General Ansgar Rieks	28th September 2017	-
1	Lieutenant General Dieter Naskrent	0October 1, 2012	28th September 2017

Chief of Staff
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
3	Major General Wolfgang Ohl	1st October 2019	-
2	Major General Günter-Erhard Giesa	0October 1, 2014	September 30, 2019
1	Major General Erich Staudacher	0October 1, 2012	September 30, 2014

Head of Development and Planning
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
5	Brigadier General Christian Leitges	01st January 2018	-
4th	Brigadier General Jan Kuebart	0January 1, 2016	June 21, 2018
3	Brigadier General Jörg Lebert	June 30, 2014	0January 1, 2016
2	Brigadier General Stefan Perschke	0January 1, 2013	June 30, 2014
1	Brigadier General Christian Badia	0October 1, 2012	0January 1, 2013

Deployment manager
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
4th	Colonel Bernd Stockmann	01st January 2018	-
3	Brigadier General Michael Hogrebe	0October 1, 2015	01st January 2018
2	Brigadier General Günter Katz	October 24, 2014	September 30, 2015
1	Brigadier General Thorsten Poschwatta	0October 1, 2012	October 24, 2014

Head of Human Resources / Organization / Training
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
2	Brigadier General Richard Frevel	0July 7, 2016	-
1	Brigadier General Lutz Kohlhaus	0October 1, 2012	0July 7, 2016

Head of department support
No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
3	Brigadier General Markus Alder	0October 1, 2017	-
2	Brigadier General Michael Bartscher	0July 1, 2015	0October 1, 2017
1	Brigadier General Werner Haumann	0October 1, 2012	January 2015

Web links

• Organization chart of the Luftwaffe Command (target structure 2017) ( Memento from July 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 120 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Air Force Command. In: Air Force. Bundeswehr, July 2, 2015, accessed on July 9, 2015 . 
2. ^ Federal Ministry of Defense, Press and Information Staff : New management organization in the Air Force. Bundeswehr, June 30, 2015, accessed on July 1, 2015 . 
3. ^ Federal Ministry of Defense, press and information staff : Flyer - Luftwaffe Command. (PDF) Bundeswehr, accessed on July 1, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Luftwaffe Command, Air Force Press and Information Staff: New Horizons (pages 4 and 5). (PDF) Bundeswehr, accessed on July 7, 2015 .