List of generals in the German Air Force
This list contains all Air Force uniform wearers including medical officers.
Active generals in the Air Force
All officers are listed according to their posts, even if they have not (yet) reached the corresponding rank.
general
Rank | Surname | vintage | function | Area | Entry into service |
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gene | currently no soldier in this rank |
Lieutenant General
Rank | Surname | vintage | function | Area | Entry into service |
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GenLt | Christian Badia | 1963 | Head of the Planning Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | BMVg | 1st October 2018 |
GenLt | Ingo Gerhartz | 1965 | Air Force Inspector | Lw | 20th May 2018 |
GenLt | Ansgar Rieks | 1959 | Deputy Inspector of the Air Force | Lw | 29th September 2017 |
GenLt | Klaus Habersetzer | 1957 | Commander Center Air Operations and Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Center in Kalkar |
Lw | September 24, 2018 |
GenLt | Helmut Schütz | 1956 | Commanding General Air Force Command | Lw | September 24, 2015 |
GenLt | Martin Schelleis | 1959 | Force Base Inspector | SKB | October 6, 2015 |
GenLt | Jürgen Knappe | 1957 | Commander Multinational Command Operational Command | SKB | 1st February 2018 |
GenLt | Ludwig Leinhos | 1957 | Cyber and information space inspector | CIR | April 1, 2017 |
GenLt | Thorsten Poschwatta | 1961 | Chief of Staff, Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan | NATO | April 9, 2020 |
GenLt | Michael Vetter | 1962 | Head of Department Cyber and Information Technology (CIT) in the Federal Ministry of Defense . | BMVg | April 8, 2019 |
Major general
Rank | Surname | vintage | function | Area | Entry into service |
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GenMaj | Wolfgang Gäbelein | 1960 | Head of the planning office of the Bundeswehr | BMVg | June 28, 2019 |
GenMaj | Walter Chicken | 1958 | Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Center Air Operations | Lw | 29th March 2018 |
GenMaj | Lutz Kohlhaus | 1961 | Vice Chairman of the NATO Air and Missile Defense Committee in Brussels , Belgium | Lw | 1st September 2019 |
GenMaj | Günter Katz | 1962 | Head of the Federal Armed Forces Aviation Office | BMVg | 1st July 2018 |
GenMaj | Jan Kuebart | 1966 | Commander of flying formations in the air force command | Lw | 1st July 2018 |
GenMaj | Wolfgang Ohl | 1966 | Chief of Staff Command Air Force | Lw | 1st October 2019 |
GenMaj | Franz Weidhüner | 1958 | Chief of the Armed Forces Office | SKB | 15th December 2017 |
GenMaj | Bernhardt Schlaak | 1959 | Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff Air Force Command | Lw | 22nd August 2019 |
GenMaj | Karsten Stoye | 1962 | Chief of Staff Allied Air Command , Ramstein | NATO | 1st March 2019 |
GenMaj | Wolfgang Renner | 1959 | Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) CIR and Cyber Defense at SHAPE in Mons , Belgium | NATO | April 1, 2018 |
GenMaj | Jörg Lebert | 1960 | Commander NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Command , Geilenkirchen | NATO | 1st July 2018 |
GenStArzt | Gesine Kruger | 1959 | Commander of the Medical Academy of the Bundeswehr | ZSan | June 1, 2016 |
Brigadier General
Rank | Surname | vintage | function | Area | Entry into service |
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BrigGen | Markus Alder | 1966 | Head of Department Support in the Air Force Command | Lw | October 1, 2017 |
BrigGen | Michael Bartscher | 1958 | Use by the Deputy Inspector of the Air Force | Lw | October 1, 2017 |
BrigGen | Frank Best | 1964 | Director of NATO Advisory and Liaison Team KFOR | NATO | April 1, 2020 |
BrigGen | Andreas Delp | 1964 | Head of the German Liaison Command USCENTCOM , Tampa , Florida / USA | SKB | 1st July 2018 |
BrigGen | Marcus Ellermann | 1967 | Head of Department 2 (Military Policy) German Representation NATO , Brussels, Belgium | NATO | October 1, 2017 |
BrigGen | Armin Fleischmann | 1965 | Head of the Planning Department in the Cyber and Information Room Command | CIR | 5th April 2017 |
BrigGen | Richard outrage | 1960 | Head of the Personnel Department in the Air Force Command | Lw | July 7, 2016 |
BrigGen | Gerald Funke | 1964 | Head of Department Planning I in the Federal Ministry of Defense | BMVg | December 1, 2016 |
BrigGen | Frank Graefe | 1968 | Defense attaché in the military attaché staff, Washington DC / USA | AA | 1st September 2018 |
General practitioner | Bernhard Gross | 1965 | General physician in aviation medicine for the Bundeswehr and head of the Center for Aerospace Medicine in the Air Force | Lw | March 26, 2020 |
BrigGen | Michael Gschossmann | 1960 | General Manager of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Program Management Organization | NATO | 1st January 2019 |
BrigGen | Thomas Hambach | 1962 | Commander State Command Bavaria | SKB | 1st October 2019 |
BrigGen | Ralf Hoffmann | 1963 | Commander of the Bundeswehr IT system operations center | CIR | 18th August 2018 |
BrigGen | Gerhard Hewera | 1958 | Commander support units in the air force command | Lw | 1st February 2017 |
BrigGen | Michael Hogrebe | 1965 | Commander of the ground-based units of the air force command | Lw | March 12, 2019 |
BrigGen | Andreas Hoppe | 1965 | Head of Air Force Command | Lw | 1st July 2018 |
BrigGen | Peter Klement | 1959 | Assistant Chief of Staff J9 Joint Force Command Naples , Naples / Italy | NATO | July 1, 2020 |
BrigGen | Burkhard Kollmann | 1960 | Head of Multinational lead in the center of air operations and Combined Air Operations Center | Lw | November 9, 2018 |
Colonel | Andreas Korb | 1964 | General aviation safety in the aviation office of the Bundeswehr | BMVg | July 1, 2020 |
BrigGen | Markus Kurczyk | 1964 | Commander of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional command | NATO | 1st February 2019 |
BrigGen | Christian Leitges | 1966 | Head of Department I Further development and planning in the Air Force Command | Lw | 1st January 2019 |
BrigGen | Stefan Lüth | 1966 | Head of Department Armed Forces II in the Federal Ministry of Defense , Bonn | BMVg | 1st January 2019 |
BrigGen | Rudolf Maus | 1958 | Director of Logistics Operations in the NATO Support and Procurement Agency | NATO | 5th January 2015 |
BrigGen | Tilo Maedler | 1966 | Head of Department Armed Forces III in the Federal Ministry of Defense , Berlin | BMVg | 1st October 2018 |
BrigGen | Holger Neumann | 1968 | Director of training at the Bundeswehr Leadership Academy , Hamburg | BMVg | September 27, 2018 |
BrigGen | Christoph Pliet | 1962 | Deputy Commander Deployable Air Command and Control Center, Poggio Renatico / Italy | NATO | 1st January 2019 |
BrigGen | Burkhard Pototzky | 1957 | Head of Operations and Head of the Air Force Operations Center in the Air Operations Center | Lw | July, 1st 2013 |
BrigGen | Ralf Raddatz | 1958 | Defense attaché in the military attaché staff, London / GBR | AA | August 1, 2017 |
BrigGen | Frank Reiland | 1967 | Department Head II Personnel Recruitment in the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr , Cologne | staff | 1st November 2018 |
BrigGen | Olaf von Roeder | 1960 | Commander State Command Hesse | SKB | March 24, 2017 |
BrigGen | Volker Sammans | 1962 | General Manager NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA), Brussels, Belgium | NATO | 1st January 2018 |
BrigGen | Stefan Scheibl | 1963 | Commander of the Air Force Officers School | Lw | August 14, 2020 |
BrigGen | Andreas Schick | 1961 | Chief of Staff of the European Air Transport Command (EATC) | MNEU | June 28, 2017 |
General practitioner | Nicole Schilling | 1974 | Second Vice President at the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr, Cologne | staff | April 1, 2019 |
BrigGen | Thomas Seifert | 1965 | Deputy Chief of Staff Support in the Multinational Command Operational Leadership | SKB | November 1, 2016 |
BrigGen | Bernd Stockmann | 1967 | Head of Department II Operation Command Air Force | Lw | 1st January 2018 |
BrigGen | Friedhelm Tränapp | 1963 | SHAPE ACOS Res, J1, Personnel | NATO | 1st July 2019 |
BrigGen | Michael Traut | 1964 | Course participant at the Royal College of Defense Studies, London / GBR | Lw | August 14, 2020 |
Colonel | Robert Wilhelm | 1967 | Deputy Commander Logistics Command of the Bundeswehr | SKB | 1st October 2019 |
1955 to 1990
The following section contains an incomplete list of all officers in the rank group of the Air Force Generals of the Bundeswehr, who were appointed up until German reunification.
A.
- Asmus, Hans (1913-1991), Major General
B.
- Bahnemann, Jörg (1932–), major general
- Bambey, Hans (1915-1997), Brigadier General
- Bapistella, Helmut (1918–1993), Brigadier General
- Barkhorn, Gerhard (1919–1983), major general
- Bergh, Wolfgang Otto von (1921–2015), Lieutenant General
- Bernhard, Ernst-Dieter (1924-2017), Lieutenant General
- Beuther, Heinz-Ulrich (1923–1990), major general
- Bieber, Helmut (1917–1997), major general
- Birkenbeil, Heinz (1923–2009), major general
- Birkholz, Joachim (1918–2005), major general
- Boehnke, Wolfgang (1925–1994), Brigadier General
- Boie, Werner (1913-2012), Brigadier General
- Bornstaedt, Hans-Wilhelm von (1928–), major general
- Boy, Siegfried (1924-2016), Major General
- Büchs, Herbert (1913–1996), Lieutenant General
- Bung, Hubertus (1920–2004), Brigadier General
- Buntrock, Paul (1915–1985), Major General
- Busch, Hermann (1902–1976), Brigadier General
C.
- Cescotti, Roderich (1919–2015), Major General
- Coerdt, Andreas (1916-2006), major general
- Cramer, Heinz (1911–2003), Brigadier General
D.
- Dölling, Hans-Wolrad (1916–1997), Brigadier General
- Donner, Heinz-Günter (1932–1983), Brigadier General, died on duty
E.
- Eimler, Eberhard (1930–), General
- Eisen, Hans (1922-2002), Brigadier General
- Engelien, Botho (1938–), major general
- Erlemann, Rudolf (1932–2015), Brigadier General
- Eschenbach, Klaus (1917–2007), major general
F.
- Falkenstein, Sigismund Freiherr von (1903–1972), Brigadier General
- Feldhoff, Hans-Heinz (1932-2013), Lieutenant General
- Flade, Hans-Ulrich (1925–1999), major general, father of cosmonaut Klaus-Dieter Flade, son of a major general of the police (1939/45)
- Franke, Karl-Heinz (1922–1994), major general
- Friedrich, Karl Hermann (1918–1993), major general
- Frodl, Richard (1921–2002), Lieutenant General
G
- Gail, Werner Franz Wilhelm (1923–1990), Brigadier General
- Galinsky, Wolfhard (1924-2006), major general (1982)
- Greve, Carl-Heinz (1920–1998), Lieutenant General
- Griese, Hansjoachim (1933–), Major General (1991)
- Griese, Karl-Heinz (1935–2008), Major General (1984)
- Grunewald, Friedrich Wilhelm (1920–2001), Brigadier General
- Gülzow, Hartmut (1932–1991), major general
- Guth, Werner (1917-2005), Major General
H
- Haarhaus, Peter (1936–), Lieutenant General
- Haseloff, Gerd (1925–1990), major general
- Hauke, Horst (1931–2013), major general
- Hebben, Walter (1924–2002), Brigadier General
- Heinemann, Lothar von (1905–1997), major general
- Heinz, Helmut (1921-2000), Lieutenant General
- Hempel, Adolf (1915–1971), Lieutenant General
- Hennig, Horst (1926-2020), general practitioner
- Hertel, Günter (1934–), Lieutenant General
- Heyna, Max (1902-1992), Brigadier General
J
- Jungkurth, Horst (1933–), Lieutenant General
- Jungnickel, Heinz (1925–2007), Brigadier General
K
- Kallerhoff, Horst Dieter (1923-2001), major general
- Kammhuber, Josef (1896–1986), General
- Kannegieser, Hans-Günther (1921–2001), Brigadier General
- Kessler, Wolfgang (1922–), major general
- Kleppien, Axel (1939–), Lieutenant General
- Koch, Friedhelm (1937–), Brigadier General
- Körner, Friedrich (1921–1998), Brigadier General
- Kospoth, Karl-Edward von (1934–) Brigadier General
- Kresser, Hans-Georg (1931–), Brigadier General
- Krüger, Horst (1916–1989), major general
- Krüger, Peter (1935–2013), Brigadier General
- Krupinski, Walter (1920-2000), Lieutenant General
- Kuebart, Jörg (1934-2018), Lieutenant General
- Kuhnke, Claus (1922–1995), Brigadier General
L.
- Lamberty, Horst (1931-2020), Brigadier General
- Laube, Heinz (1935–), Brigadier General
- Limberg, Gerhard (1920–2006), Lieutenant General
- Linde, Hansjoachim (1926–2020), Chief Staff Officer
- Loosen, Bruno (1922-2016), Lieutenant General
M.
- Mahlke, Helmut (1913–1998), Lieutenant General
- Meissner, Wolfgang (1920–1995), Lieutenant General
- Mende, Bernhard (1937-2004), Lieutenant General
- Mengden, Bruno von (1934–), major general
- Meyer, Rudolf (1926–2015), major general
- Meyn, Wilhelm (1923–2002), major general
- Mielke, Bruno (1936–), Brigadier General
- Monreal, Paul (1924–2012), Major General
- Möckel, Wilfried (1932–2020), general practitioner
N
- Noack, Fred (1931–), Lieutenant General
- Nührenberg, Werner (1931–1987), Brigadier General
O
- Obleser, Friedrich (1923-2004), Lieutenant General
- Opel, Manfred (1938–), Brigadier General
P
- Pacholke, Siegfried (1935–), Lieutenant General
- Panitzki, Werner (1911-2000), Lieutenant General
- Paschke, Rainer (1926-2010), major general
- Manfred Gerhard Albert Philipp (1931–2019), major general on October 1st, 1984
- Poschwatta, Siegfried (1936–), major general, brother of BG Peter Poschwatta
R.
- Rall, Günther (1918–2009), Lieutenant General
- Raulf, Günter (1928–2015), Lieutenant General
- Rekittke, Diether (1931-2003), Brigadier General
- Remberg, Josef Friedrich (1918–1991), major general
- Richter, Fritz (1918–1993), major general
- Rödel, Gustav-Siegfried (1915–1995), Brigadier General
- Rudat, Horst (1920–1982), major general
S.
- Schimmelpfennig, Max (1917–2005), Brigadier General
- Schlueter, Jürgen (1937–2017), major general
- Schmidbauer, Werner (1933–), Brigadier General
- Schmidt-Ebert, Heinz (1918–1996), Brigadier General
- Schmitz, Walter (1934–), Lieutenant General
- Schneider, Ernst (1933–), Brigadier General (October 1, 1985)
- Jürgen Schnell (1935–), Lieutenant General
- Schreiber, Jürgen (1926–2009), major general
- Schulz, Fritz (1924-2004), Brigadier General
- Schwarz, Helmut (1919–2018), Brigadier General
- Schwenke, Winfried (1935–2007), Lieutenant General
- Sochaczewski, Joachim (1931–2007), Lieutenant General
- Sommerhoff, Paul Th. (1929-2014), Lieutenant General
- Stecken, Albert (1915-2011), Major General
- Steinhoff, Johannes (1913-1994), General
T
- Tandecki, Hans-Peter (1932–), Brigadier General
- Thierschmann, Claus (1926–2012), Lieutenant General
W.
- Heinz Waldhecker (1916–2007), Brigadier General
- Wegner, Fritz (1922–2007), Lieutenant General
- Wehnelt, Herbert (1918–2007), Lieutenant General
- Westphal, Günther (1923–2012), major general
- Wilde, Hans (1916-2016), Major General
- de Wilde, Heinz (1914–1990), Brigadier General
- Windisch, Walter (1924–2011), Lieutenant General
- Wrede, Klaus (1921–2007), Brigadier General
- Wroblewski, Georg (1921–1999), Brigadier General
- Wust, Harald (1921-2010), General
1990 until today
A.
- Ahrens, Hans-Werner (1948–), major general
- Amme, Lothar (1947-2005), Brigadier General
B.
- Back, Gerhard W. (1944–), General
- Badia, Christian (1963), Lieutenant General
- Bartscher, Michael (1958–), Brigadier General
- Best, Frank (1964-), Brigadier General
- Bieling, Christian (1944), Brigadier General
- Bille, Michael (1951–), Major General
- Binnewies, Jörg (1950–), general practitioner
- Bischof, Gerd (1953–), major general
- Blaas, Bodo (1944-2020), Brigadier General
- Böcker, Dirk (1945–), Lieutenant General
- Bohrer, Peter (1956–), Lieutenant General
- Born, Wolfgang (1949–), Lieutenant General
- Both, Jochen (1954–), major general
- Brandenstein, Jürgen (1956–), general practitioner
- Braun, Roland (1953–), major general
- Broekelschen, Hanspeter (1946–2015), Brigadier General
D.
- Dammjacob, Dieter (1951–), Brigadier General
- Delp, Andreas (1964-), Brigadier General
- Dora, Johann-Georg (1948–), Lieutenant General
- Dotzler, Helmut August (1957–), Brigadier General
E.
- Ellermann, Marcus (1967–), Brigadier General
F.
- Fiegle, Rainer (1949–), major general
- Finster, Norbert (1951–), Lieutenant General
- Fleischmann, Armin (1965–), Brigadier General
- Franz, Thomas (1953–), major general
- Frevel, Richard (1960–), Brigadier General
- Funk, Peter (1953–), major general
- Funke, Gerald (1964–), Brigadier General
- Fürst, Bernhard (1954–), major general
G
- Gäbelein, Wolfgang (1960–), major general
- Geitz, Mathias (-), Brigadier General
- Gerhartz, Ingo (1965–), Lieutenant General
- Geppert, Heinrich (1953–), major general
- Gericke, Thomas (1946–2012), Major General
- Giesa, Günter (1957–), major general
- Gorgels, Peter (1955–), Brigadier General
- Gräfe, Frank (1968-), Brigadier General
- Groß, Bernhard (1965–), general practitioner
- Gschoßmann, Michael (1960–), Brigadier General
H
- Habersetzer, Klaus (1957–), Lieutenant General
- Hain, Michael (1962-), Brigadier General
- Hambach, Thomas (1962–), Brigadier General
- Hammerstein, Hermann (1937–2020), Brigadier General
- Haumann, Werner (1955–), major general
- Heeg, Rüdiger (1952–), major general
- Hein, Wolfgang (1952–), Brigadier General
- Herrmann, Kurt (1950–), Lieutenant General
- Hewera, Gerhard (1958–), Brigadier General
- Höche, Jürgen (1942–), Lieutenant General
- Hoffmann, Ralf (1963–), Brigadier General
- Hogrebe, Michael (1965–), Brigadier General
- Hoitz, Joachim (1954–), general practitioner
- Hölscher, Andreas (1962–), general practitioner
- Hoppe, Andreas (1965–), Brigadier General
- Huhn, Walter (1958–), Major General
J
- Jertz, Walter (1945–), Lieutenant General
K
- Kallenberger, Wolfgang (1940–), Brigadier General
- Katz, Günter (1962–), major general
- Keller, Rainer (1954–), Brigadier General
- Kemmler, Gerhard (1948–), Brigadier General
- Klement, Peter (1958–), Brigadier General
- Knappe, Jürgen (1957–), Lieutenant General
- Kohlhaus, Lutz , (1961–), major general
- Kollmann, Burkhard (1960–), Brigadier General
- Körtge, Hasso (1952–), Brigadier General
- Kreuzinger-Janik, Aarne (1950–), Lieutenant General
- Kriesel, Friedrich-Wilhelm (1948−) Brigadier General, brother of Wolf-Dietrich Kriesel
- Kriesel, Wolf-Dietrich (1950–), major general, brother of Friedrich-Wilhelm Kriesel
- Kuebart, Jan (1966–), Major General, son of GenLt Hans-Jörg Kuebart
- Kujat, Harald (1942–), General
- von Krause, Ulf (1944-), Lieutenant General
- Krüger, Wolf-Eike (1950–), major general
- Krüger, Gesine (1959–), General Staff Doctor
- Kurczyk, Markus (1964–), Brigadier General
L.
- Lange, Manfred (1950–), General
- Lebert, Jörg (1960–), major general
- Leinhos, Ludwig (1956–), Lieutenant General
- Leitges, Christian (1966–), Brigadier General
- Lemke, Horst (1943–2014), Brigadier General
- Löwenstein, Robert Michael Thomas (1953–), Major General
- Lüth, Stefan , (1966–), Brigadier General
- Ludwigs, Michael , (1945–), Brigadier General
M.
- Maedler, Tilo (1966–), Brigadier General
- Martin, Horst (1946–), Lieutenant General
- Marzi, Heinz (1947–), Lieutenant General
- Maus, Rudolf (1958–), Brigadier General
- May, Günter (1951–), major general
- Merklinghaus, Dirk (1945–), Brigadier General
- Meyer zum Felde, Rainer (1954–), Brigadier General
- Moede, Hartmut (1944–), Lieutenant General
- Müllner, Karl (1956–), Lieutenant General
- Muntz, Hermann (1950–), Brigadier General
N
- Naskrent, Dieter (1954–), Lieutenant General
- Nolte, Franz-Josef (1952–), Brigadier General
P
- Perschke, Stefan (1961–2016), Brigadier General
- Pliet, Christoph (1962–), Brigadier General
- Ploeger, Friedrich Wilhelm (1949–), Lieutenant General
- Poschwatta, Thorsten (1961–), Lieutenant General, son of BG Peter Poschwatta
- Portz, Rolf H. (1940–), Lieutenant General
- Poth, Hans-Dieter (1955–), Brigadier General
- Pototzky, Burkhard (1957–), Brigadier General
- Pracht, Ulrich (1955–), General Staff Doctor
R.
- Raddatz, Ralf (1958–), Brigadier General
- Raphael, Dirk (1953–), General Staff Doctor
- Reiter, Thomas (1958–), brigadier general and astronaut
- Richter, Karl-Heinz , (1940–2002), major general
- Renner, Wolfgang , (1959–), major general
- Riedel, Harald (1949–), Brigadier General
- Rieks, Ansgar Gerhard (1959–), Lieutenant General
- von Roeder, Olaf (1960–), Brigadier General
- Rödig, Erich (1946–), general practitioner
- Rönsch, Wolfgang (1949–), Brigadier General
S.
- Schachthöfer, Gero (1948–), Brigadier General
- Schelleis, Martin (1959–), Lieutenant General
- Schelzig, Peter (1955–), Lieutenant General
- Schick, Andreas , (1961–), Brigadier General
- Schick, Rafael (1957–) General Physician
- Schilling, Nicole (1974–) General Physician
- Schlaak, Bernhardt (1959–), major general
- Schmidt, Hans-Georg (1951–), Brigadier General
- Schmidt, Lothar (1949–), Brigadier General
- Schreiner, Karl Heinrich (1952–), Brigadier General
- Schulte Berge, Bernhard (1955–), major general
- Schulz, Gerhard (1950–), Brigadier General
- Schütz, Helmut (1956–), Lieutenant General
- Seifert, Thomas (1965–), Brigadier General
- Siebert, Hans-Georg (1943–), Brigadier General
- Siegmann, Erich (1956–), major general
- Staudacher, Erich (1954–), major general
- Stieglitz, Klaus-Peter (1947–), Lieutenant General
- Stöckmann, Bernd (1967–), Brigadier General
- Stoye, Karsten (1962–), Major General
- Stütz, Peter-Georg (1955–), Brigadier General
T
- Tiller, Heinrich (1957–), Brigadier General
- Tränapp, Friedhelm (1963–), Brigadier General
- Traut, Michael (1964–), Brigadier General
- Treche, Klaus-Peter (1946–), major general
- Tüttelmann, Axel R. , (1947) Major General
V
- Viereck, Karlheinz (1951–), Lieutenant General
- Vetter, Michael (1962–), Lieutenant General
- Vogler, Peter (1941–2017), Lieutenant General
- Vollstedt, Michael (1942-2020), major general
W.
- Weidhüner, Franz (1958–), major general
- Wollny, Thomas (1952–), Major General
- Wundrak, Joachim (1955–), Lieutenant General
Z
- Zimmer, Volker (1949–), major general
See also
- List of generals and admirals in the Bundeswehr
- List of generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr on foreign deployments
- Top military division of the Bundeswehr
- List of generals in the army of the Bundeswehr
- List of German admirals
- List of active major general in the Bundeswehr
literature
- Handbook of the Bundeswehr and Defense Industry , various years, Bernard & Graefe publishing house, Bonn.
- Heinz-Peter Würzenthal: Complete list of generals and admirals in the Bundeswehr 1955–1990. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1783-6 .
- Heinz-Peter Würzenthal: The generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr 1955–1997 / 1955–1999. 4 vols. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück and Bissendorf 1998–2005.