Air Force Command

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Air Force Command
- LwTrKdo -
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Coat of arms LwTrKdo.svg

Internal association badge (coat of arms)
Lineup July 1, 2015
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg air force
Type Higher command authority
Strength 25,000
Insinuation Internal association badge of the Luftwaffe command Air Force Command
Luftwaffe barracks madness Coat of arms Koeln.svg Cologne madness
commander
Commanding general Lieutenant General Helmut Schütz
Deputy of the commanding general and chief of staff Major General Bernhardt Schlaak

The Air Force Troop Command ( LwTrKdo ) is a higher command authority of the Air Force and subordinate to the Air Force Command. The LwTrKdo was set up on July 1, 2015 in Cologne-Wahn and, in addition to the Air Operations Center, is a command authority of the Air Force at corps level.

assignment

The command has the task of ensuring the technical and service management of the subordinate units and agencies and their operational readiness. The command thus leads the operational units of the Air Force. In addition, it has to equip the Air Force with the necessary forces and resources according to its range of operations and tasks. For this reason, the command leads almost all support and training units of the Air Force.

history

As part of the streamlining of the command structure of the Air Force, the command was established with effect from July 1, 2015. The personnel of the commandos Command Operations Units Air Force and Command Support Units Air Force , which were disbanded on June 30, 2015, were used for the preparation , as a large part of the tasks of the two commandos were transferred to the LwTrKdo.

On April 4, 2018, the German anti-aircraft missile group 61 in Todendorf (Panker) was subordinated to the Dutch Defensie Grondgebonden Luchtverdedigingscommando (DGLC) ( German  ground-based air defense command ).

Subordinate associations / departments

The subordinate troops with around 24,000 soldiers and civilian employees are subordinate to the command with around 1,000 forces:

Location

The command is stationed in the Wahn air force barracks in Cologne-Wahn .

Command and commanders subareas

Commanding general
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
2 Lieutenant General Helmut Schütz October 1, 2015
1 Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis July 1, 2015 October 1, 2015
Deputy to the commanding general and chief of staff
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
3 Major General Bernhardt Schlaak 22nd August 2019
2 Major General Lutz Kohlhaus July 7, 2016 22nd August 2019
1 Major General Robert Lowenstein July 1, 2015 July 7, 2016
Commander flying formations
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
3 Major General Jan Kuebart June 21, 2018 -
2 Major General Günter Katz October 1, 2015 June 21, 2018
1 Major General Helmut Schütz July 1, 2015 October 1, 2015
Commander of the ground-based units
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
2 Brigadier General Michael Hogrebe March 12, 2019
1 Brigadier General Michael Gschossmann July 1, 2015 January 2019
Commander support units
No. Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires
2 Brigadier General Gerhard Hewera 22nd February 2017
1 Brigadier General Stefan Lüth July 1, 2015 22nd February 2017

Web links

  • Luftwaffe troop command , official website Luftwaffe.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New leadership organization in the Air Force. In: luftwaffe.de. Federal Ministry of Defense, Press and Information Office, June 30, 2015, accessed on July 1, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Further development of the command organization of the Luftwaffe. (PDF; 444 kB) In: New Horizons (special edition). Luftwaffe Command, Air Force Press and Information Staff, accessed on July 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Carl Schulze, Frank Bötel: Ground-based air defense: From cooperation to integration. In: bundeswehr.de. April 5, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen makes trend-setting personnel decisions. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Federal Ministry of Defense, Press and Information Staff, July 9, 2015, archived from the original on July 12, 2015 ; accessed on July 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmvg.de
  5. ↑ Deputy to the Commanding General and Chief of Staff. In: luftwaffe.de. Luftwaffe, July 7, 2016, accessed July 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - February 2017. In: bundeswehr.de. Bundeswehr, January 31, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2017 .

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