Air Force Training Battalion

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Air Force Training
Battalion - LwAusbBtl -

COA LwAusbBtl.svg

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Lineup October 1, 2012
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces air force air force
Type Air Force training facility
Insinuation Air Force Command
Location DEU Germersheim COA.svg Germersheim

Coat of arms Roth.svg Roth

Web presence LwAusbBtl
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commander Lieutenant Colonel Peter Eckert

The Air Force Training Battalion (LwAusbBtl) in Germersheim is part of the Bundeswehr as a training facility of the German Air Force .

assignment

In this unit, mainly air force soldiers are prepared for service in the armed forces within the three-month basic training . The battalion also conducts the course-related preparatory training for crisis management and conflict prevention (EAKK).

history

The origin of today's Air Force Training Battalion (LwAusbBtl) was formed by the last remaining battalion of the Air Force Training Regiment (LwAusbRgt) at Achum Air Base near Bückeburg. In August 1958, recruits were trained - initially in only two units, the 11th and 12th companies. In 1959 the battalion was relocated to Leipheim , then in 1965 to Germersheim. After the realignment of the Bundeswehr through the suspension of compulsory military service, the air force training battalion is the only remaining of the former five battalions of the air force training regiment . Today it carries out the basic training for men and officer candidates in the air force centrally at the Germersheim and Roth locations .

education

The general basic training is divided into several main areas with various subdivisions.

Inner guidance divided into

General military knowledge divided into

The main focus is on the main subject of property protection in the Air Force divided into

Great importance is also attached to the preparatory training for crisis management and conflict prevention (EAKK). The practical training is completed by a maneuver on a military training area.

Other subjects are

Locations

Commanders

Surname Rank from to
Dietmar Rolf Hinze Lieutenant colonel October 1, 2012 March 23, 2015
Maximilian Olboeter Lieutenant colonel March 24, 2015 27th September 2017
Martin Hess Lieutenant colonel 27th September 2017 August 1, 2019
Peter Eckert Lieutenant colonel August 1, 2019 -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Germersheim: Air Force Training Battalion has a new company in Roth . In: Pfalz-Express . July 16, 2018 ( pfalz-express.de [accessed July 18, 2018]).