Naval Aviation Command

The title of this article is ambiguous. The current Naval Aviation Command in Nordholz is to be distinguished from the former Naval Aviation Command , which was renamed the Naval Aviation Division in 1969.

Naval Aviation Command - MFlgKdo -
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active	October 8, 2012 to the present
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	German Navy
Type	Command authority
Subordinate troops	Marinefliegergeschwader 3 Marinefliegergeschwader 5
Strength	approx. 70 (staff) approx. 2,000 (subordinate area)
Insinuation	Naval command
Seat of the staff	Nordholz , Lower Saxony
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commander	Thorsten Bobzin sea ​​captain

The Naval Aviation Command ( MFlgKdo ) is a command authority of the Navy to which the naval aviation forces are subordinate. The command, like the operational flotilla 1 and operational flotilla 2, is subordinate to the head of the operational department in the naval command in Rostock .

History and structure

The Naval Aviation Command was set up on October 8, 2012 in Nordholz near Cuxhaven . It took over the duties of the defunct Fleet Command settled sector M Air (naval aviation), the last department head Captain Horstmann also the first commander of the Naval Air Command was.

The staff of the Naval Aviation Command has around 70 members and is divided into four departments:

1. staff
2. Operation, use
3. Technical and logistical support and operation
4. Principle, conception, planning, training

The Naval Aviation Command is subordinate to the Naval Aviation Squadron 3 "Graf Zeppelin" (MFG 3) and the Naval Aviation Squadron 5 (MFG 5), both of which are stationed in Nordholz with around 2000 soldiers and civilian employees .

The Navy's fixed-wing aircraft are combined in Naval Aviation Squadron 3. It is also responsible for the operation of the Nordholz Air Base. All helicopters in the Navy belong to Marine Aviation Squadron 5. It is responsible for SAR operations, for which it reports two branch offices on Heligoland and in the Rostock district of Hohe Düne ( Warnemünde naval base ).

Commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
4th	Sea captain Thorsten Bobzin	August 6, 2018	-
3.	Sea captain Matthias Michael Potthoff	June 23, 2016	August 6, 2018
2.	Sea captain Hans-Jörg Detlefsen	December 6, 2013	June 23, 2016
1.	Sea captain Andreas Horstmann	October 8, 2012	October 6, 2013

Web links

Commons : Naval Aviators  - Collection of Images

• Official website of the Naval Aviation Command

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: Starting signal for the Naval Aviation Command in Nordholz. Bundeswehr, October 8, 2012, accessed on July 17, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Axel Schimpf: The Marine Command in Rostock - The Navy on course for the future . In: Marineforum 1 / 2-2013, p. 22ff.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Rainer Kümpel. The Naval Aviation Command - The Naval Aviation Forces in a new organizational structure . In: Marineforum 1 / 2-2013, p. 28 ff.
4. ↑ Nordholz strengthened through reform. (No longer available online.) Cuxhavener Nachrichten, October 26, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 12, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ Change at the top of naval aviation. Bundeswehr, August 1, 2018, accessed on August 7, 2018 . 
6. ^ Navy press and information center: change at the helm of naval aviators. Bundeswehr, June 24, 2016, accessed June 25, 2016 . 
7. ^ Navy press and information center: change at the helm of naval aviators. Bundeswehr, December 2, 2013, accessed on December 2, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: On the death of Captain Andreas Horstmann. Bundeswehr, October 9, 2013, accessed on October 9, 2013 .