Air Force Materials Office

Material Office of the Air Force - MatALw -
active	February 1, 1956 to September 30, 2001
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Strength	approx. 1,000 people
Insinuation	Air Force Support Command
Location	Luftwaffe barracks madness

The material Office of the Air Force (MatALw) was a command authority of the Federal Armed Forces in the Air Force barracks delusion at its Cologne and was from 1956 to 2001.

history

On February 1, 1956, the "Preparing for material introduced the Air Force" took on the air base Cologne-Wahn its work. On June 1 of the same year this was converted into the "Air Force Material Command" and relocated to the Erding Air Base . 1957 Relocation of the command again to Cologne-Wahn and renaming on April 1, 1958 to the Air Force Material Office (MatALw).

On September 30, 2001 the office was dissolved and on October 1, 2001 it merged with the Air Force Support Command (LwUKdo) in the Air Force Material Command (LwMatKdo).

Areas of responsibility

• Implementation of material planning and requirements coverage
• Implementation of the equipment
• Planning and control of material maintenance
• Development of technical service regulations (TDvs), general regulations
• Weapon system and device processing (collaboration in the introduction of new weapon systems and devices)
• Software maintenance and modification through technical management of the programming facilities of the Air Force
• Special tasks, such as issuing traffic permits for military aircraft

The principle of material responsibility for all military aircraft applied, the office was responsible for the supply of spare parts for the aircraft of all three armed forces.

management

Heads of office

The official title of the chiefs of the material office was head of the material office of the air force.

• Colonel Victor von Lossberg (June 1956– March 1958)
• Brigadier General Artur Paul (April 1, 1958– March 31, 1960)
• Brigadier General Karl Wolfien (April 1, 1960– March 31, 1963)
• Colonel Horst Gentsch (April 1, 1963– September 30, 1963)
• Brigadier General Hermann Huppenbauer (October 1, 1963– March 31 , 1966)
• Brigadier General Walter Feuerrohr (April 1, 1966– September 30, 1969)
• Brigadier General Paul Haeffner (October 1, 1969– March 31, 1973)
• Brigadier General Max Schimmelpfennig (April 1, 1973– September 30, 1977)
• Brigadier General Rainer Paschke (October 1, 1977– June 30, 1983)
• Brigadier General Peter Klatte (July 1, 1983– September 30, 1985)
• Brigadier General Karl Hartlef Timm (October 1, 1985– March 31 , 1989)
• Brigadier General Friedrich Rode (April 1, 1989– September 30, 1991)
• Brigadier General Wolf-Gerhard Staily (October 1, 1991– September 30, 1994)
• Brigadier General Lorenz Huber (October 1, 1994– September 30, 1998)
• Brigadier General Klaus-Peter Treche (October 1, 1998–2001)

Deputy Head of Office

The official title was Deputy Head and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Materials Office .

• Colonel Hans Scholz (1956–1961)
• Colonel i. G. Horst Gentsch (1961–1963)
• Colonel i. G. Ludwig Wagner (1964–1965)
• Colonel i. G. Günter Weber (1965–1969)
• Colonel i. G. Max Trautmann (September 16, 1969– September 30, 1975)
• Colonel i. G. Peters (October 1, 1975- March 31, 1979)
• Colonel i. G. Fritz Schultz (April 1, 1979– September 30, 1979)
• Colonel i. G. Karl Hartlef Timm (October 1, 1979– September 30, 1983)
• Colonel i. G. Friedrich Rode (October 1, 1983– March 30, 1985)
• Colonel i. G. Lorenz Huber (April 1, 1985– March 31, 1987)
• Colonel i. G. Wolf-Gerhard Daily (April 1, 1987– May 31, 1988)
• Colonel i. G. Georg Dassler (June 1, 1988– September 30, 1993)
• Colonel i. G. Klaus-Peter Treche (October 1, 1993– September 30, 1998)
• Colonel i. G. Berthold Buchholz (October 1, 1998–2001)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The history of the military in the Wahner Heide. In: Air Force. February 19, 2014, accessed on July 11, 2014 : "In 1957 the material command moved from Erding to Wahn and was reclassified here to the Air Force Material Office (MatALw)."