Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25
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active | 1971 to December 31, 2012 |
Country | Germany |
Armed forces | armed forces |
Armed forces | army |
Branch of service | Army Air Force |
Type | Intervention and stabilization forces |
Insinuation | Airmobile Operations Division |
Location | Laupheim |
motto | Break a leg |
equipment | CH-53 G / GS , Bölkow Bo 105 |
commander | |
Last commander | Hans-Christoph Specht (until December 31, 2012) |
The middle transport helicopter regiment 25 "Oberschwaben" was a regiment of the army established in 1971 . The regiment's home airfield was Laupheim airfield in the Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger barracks there in Upper Swabia . In 1994 it was given the honorary name of Upper Swabia because of its services . On 23 July 2008, decided council of district Biberach the sponsor to take over for the regiment. Army Aviation Support Squadron 10 was also at the location.
As part of the ongoing realignment of the Bundeswehr , the association changed its organizational affiliation from the army branch to the air force branch at the turn of the year 2012/2013 and found its new military home in the helicopter squadron 64 . The Army Aviation Regiment was formally dissolved on March 5, 2013.
Order of the Army Aviation Troops
The Army Aviation Troop (HFlgTr) is responsible for the air mobility of the land forces . With its forces, it enables airmobile command, reconnaissance , combat and combat support as well as airmobile personnel and material transport, including the air transport of the wounded. With fire support from combat helicopters, it contributes to the armed forces' common tactical fire support (joint fire support). With air mechanized forces it is able to fight in and out of the airspace close to the ground, also over enemy-occupied territory. In conjunction with the airmobile infantry , it is capable of conducting airborne operations in and out of the airspace close to the ground, including over enemy-occupied areas.
Order of the regiment
The regiment supported special forces in the course of special operations and air mechanized operations of Airmobile Brigade 1 , carried out transport flights on behalf of the Airmobile Operations Division and operated an army airfield . The 25th medium transport helicopter regiment performed air transport tasks in cooperation with combat and combat support troops and specialized forces in airmobile operations within the framework of the Combat of Combined Arms / Use of Allied Forces, including in the joint and combined framework.
In use, it operated from disposal areas or from an army field airfield . There was then also cooperation with combat and combat support troops.
Staff duties
The regiment was led by a commander with the rank of colonel . The chief of staff in the rank of lieutenant colonel was also the deputy regimental commander . The regimental staff was divided into the staff departments S1 (personnel), S2 ( military security ), S3 (command, training), S4 (logistics) and S6 ( command support ) as well as a flight safety officer , a staff officer for electronic warfare , an aviation doctor, a Technical officer and one KLV officer ( cost and performance comparison ).
Last tactical structure
- Rod
- Staff Relay
- Flying Division 251
- 1./ Flying Department 251
- 2./ Flying Department 251
- 3./ Flying Department 251
- Aircraft Engineering Department 252
- 1. / Aircraft technology department 252
- 2. / Aircraft technology department 252
- 3. / Aircraft technology department 252
- 4. / Aircraft technology department 252
- Army Aviation Supply Squadron 255
- Army Aviation Squadron 259 (training squadron)
Symbolism of the association badge
The loyal Pegasus above, a winged mythical creature from Greek mythology was the child of the sea god Poseidon and the gorgon Medusa and the sky-blue color in the upper area symbolizes the medium of air in which the regiment moves. Pegasus carried the warrior Bellerophon into battle against the Chimera and the Amazons . Even the Roman Legio I Adiutrix had Pegasus in their legionary coat of arms. The lower left half in silver represents the earth. In the middle there is the Iron Cross, which establishes the bond with the Bundeswehr and its military tasks. The yellow border symbolizes that the regiment originally belonged to the corps troops , although in the end it was directly subordinate to the Air Mobile Operations Division.
history
In 1964 on the premises of the former Luftwaffe airfield new military facilities built, which were intended helicopters of Army Aviation to house. After the strength of the army aviation had been increased during the 1960s, a reorganization followed in 1971, which led to Laupheim becoming the headquarters of all army aviation units in southern Germany . The battalion stationed in Laupheim and the maintenance squadron were combined to form the 25th medium transport helicopter regiment . 150,000 visitors came to the tenth anniversary of the army airfield in 1974. In 1995, the 25th medium transport helicopter regiment was given the honorary name “ Oberschwaben ”. In 2002, the 25th Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment was incorporated into the Air Mobile Operations Division .
Calls
- 1976 Disaster response after earthquake in Udine ( Italy )
- 1983 Transport of a research platform to the Zugspitze .
- 1988 Chancellor Helmut Kohl in transit
- 1990 Fire fighting in Bavaria at the Fahrenberg
- 1991 "Refugee Aid" on the Turkey / Iraq border
- 1991–1996 First UNSCOM assignment abroad in Iraq
- 1993 fire fighting Larisa ( Greece )
- 1995 Fire fighting in Attica ( Greece )
- 1996–1997 IFOR deployment in the former Yugoslavia
- 1997–2003 SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1997 flood operation on the Oder
- 1998 fire fighting (Greece)
- 1999 Avalanche disaster mission in Galtür ( Austria )
- 1999–2002 KFOR in Macedonia Kosovo
- 2002 Elbe flood operation
- 2002 until today ISAF deployment in Afghanistan
- 2003 Forest fire fighting in Grafenwöhr
- 2004 February 12th First CH-53 flies over the Hindu Kush
- 2005–2006 disaster response after earthquake in Pakistan
- 2005 Flood operation in southern Bavaria
- 2006 deployment in the Congo
- 2007 Fire fighting Thum See Berchtesgaden ( Bavaria )
- 2007 fire fighting Abruzzo ( Italy )
- 2007 Fighting forest fires in Greece
- 2011 forest fires in Lenggries
Known members of the regiment
- Josef Rief (* 1960), member of the Bundestag
Web links
- MTHRgt 25 on the side of the Bundeswehr
- City of Laupheim - Garrison Town Army Aviation Medium Transport Helicopter Regiment 25
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 8 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 42 ″ E