Peter Schelzig
Peter Schelzig (born June 10, 1955 in Augsburg ) is a retired German Lieutenant General . D. the air force of the German armed forces . From 2009 to 2013 he was Commander of the Air Force Command and from 2013 to 2015 Deputy Inspector General of the Federal Armed Forces as well as the Federal Armed Forces officer for reservist matters.
Military career
Training and first uses
Schelzig joined the German Armed Forces on July 1, 1977 and went through officer training and basic aviation training to become a pilot for jet aircraft until 1982 . From 1982 to 1988 he was deployed as a squadron pilot with Fighter Bomber Wing 32 in Lechfeld , initially on the F 104G "Starfighter" . In 1984 they were retrained to the Tornado type , and later the Tornado flight instructor license followed. This was followed by a use as a task force officer in the same squadron, before he was in 1990 squadron captain in Fighter Bomber Wing 33 in Büchel .
General staff training and service as a staff officer
From 1992 to 1994 he took part in the 37th General Staff Service / Admiralty Staff Service national at the command and control academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg . Afterwards he was transferred to the Air Force Command South in Meßstetten , where Schelzig served as Head of Division A3a until 1996 . From 1996 to 1997 he worked in the command staff of the armed forces (Fü S) of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn as a consultant in the staff department VI (conception and planning of the Bundeswehr), before he was appointed deputy adjutant to the Federal Minister of Defense until 1998 . It was used again from 1998 to 2001 with the Fighter Bomber Wing 32 in Lechfeld, this time as a commodore of the squadron. During this time, from April to June 1999, he led the task force 1 as Commodore during Operation Allied Force in the context of the Kosovo conflict. From 2001 to 2002 he was employed as head of the A 3 staff department at the Air Force Command in Cologne . He was therefore responsible for immediate operational preparation and accompaniment, as well as the operation of the Luftwaffe Command Center (FüZLw) as a joint situation center for the Air Force Command, the Air Force Office and the Air Force Command Command.
General uses
From 2002 to 2003 he was appointed Brigadier General as deputy commander of the 4th Air Force Division in Aurich. During this employment he was Deputy Commander (DCOM) Air at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul from February to August 2003 . Schelzig was transferred to Bonn again in 2003, this time as Head of Staff Department III (conception, management and deployment of the Air Force) to the Air Force Command Staff . On May 30, 2005, he was appointed major general and took over command of the 4th Air Force Division in Aurich from Karlheinz Viereck , which he handed over to Volker Zimmer on October 22, 2009 . From October 26, 2009 to April 29, 2013, Schelzig was Commander of the Air Force Command Command , with effect from November 1, 2009, Schelzig was appointed Lieutenant General. On May 1, 2013, he took over the post of deputy inspector general of the Bundeswehr and the officer in charge of reservist matters in the Bundeswehr, which he held until he retired from active service. On September 28, 2015, he was given temporary retirement. His successor was Markus Kneip .
Schelzig flew over 2,700 flight hours during his service, mainly on the starfighter and tornado models .
honors and awards
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2017
- Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in gold
- Mission medal of the Bundeswehr UNPF
- Mission medal of the Bundeswehr IFOR
- Mission medal of the Bundeswehr SFOR
- Mission medal of the Bundeswehr ISAF
- NATO mission medal ex-Yugoslavia
- Winner of the Golden Ring of Honor of the Augsburg district
- L`Ordre national de la légion d`honneur
- Officier de l ' Ordre national du mérite
Private
He is married and has one child.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.luftwaffe.de, "New Division Commander in Aurich" of October 23, 2009
- ↑ www.luftwaffe.de, New Commander for the Air Force Command from April 29, 2013
- ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions on bmvg.de, press release of April 29, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2015
- ↑ BMVg press and information staff: Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen makes trend-setting personnel decisions. bmvg.de, July 9, 2015, accessed on July 9, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schelzig, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German general and deputy general inspector |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |