Transport helicopter regiment 6
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| active | 1980 to 2003 (ceremonial decommissioning: February 25, 2004) |
| Country |
 Germany
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 armed forces
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army
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| Branch of service |
 Army Air Force
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| Type | Combat support troops |
| Insinuation |
.svg){kind=small} Air Mechanized Brigade 1st
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| Location |
 Itzehoe (ETHI)
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| Nickname | "Hungry Wolf" |
The Army Aviation Regiment 6 is a former Army Aviation Regiment of the Bundeswehr .
It was set up in 1980 from its predecessor, the Army Aviation Battalion 6. It received the official nickname "Hungry Wolf" on January 1, 1998 as part of the award ceremony of the Hohenlockstedt community . It was subordinate to the former Army Aviation Brigade 3 in Mendig and was the superior office of the local medical center 105 in Kellinghusen and formerly Itzehoe (Langer Peter); The regiment was reorganized by Army Aviation Regiments 10 and 15 in Faßberg and Celle at the beginning of the 1970s (initially as the north training room) in the former Lockstedt camp . In the mid-1980s, the Army Airfield Command became the Army Aviation Regiment 6 with subordination to the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division . The units of the regiment were housed in the "Waldersee barracks", named after General Marshal von Waldersee , directly adjacent to the airfield.
In its history, the regiment and its predecessor organizations have participated in numerous relief and rescue missions, for example during the storm surge in 1962 , the snow disaster in Schleswig-Holstein in 1978 and the NATO mission in former Yugoslavia in the mid-1990s and from 1993 to 1994 under the UN -Guided tour with participation in the United Nations Operation in Somalia II . The "Hungry Wolves" had the Alouette II , Bo 105 and Bo 106 (reconnaissance helicopters) and the light transport helicopter Bell UH-1D , also known as the "Huey".
Since the Bell UH-1D were decommissioned, the 6th Army Aviation Regiment was gradually dissolved from 2003. The last helicopters left the airfield on June 6, 2003 and were transferred to Army Aviation Regiment 10 in Fassberg. The regiment was officially decommissioned on February 25, 2004; the army airfield was handed over to the Luftsportverein Itzehoe eV for civil use , and several companies settled in the area as part of a conversion project.
Structure and tasks
The units performed a wide range of tasks, so only a rough overview of the field of activity can be given here.
- The Staff Squadron and the Army Aviation Supply Squadron supplied the regiment with fuel, ammunition and food and supported the staff in managing the regiment and units under its control (e.g. LageSanZentrum 105).
- The flying departments 61 and 62 each consisted of a staff / flight operations squadron and two (until 1980: three) helicopter squadrons, which in turn were subdivided into four swarms each.
- The aircraft technology department 62 consisted of the staff unit, the maintenance unit (1. LfzTAbt 62) and the maintenance unit (2. LfzTAbt 62); she was responsible for the control, maintenance and repair of the helicopters.
- The two cadre security squadrons secured the regiment. The field replacement squadron was responsible for the supply and training of the personnel and, until 2003, for the implementation of the training of the association's reservists .
The main task of the regiment was to support the combat troops with troop and supply transports using Bell UH-1D transport helicopters. However, it also provided disaster and fire-fighting aid from the air and carried out evacuation missions in an emergency.
Special people
In the Army Aviation Regiment 6, the first commander of the Air Mechanized Brigade of the Air Mobile Operations Division was trained (Colonel retired Holste). Furthermore, the father of Philipp Rösler was trained on the Bell UH-1D in Regiment 6 (Major retired Rösler). Another well-known member of the regiment was the later Army Aviation General Fritz Garben.
Traditional club
After the regiment was dissolved in 2003, a traditional club was founded in Hohenlockstedt by former and reservists of the regiment.
Memorial stones
Memorial stone at the fire station in Sarlhusen
Memorial stone at the fire station in Sarlhusen
Memorial stone in Hohenlockstedt
literature
- Bernd Vetter and Frank Vetter: The German Army Aviators: History, Types and Associations. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3613021463
- Fritz Garben: Five decades of army aviators: types, tactics and history. Stedinger-Verlag, Lemwerder 2006, ISBN 3927697451
