Air Transport Wing 63 (German: Lufttransportgeschwader 63) was a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing was created in 1957 and was last based at Hohn Air Base in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, operating the last German Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft.
| Air Transport Wing 63 | |
|---|---|
| Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63) | |
 | |
| Active | 24 August 1957 - 15 December 2021 |
| Disbanded | 15 December 2021 |
| Country |  Germany |
| Branch | German Air Force |
| Type | Wing |
| Role | Strategic and tactical transport |
| Part of | Air Force Combat Command Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe |
| Garrison/HQ | Hohn Air Base |
| Decorations |  Campaign streamerSchleswig-Holstein (1981)  Campaign streamerFederal Republic of Germany (1997) |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Transport | Transall C-160 |
In December 2021, the wing was disbanded with the phaseout of its Transall aircraft in favour of the Airbus A400M, which are all stationed in Wunstorf. A contingent of 60 will maintain Hohn Air Base as a reserve airfield for Tactical Wing 51 from Jagel.[1]
Commanding officers
edit- Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz, 15 December 1961 – 31 January 1964
- Oberst Horst Rudat, 1 February 1964 – 31 March 1971
- Oberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther, 1 April 1971 – 31 March 1979
- Oberst Hubert Marquitan, 1 April 1979 – 30 September 1980
- Oberst Rudi Gutzeit, 1 October 1980 – 30 September 1986
- Oberst Jürgen Reiss, 1 October 1986 – 31 March 1991
- Oberst Joachim Mörsdorf, 1 April 1991 – 30 September 1993
- Oberst Hans-Otto Elger, 1 October 1993 – 31 March 1995
- Oberst Hans-Jürgen Ochs, 1 April 1995 – 30 September 1998
- Oberst Hans-Jürgen Miunske, 1 October 1998 – 27 March 2003
- Oberst Helmut Fritzsche, 28 March 2003 – 27 March 2006
- Oberst Manfred Merten, 27 March 2006 – 25 February 2010
- Oberst Stefan W. Neumann, 25 February 2010 – 18 June 2012
- Oberst Hartmut Zitzewitz, 19 June 2012 – 22 October 2018
- Oberst Markus Kleinbauer, 22 October 2018 - 15 December 2021
References
edit- ^ KS (15 December 2021). "Transall ist nun Geschichte: LTG 63 aufgelöst". www.flugrevue.de (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
Further reading
edit- Lemke, Bernd; Krüger, Dieter; Rebhan, Heinz; Schmidt, Wolfgang (2006). Die Luftwaffe 1950 bis 1970. Konzeption, Aufbau, Integration (in German). München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. ISBN 3-486-57973-8.
- Ahrens, Hans-Werner (2019). Die Transportflieger der Luftwaffe 1956 bis 1971. Konzeption - Aufbau - Einsatz (in German). Norderstedt: Carola Hartmann Miles-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-9458-6185-1.
