1st Airmobile Brigade (Bundeswehr) explained

Unit Name:1st Airmobile Brigade
Native Name:German: Luftbewegliche Brigade 1
Dates:3 April 1997 - 17 December 2013
Country: Germany
Allegiance:Bundeswehr
Branch: German Army
Type:Stabilisation and intervention forces
Command Structure: Airmobile Operations Division
Garrison:Fritzlar
Garrison Label:Headquarters location
Motto:Gewagt Gewonnen ("Dared, won")
Commander1:Colonel Michael Mittelberg
Commander1 Label:Commander

The 1st Airmobile Brigade (German: Luftbewegliche Brigade 1) was a brigade in the German Army with its headquarters at the Fritzlar Air Base in North Hesse, It was part of the Airmobile Operations Division (Germany). The various elements of the brigade were located in the federal states of Lower Saxony, Hesse and Bavaria. Parts of the brigade were classed as intervention forces.

History

In October 2011 the German Federal Ministry of Defence announced a reorganisation/reduction of the German Armed Forces. As a result, 1st Airmobile Brigade was disbanded on 17 December 2013.[1]

Structure

Commanders

The following commanders have led the Brigade:

RankNameTakeover dateHandover date
Brigadier generalDieter Budde3 April 1997April 1999
Brigadier generalReinhard KammererApril 1999September 2002
Brigadier generalWerner FreersSeptember 200216 December 2002
Brigadier generalReinhard Wolski17 December 20024 August 2006
Brigadier generalVolker Halbauer4 August 20065 December 2008
Brigadier generalJürgen Setzer5 December 20086 May 2011
Brigadier generalAlfons Mais6 May 20115 April 2013
ColonelMichael Mittelberg5 April 201317 December 2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neuausrichtung geht voran – Heeresfliegerverbände werden neu unterstellt. Nachrichten und Berichte. Federal Ministry of Defence. 18 December 2013 . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220234924/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/!ut/p/c4/NYzBCsIwEET_aDe1eKg3SwWFnrxovW3TpYmmSVm2CuLHmwrOwMDwhsEbZkd6-pHUp0gBr9hZv-tf4JgF6KELhwCRrBNvnXKEOznZmKKEgd889fwreFmfBgabIuuaeao-5yikSWBOomEli0gm4AfsTNHUZmv-Kj7V4dh2dVVWzak-4zxN-y_MhyJs. dead. December 20, 2013. 26 September 2015.