Air Transport Wing 63 Explained
| Unit Name: | Air Transport Wing 63 |
| Native Name: | Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63) |
| Dates: | 24 August 1957 - 15 December 2021 |
| Country: |  Germany |
| Branch: | German Air Force |
| Type: | Wing |
| Role: | Strategic and tactical transport |
| Command Structure: | Air Force Combat Command
Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe |
| Garrison: | Hohn Air Base |
| Decorations: | Campaign streamer
Schleswig-Holstein (1981)
Campaign streamer
Federal Republic of Germany (1997) |
| Disbanded: | 15 December 2021 |
| Aircraft Transport: | Transall C-160 |
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.
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
- 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
Further reading
- Book: Lemke, Bernd . Krüger . Dieter . Rebhan . Heinz . Schmidt . Wolfgang . Die Luftwaffe 1950 bis 1970. Konzeption, Aufbau, Integration . München . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag . 2006 . 3-486-57973-8 . de.
- Book: Ahrens, Hans-Werner. Die Transportflieger der Luftwaffe 1956 bis 1971. Konzeption - Aufbau - Einsatz . Norderstedt . Carola Hartmann Miles-Verlag . 2019 . 978-3-9458-6185-1 . de.
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: KS. 2021-12-15. Transall ist nun Geschichte: LTG 63 aufgelöst. 2021-12-15. www.flugrevue.de. de.
