1st Airmobile Brigade (Bundeswehr)

1st Airmobile Brigade
Luftbewegliche Brigade 1

Formation sign
Formation: 3 April 1997
Country Germany
Armed Force Bundeswehr
Service German Army
Type Stabilisation and intervention forces
Subordinate
units
HQ Company
1st Infantry Regiment (Jägerregiment 1) 
10th Transport Helicopter Regiment (TransporthubschrauberRgt 10) 
26th (Franconia) Attack Helicopter Regiment (KampfhubschrauberRgt 26)
36 Attack Helicopter Regiment (KampfhubschrauberRgt 36)
Higher formation Airmobile Operations Division
Headquarters location Fritzlar
Motto Gewagt Gewonnen ("Dared, won")
Commander
Commander Oberst Alfons Mais

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

Commanders

The following commanders have led the Brigade:

Rank Name Takeover date Handover date
Oberst Dieter Budde 3 April 1997 April 1999
Oberst/Brigadegeneral Reinhard Kammerer April 1999 September 2002
Oberst Werner Freers September 2002 16 December 2002
Oberst/Brigadegeneral Reinhard Wolski 17 December 2002 4 August 2006
Oberst/Brigadegeneral Volker Halbauer 4. August 2006 5 December 2008
Oberst/Brigadegeneral Jürgen Setzer 5 December 2008 6 May 2011
Oberst Alfons Mais 6 May 2011 ---

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