Air Transport Wing 63

Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63) (Air Transport Wing 63) — III —
Active	24 August 1957–present
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 streamer Schleswig-Holstein (1981) Campaign streamer Federal Republic of Germany (1997)
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Hartmut Zitzewitz
Aircraft flown
Transport	Transall C-160

Air Transport Wing 63 (German: Lufttransportgeschwader 63) is a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing was founded in 1957 and is currently based at Hohn Air Base in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany operating Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft.

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, since 19 June 2012

References

Further reading

• 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. 

External links

Geschwader (squadrons), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe
Reconnaissance	Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann"
Anti aircraft	Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 1 Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 2 Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 5
Attack	Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke" Jagdbombergeschwader 32 Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33
Fighters	Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 "Steinhoff" Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74
Transport	Lufttransportgeschwader 61 Lufttransportgeschwader 62 Lufttransportgeschwader 63 Hubschraubergeschwader 64
Force protection	Objektschutzregiment der Luftwaffe "Friesland"
Disbanded units are shown in italics.

Coordinates: 54°18′43″N 9°32′17″E / 54.3119°N 9.5381°E / 54.3119; 9.5381