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 language: 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

Further reading

• Lemke, Bernd; Krüger, Dieter; Rebhan, Heinz; Schmidt, Wolfgang (2006) (in de). Die Luftwaffe 1950 bis 1970. Konzeption, Aufbau, Integration. München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. ISBN 3-486-57973-8.