Inspector of the German Air Force | |
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Inspekteur der Luftwaffe | |
Standard of the Inspector of the Air Force | |
Federal Minister of Defence | |
Abbreviation | InspL |
Reports to | General Inspector of the Bundeswehr |
Precursor | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe |
The Inspector of the Air Force (German language: Inspekteur der Luftwaffe) is the commander of the Air Force of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. The Inspector is responsible for the readiness of personnel and materiel in the German Air Force, in that function reports directly to the Federal Minister of Defence. The current Inspector is Ingo Gerhartz, appointed on 29 May 2018.
The Inspector of the Air Force is the chief of the Air Force Command, based in Gatow, Berlin. They sit under the General Inspector of the Bundeswehr and are a member of the Defence Council for Bundeswehr-wide matters. Both the Inspector and their deputy hold the rank of lieutenant general (German language: Generalleutnant) while in office, although the first Inspector, Josef Kammhuber, was an exception, holding the rank of full general as a reward for his efforts to build up a new German Luftwaffe.
List of Inspectors of the Air Force[]
№ | Inspector of the Air Force | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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1 | Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986) | General 1 June 1957 | 30 September 1962 | 5 years, 121 days | |
2 | Werner Panitzki (1911–2000) | Lieutenant General 1 October 1962 | 25 August 1966 | 3 years, 328 days | |
3 | Johannes Steinhoff (1913–1994) | Lieutenant General 2 September 1966 | 31 December 1970 | 4 years, 120 days | |
4 | Günther Rall (1918–2009) | Lieutenant General 1 January 1971 | 31 March 1974 | 3 years, 89 days | |
5 | Gerhard Limberg (1920–2006) | Lieutenant General 1 April 1974 | 30 September 1978 | 4 years, 182 days | |
6 | Friedrich Obleser (1923–2004) | Lieutenant General 1 October 1978 | 30 March 1983 | 4 years, 180 days | |
7 | Eberhard Eimler (born 1930) | Lieutenant General 1 April 1983 | 30 September 1987 | 4 years, 182 days | |
8 | Horst Jungkurth (born 1933) | Lieutenant General 1 October 1987 | 31 March 1991 | 3 years, 181 days | |
9 | Jörg Kuebart (1934–2018) | Lieutenant General 1 April 1991 | 30 September 1994 | 3 years, 182 days | |
10 | Bernhard Mende (1937–2004) | Lieutenant General 1 October 1994 | 30 September 1997 | 2 years, 364 days | |
11 | Rolf Portz (born 1940) | Lieutenant General 1 October 1997 | 31 March 2001 | 3 years, 181 days | |
12 | Gerhard W. Back (born 1944) | Lieutenant General 1 April 2001 | 11 January 2004 | 2 years, 285 days | |
13 | Klaus-Peter Stieglitz (born 1947) | Lieutenant General 12 January 2004 | 29 October 2009 | 5 years, 290 days | |
14 | Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik (born 1950) | Lieutenant General 29 October 2009 | 25 April 2012 | 2 years, 179 days | |
15 | Karl Müllner (born 1956) | Lieutenant General 25 April 2012 | 29 May 2018 | 6 years, 34 days | |
16 | Ingo Gerhartz (born 1965) | Lieutenant General 29 May 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 159 days |
References[]
- "Die Inspekteure der Luftwaffe". Die Geschichte der Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe. 26 November 2013. http://www.geschichte.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/geschlw/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNwyL9_AyAsmB2e5eTvqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAP7jfmY!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvd0ZNQUFzQUMvNElVRS82XzFWX0hKNA!!. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
External links[]
- (German) Inspekteure der Luftwaffe (Bundesarchiv)
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