Air Transport Wing 63
Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63)
Active24 August 1957 - 15 December 2021
Disbanded15 December 2021
Country Germany
BranchBundeswehrkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe
TypeWing
RoleStrategic and tactical transport
Part ofAir Force Combat Command
Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe
Garrison/HQHohn Air Base
Decorations Campaign streamer
Schleswig-Holstein (1981)
Campaign streamer
Federal Republic of Germany (1997)
Aircraft flown
TransportTransall 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

References

  1. ^ KS (15 December 2021). "Transall ist nun Geschichte: LTG 63 aufgelöst". www.flugrevue.de (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2021.

Further reading

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