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Hohn Air Base
Hohn Air Base is a military air base in Germany. It was home to the ''Lufttransportgeschwader'' 63 (LTG 63 for short, Air Transport Wing 63 in English) of the German Air Force (''Luftwaffe''). Usage Since May 1968, the Transall C-160 The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is an abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale, and ... has been operated from the base. During 2013 Air Transport Wing 63 was disbanded and subsequently it was announced that the air base would be given up by the German Air Force. However, they announced in 2019 the airfield would be kept open as a diversion facility for air bases in Northern Germany. On the airfield it is a part of the major maneuver from June 12 to June 23, 2023, held under the leadership of the German Air Force Air Defender 23 it is the greatest exercise of air forces since NATO was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Air Force
The German Air Force (german: Luftwaffe, lit=air weapon or air arm, ) is the aerial warfare branch of the , the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the ''Bundeswehr'') was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch of the armed forces of then West Germany. After the reunification of West and East Germany in 1990, it integrated parts of the air force of the former German Democratic Republic, which itself had been founded in 1956 as part of the National People's Army. There is no organizational continuity between the current German Air Force and the former Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht founded in 1935, which was completely disbanded in 1945/46 after World War II. The term that is used for both the historic and the current German air force is the German-language generic designation of any air force. The commander of the German Air Force is Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz. As of 2015, the German Air Force uses eleven air bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
