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Aarne Emil Kreuzinger-Janik (born 13 April 1950,
Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...
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of the
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. He was the commander of the
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from 2006 to 2009, and, from 2009 to 2012, the 14th
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.


Military career

Kreuzinger-Janik entered the Bundeswehr in 1969 and passed through the officer training and flight training as an aviation instructor for jet aircraft. From 1974 to 1981, he was a pilot of a
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fi ...
, and a news officer and deployment officer at the
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"Boelcke" in
Nörvenich Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren. See also *Nörvenich Air Base Nörvenich Air Base (Fliegerhorst Nörvenich) is a German Air Force ...
. After participating in the training as a general staff officer at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg from 1981 to 1983, he was there as a planning staff officer until 1985. In 1985, Kreuzinger-Janik was transferred to
Memmingen Memmingen (; Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Wü ...
as the relay captain of the "Allgäu" unit of the Jagdbombergeschwader 34 squadron. In 1988, he served as deputy director in the A3 department of the 3rd Luftwaffe Division at
Kalkar Kalkar ( is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The catholic church St. Nicolai has preserved one of the most significant sacral inven ...
, and in 1989 as a study project officer at the Bundeswehr Office for Studies at
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. In 1990, he returned to Jagdbombergeschwader 34 as the commander. In 1992, he became a G3 staff officer at the
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at
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,
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. His first ministerial use followed, from 1994 to 1996, on a referendum service for military policy bases in the Armed Forces Staff (Fü S) at the Federal Ministry of Defense in
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. During his time as a
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of the
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"Immelmann" in
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, and from 1996 to 1997, he was a commodore of the Einsatzgeschwaders 1 of the Bundeswehr contingency in
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in
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. After his term as Deputy Commander and General for National Territorial Duties in the Military Area II from 1999 to 2000, he returned to a service post in the Luftwaffe. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chief of Staff in the Luftwaffe's leadership (Fü L III) in Bonn. In 2003, he took command of the 3rd Luftwaffe Division, headquartered in
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. On 1 June 2006, Kreuzinger-Janik became commander of the
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in
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and the Luftwaffenkaserne Wahn, which he held until 26 October. On 29 October 2009
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 December 1971), known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman and politician of the Christian Soc ...
appointed as the German Minister of the
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on the previous day, gave him the post of Inspector-General of the Luftwaffe. He was followed, as already in 2003, as a division commander by general lieutenant . In this role, he worked until his retirement. He handed over his services as inspector to his successor, general lieutenant
Karl Müllner Karl Müllner (born 18 February 1956) is a former German air force general. He served as Inspector of the Air Force from 25 April 2012 to 29 May 2018. Ingo Gerhartz was appointed as his successor. References

Living people 1956 ...
. Kreuzinger-Janik retired on 30 April 2012. Kreuzinger-Janik has over 2,800 flight hours, especially on the F-104 and the Panavia Tornado.


Private life

Kreuzinger-Janik is married and has two children.


Honors

* 2012:
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...


See also

*
Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr The rank insignia of the federal armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany indicate rank and branch of service in the German Army (), German Air Force (), or the German Navy (). They are regulated by the "presidential order on rank designat ...


References


External links


History of the Luftwaffe - General lieutenant Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik
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