The 1st Airmobile Brigade () was a brigade in the German Army with its headquarters at the Fritzlar Air Base in North Hesse, It was part of the Airmobile Operations Division (Germany). The various elements of the brigade were located in the federal states of Lower Saxony, Hesse and Bavaria. Parts of the brigade were classed as intervention forces.
History In October 2011 the German Federal Ministry of Defence announced a reorganisation/reduction of the German Armed Forces. As a result, 1st Airmobile Brigade was disbanded on 17 December 2013.
Structure
HQ Company 1st Infantry Regiment (Jägerregiment 1) 26th (Franconia) Attack Helicopter Regiment (Kampfhubschrauberregiment 26) 36th Attack Helicopter Regiment (Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36) 10th Transport Helicopter Regiment (Transporthubschrauberregiment 10)
Commanders The following commanders have led the Brigade: Rank Name Takeover date Handover dateBrigadier generalDieter Budde3 April 1997April 1999Brigadier generalReinhard KammererApril 1999September 2002Brigadier generalWerner FreersSeptember 200216 December 2002Brigadier generalReinhard Wolski17 December 20024 August 2006Brigadier generalVolker Halbauer4 August 20065 December 2008Brigadier generalJürgen Setzer5 December 20086 May 2011Brigadier generalAlfons Mais6 May 20115 April 2013ColonelMichael Mittelberg5 April 201317 December 2013
References
External links