Air Transport Wing 63
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Military unit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Air Transport Wing 63 | |
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Lufttransportgeschwader 63 (LTG 63) | |
Active | 24 August 1957 - 15 December 2021 |
Disbanded | 15 December 2021 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | German Air Force |
Type | Wing |
Role | Strategic and tactical transport |
Part of | Air Force Combat Command Kommando Einsatzverbände der Luftwaffe |
Garrison/HQ | Hohn Air Base |
Decorations | Campaign streamer Schleswig-Holstein (1981) Campaign streamer Federal Republic of Germany (1997) |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | Transall C-160 |
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]
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