Inspector of the Air Force

Commander of the modern German Air Force

Inspector of the German Air Force

Inspekteur der Luftwaffe

Standard of the Inspector of the Air Force

Incumbent
Generalleutnant Ingo Gerhartz

since 29 May 2018

Federal Minister of Defence
Abbreviation| InspL
Reports to| General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
Precursor| Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Formation| 1 June 1957
First holder| Josef Kammhuber

The Inspector of the Air Force (German: Inspekteur der Luftwaffe) is the commander of the Air Force of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. The Inspector is responsible for the readiness of personnel and materiel in the German Air Force, in that function reports directly to the Federal Minister of Defence.[1] The current Inspector is Ingo Gerhartz, appointed on 29 May 2018.

The Inspector of the Air Force is the chief of the Air Force Command, based in Gatow, Berlin. They sit under the General Inspector of the Bundeswehr and are a member of the Defence Council for Bundeswehr-wide matters. Both the Inspector and their deputy hold the rank of lieutenant general (German: Generalleutnant) while in office, although the first Inspector, Josef Kammhuber, was an exception, holding the rank of full general as a reward for his efforts to build up a new German Luftwaffe.

## List of Inspectors of the Air Force

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No. | Portrait  | Inspector of the Air Force | Took office | Left office | Time in office

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| Kammhuber, JosefGeneral
Josef Kammhuber
(1896–1986)| 1 June 1957| 30 September 1962| 5 years, 121 days

| Panitzki, WernerLieutenant General
Werner Panitzki
(1911–2000)| 1 October 1962| 25 August 1966| 3 years, 328 days

| Steinhoff, JohannesLieutenant General
Johannes Steinhoff
(1913–1994)| 2 September 1966| 31 December 1970| 4 years, 120 days

| Rall, GüntherLieutenant General
Günther Rall
(1918–2009)| 1 January 1971| 31 March 1974| 3 years, 89 days

| Limberg, GerhardLieutenant General
Gerhard Limberg
(1920–2006)| 1 April 1974| 30 September 1978| 4 years, 182 days

| Obleser, FriedrichLieutenant General
Friedrich Obleser
(1923–2004)| 1 October 1978| 30 March 1983| 4 years, 180 days

| Eimler, EberhardLieutenant General
Eberhard Eimler
(born 1930)| 1 April 1983| 30 September 1987| 4 years, 182 days

| Jungkurth, HorstLieutenant General
Horst Jungkurth [de]
(born 1933)| 1 October 1987| 31 March 1991| 3 years, 181 days

| Kuebart, JörgLieutenant General
Jörg Kuebart
(1934–2018)| 1 April 1991| 30 September 1994| 3 years, 182 days
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| Mende, BernhardLieutenant General
Bernhard Mende [de]
(1937–2004)| 1 October 1994| 30 September 1997| 2 years, 364 days
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| Portz, RolfLieutenant General
Rolf Portz [de]
(born 1940)| 1 October 1997| 31 March 2001| 3 years, 181 days
12|

| Back, GerhardLieutenant General
Gerhard W. Back [de]
(born 1944)| 1 April 2001| 11 January 2004| 2 years, 285 days
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| Stieglitz, Klaus-PeterLieutenant General
Klaus-Peter Stieglitz [de]
(born 1947)| 12 January 2004| 29 October 2009| 5 years, 290 days
14|

| Kreuzinger-Janik, AarneLieutenant General
Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik
(born 1950)| 29 October 2009| 25 April 2012| 2 years, 179 days
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| Müllner, KarlLieutenant General
Karl Müllner
(born 1956)| 25 April 2012| 29 May 2018| 6 years, 34 days
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| Gerhartz, IngoLieutenant General
Ingo Gerhartz
(born 1965)| 29 May 2018| Incumbent| 6 years, 164 days

## References

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1. ^ "Inspekteure der Luftwaffe". Geschichte der Luftwaffe (in German language). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* (in German) Inspekteure der Luftwaffe (Bundesarchiv)

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Inspectors of the German Air Force

* Josef Kammhuber
* Werner Panitzki
* Johannes Steinhoff
* Günther Rall
* Gerhard Limberg
* Friedrich Obleser
* Eberhard Eimler
* Horst Jungkurth
* Jörg Kuebart
* Bernhard Mende
* Rolf H. Portz
* Gerhard W. Back
* Klaus Peter Stieglitz
* Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik
* Karl Müllner
* Ingo Gerhartz

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Chiefs of the air force by country

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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National|

* Germany

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