1st Airmobile Brigade (Bundeswehr)


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. 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.
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.

Commanders

The following commanders have led the Brigade:
RankNameTakeover dateHandover date
Brigadier generalDieter Budde3 April 1997April 1999
Brigadier generalReinhard KammererApril 1999September 2002
Brigadier generalWerner FreersSeptember 200216 December 2002
Brigadier generalReinhard Wolski17 December 20024 August 2006
Brigadier generalVolker Halbauer4 August 20065 December 2008
Brigadier generalJürgen Setzer5 December 20086 May 2011
Brigadier generalAlfons Mais6 May 20115 April 2013
ColonelMichael Mittelberg5 April 201317 December 2013

Colonel Mittelberg was acting commander until the disbanding of the brigade.

Subordinate units