Air Transport Wing 63

Air Transport Wing 63 (Lufttransportgeschwader 63) is a wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing was founded in 1957 and is currently based at Hohn Air Base in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany operating Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft.

Commanding officers

 * Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Batz, 15 December 1961 – 31 January 1964
 * Oberst Horst Rudat, 1 February 1964 – 31 March 1971
 * Oberst Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Beuther, 1 April 1971 – 31 March 1979
 * Oberst Hubert Marquitan, 1 April 1979 – 30 September 1980
 * Oberst Rudi Gutzeit, 1 October 1980 – 30 September 1986
 * Oberst Jürgen Reiss, 1 October 1986 – 31 March 1991
 * Oberst Joachim Mörsdorf, 1 April 1991 – 30 September 1993
 * Oberst Hans-Otto Elger, 1 October 1993 – 31 March 1995
 * Oberst Hans-Jürgen Ochs, 1 April 1995 – 30 September 1998
 * Oberst Hans-Jürgen Miunske, 1 October 1998 – 27 March 2003
 * Oberst Helmut Fritzsche, 28 March 2003 – 27 March 2006
 * Oberst Manfred Merten, 27 March 2006 – 25 February 2010
 * Oberst Stefan W. Neumann, 25 February 2010 – 18 June 2012
 * Oberst Hartmut Zitzewitz, since 19 June 2012