Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik - incoming ... - Sibat
Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik - incoming ... - Sibat
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<strong>Lieutenant</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Aarne</strong> <strong>Kreuzinger</strong>-<strong>Janik</strong><br />
- <strong>incoming</strong> Inspector of the German Air Force (Inspekteur der<br />
Luftwaffe), to be inaugurated on Thursday, 29.10.2009, at<br />
Nörvenich Air Force Base (where he first served as a pilot)<br />
- Inspector of the Air Force (equivalent to Commander of the Air<br />
Force) is member of the highest leadership institution of the<br />
German armed forces (comparable to Joint Chiefs of Staff)<br />
- <strong>Kreuzinger</strong>-<strong>Janik</strong> previously served as commander of the<br />
Luftwaffenführungskommando, the highest operational leadership institution of<br />
the German Air Force (2006-2009)<br />
Personal Background<br />
- born 13.04.1950 in Lübeck, married, father of two<br />
Military Career<br />
- 1969 – 1974: officer and jet pilot training<br />
- 1974 – 1981: pilot on F-104G Starfighter, mission staff officer (Fighter Bomber<br />
Squadron 31 “Boelcke”, based in Nörvenich)<br />
- different officer positions in the German armed forces<br />
- 1990 – 1992: commander of the flying forces of Fighter Bomber Squadron 34<br />
“Allgäu” in Memmingen<br />
- 1992 – 1994: staff officer at European NATO HQ SHAPE in Mons, Belgium<br />
- 1994 – 1996: desk officer for military policy in the operational HQ of the German<br />
Ministry of Defence<br />
- 1996 – 1997: Commander of Reconnaissance Squadron 51 “Immelmann” in<br />
Jagel, head of the Air Force’s Operational Squadron 1 in Piacenza, Italy (during<br />
missions in former Yugoslavia)<br />
- 1997 – 1999: Head of Department in the command center of the German Army<br />
- 1999 – 2000: Deputy Commander of Germany’s Military District II<br />
- 2000 – 2003: Head of Department in the operational HQ of the German Air<br />
Force in Bonn<br />
- 2003 – 2006: Commander of the 3 rd Division of the German Air Force in Berlin-<br />
Gatow<br />
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- 2006 – 2009: Commander of Luftwaffenführungskommando, commanding all<br />
operational forces of the German Air Force<br />
- <strong>Kreuzinger</strong>-<strong>Janik</strong> has more than 2 800 flight hours on multiple aircraft, mostly F-<br />
104 Starfighter and Panavia TORNADO<br />
Contact Details<br />
Führungsstab der Luftwaffe<br />
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung<br />
Postfach 1328<br />
53003 Bonn<br />
Germany<br />
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