Lieutenant General Holger Neumann Will Be the New Chief of the German Air Force General Staff

The new head of the German air force (Luftwaffe) is expected to take office next week.

Lieutenant General Holger Neumann will be the new chief of Germany's Air Force General Staff, succeeding Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, according to German news agency (dpa). Gerhartz is to take over as head of NATO's Interim Command of Allied Forces in Brunsum, the Netherlands — one of the alliance's two operational headquarters in Europe. The new head of the German air force (Luftwaffe) is expected to take office next week and has significa…

Fighter jet pilot Holger Neumann is apparently becoming the new Air Force inspector. As the “Spiegel” reports, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) has decided that the 56-year-old Major General should succeed Ingo Gerhartz. A ceremonial handover of command at the air base in Wunstorf is therefore planned for the coming week. With the assumption of command, Neumann is promoted to lieutenant general. He is currently deployed as Commander of Fl…