Lieutenant General Holger Neumann

Chief German Air Force

1988 – 1989 Basic military service, 2 Company, Airborne Ranger Battalion 253, Nagold

1989 – 1990 Officers´ course, Air Force Officer School, Fürstenfeldbruck

1990 – 1993 Basic and advanced flying training, Air Force Officer School, Fürstenfeldbruck, Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT), Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, and Fighter Bomber Wing 49, Fürstenfeldbruck

1993 – 1994 TORNADO weapon system training, Trinational TORNADO Training Establishment (TTTE), RAF Cottesmore, GBR, and Fighter Bomber Wing 38, Jever

1994 – 1997 Pilot, 2 Squadron, Fighter Bomber Wing 34, Memmingen

1997 – 1999 Military Assistant to the Commander, 1 Air Division, Karlsruhe

1999 S3 Operations Officer, Flying Group, Fighter Bomber Wing 34, Memmingen

1999 – 2001 Operations Staff Officer, 2 Flying

2001 – 2003 General Staff Officer Course, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg

2003 – 2005 Chief of Section A3a, Headquarters, 4 Air Division, Aurich

2005 – 2007 Assistant Chief of Air Staff Branch III 1, Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn

2007 – 2009 Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), SHAPE, NATO, Mons, BEL

2009 – 2013 Assistant Chief of Branch, Press and Information Office (Air Force spokesperson), Federal Ministry of Defense, Berlin

2013 EUROFIGHTER weapon system training, Fighter Wing 73, Laage

2013 – 2015 S3 Staff Officer and Deputy Commander, Fighter Wing 74, Neuburg, including a deployment abroad as S3 Staff Officer and Deputy Commander, Operational Wing Mazar-e Sharif, ISAF, AFG

2015 – 2017 Commander, Tactical Air Wing 74, Neuburg

2017 – 2018 Deputy Spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Chief of the Press Branch, Press and Information Office, Federal Ministry of Defense, Berlin