Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz

Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz took over command of the German Air Force in May 2018 and leads almost 30,000 servicemen and women.

He successfully concentrated his efforts on improving operational readiness and focused on multinational cooperation and interoperability. He also set the course for rapid and consistent modernization of the German Air Force with decisions such as for the F-35, the next generation of helicopters and an evolution of missile defense.

After completing his flying training on the Eurofighter weapon system in February 2020, he is actively engaged in flight service as a pilot. Lieutenant General Gerhartz has logged a total of over 2,500 flight hours on four aircraft types: F-4F, MIG-29, Tornado and Eurofighter. As Air Wing Commander in the Afghanistan mission, Lieutenant General Gerhartz flew more than 50 ISAF sorties on the Tornado aircraft.