Lieutenant General
Thorsten
Poschwatta
Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Executive Director
Since December 2021, Lieutenant General Poschwatta is the Commander of the German Air Operations Command and the Executive Director of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar, Germany.
| Since December 2021 |
Commander, Air Operations Command (GE) and Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre in Kalkar |
| 2020 – 2021 | Chief of Staff, HQ Resolute Support in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| 2014 – 2020 | Deputy Commander, German Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command at Potsdam |
| 2012 – 2014 | Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, German Air Force Headquarters at Gatow in Berlin |
| in-between (2013) | Base Commander/ Senior Airfield Authority Camp Marmal, Afghanistan |
| 2012 | Branch Chief, Directorate-General for Strategy and Operations (II 3), Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin |
| 2009 – 2012 | Head of Balkans Operations Team, Joint Operations Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin |
| 2007 – 2009 | Chief of Branch III 1, Air Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn |
| 2004 – 2007 | Commander, Reconnaissance Wing 51 ‘Immelmann’ at Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein |
| in-between (2007) | Commander, Operational Wing Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan |
| 2003 – 2004 | Chief of Staff, 1st Air Division in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria |
| 2002 – 2003 | Assistant Chief of Branch, Air Staff (III 5), Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn |
| 2000 – 2002 | Assistant Chief of Branch, Air Staff (III 3), Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn |
| 1999 – 2000 | Commander, Flying Group Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| in-between (1999) | Senior Officer National Command Post during ALLIED FORCE in Vicenza, Italy |
| 1998 – 1999 | S3 and Deputy Commander, Flying Group Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 1996 – 1998 | Staff Officer, Policy Division HQ AFCENT, Brunssum, The Netherlands |
| in-between (1997) | Director Joint Operations Center HQ Stabilisation Force (SFOR), Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 1994 – 1996 | 39th General Staff Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg |
| 1992 – 1994 | Operations Staff Officer, 2nd/Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| 1991 – 1992 | S3 Ops, Flying Group Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| 1989 – 1991 | Weapons system operator and flight leader, 2nd / Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| 1988 – 1989 | Aide, HQ Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| 1984 – 1988 | Tornado weapons system operator with 2nd/Fighter Bomber Wing 31 ‘Boelcke’ in Nörvenich |
| 1983 – 1984 | Training as weapons system operator at Mather AFB, USA, Fürstenfeldbruck, and TTTE Cottesmore, Great Britain |
| 1982 | Beginning of preflight training in Fürstenfeldbruck |
| 1981 | Entry into the German Air Force |
Information provided is current as of February 2021
