Jörg Kuebart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jörg Kuebart

German general

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Feb-2018

Profession: military officer, soldier

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jörg Kuebart

  • Jörg Kuebart (2 September 1934 – 14 February 2018) was a retired German general of the German Air Force.
  • He served as Inspector of the Air Force in 1991–94.Jörg Kuebart was born in Allenstein, East Prussia (today Olsztyn, Poland).
  • His family was expelled from his hometown after World War II.
  • Kuebart joined the Bundesgrenzschutz in 1955 and the Bundeswehr in 1956, where he initially was trained as a tank commander.
  • In 1957 he changed over to the air force and was trained as a pilot at Landsberg am Lech and Fürstenfeldbruck on the T-6 Texan, the F-84 Thunderjet and the Lockheed T-33.
  • His brother Bernd also served in the air force and was one of four Lockheed F-104 Starfighter pilots killed on 16 June 1962.In 1958–64 Kuebart served as a pilot and squadron commander at the Jagdbombergeschwader 33 in Büchel.
  • Promoted a Hauptmann he received his General Staff Training at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in 1964–66.
  • In 1968–72 Kuebart commanded the Jagdbombergeschwader 34 "Allgäu" and was promoted to an Oberst.
  • In 1972–74 he served as a department director at the Luftflottenkommando in Cologne and in 1977 he became the German Military attaché in Madrid and in 1979, by then a Brigadegeneral, in London.After his return to Germany he became a Generalmajor and the commander of the 4.
  • Luftwaffendivision in Aurich and a Generalleutnant and Commanding General of the Luftwaffenführungskommando in Cologne-Wahn.
  • 1989–91 Kuebart served as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of Allied Air Forces Central Europe.On 1 April 1991 Kuebart became Germany's Inspector of the Air Force, a position he held until his retirement on 30 September 1994.
  • After his retirement, from 29 September 2000 to 6 October 2006, he served as president of the Gemeinschaft der Jagdflieger, a German veterans organization.Jörg Kuebart was married and had three sons.

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