Lieutenant Colonel Tobias Schwarz

period assignments
01.09.1998 Entering military service as conscript -> AAvnRgt 36 in Fritzlar
2002 – 2003 Officer course in MUNSTER/DRESDEN -> tank officer for Leopard 2A4/6
2003 – 2004 Platoon leader Leopard 2A4 at TankBtl 64 in Wolfhagen
2004 – 2008 University of armed forces Hamburg; Diploma in mechanical engineering

2008 – 2010 Aviation Maintenance Officer, Platoon leader and deputy company commander 2./AvnMaintBtl 362 in Fritzlar

2010 – 2011 Company commander support company 4./AvnMaintBtl 362 in Fritzlar
2011 – 2014 Company commander maintenance company 2./AvnMaintBtl 362 in Fritzlar
2014 – 2016 Company commander maintenance company 5./AttkHeliRgt 36 in Fritzlar
2016 – 2020 Head of aviation maintenance (battaillon commander) AH TIGER in Fritzlar
2020 – 2024 Deputy commander of transport helicopter regiment 30 (NH90) in Niederstetten

since 2024 Section chief army aviation, army concept development centre in Cologne and
Secretary for the Light Attack Helicopter (LKH H145M) of the Chief Army Aviation

missions:
11/2000 – 05/2001 KFOR, AAvnTF Toplicane, Kosovo
02/2013 – 06/2013 ISAF, section lead AH TIGER Maintenance, Masar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
06/2016 – 01/2017 EUBG, company commander Maintenance AH TIGER
04/2017 – 08/2017 MINUSMA, company commander Maintenance AH TIGER/TTH NH90, Gao, Mali
01/2022 – 12/2024 NRF 22-24 incl. VJTF 2023, deputy commander of AAvnTF NRF

awards:
2001 NATO medal KFOR
2002 Ehrenmedaille der Bundeswehr in BRONZE
2013 NATO medal ISAF
2017 UN medal MINUSMA
2023 Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in GOLD