Deputy Chief of Staff Operations

Brigadier General Frank Gräfe

Military career:

1988	Air Force Academy, Fürstenfeldbruck
1989-1993	Study of computer science at the Bundeswehr University Munich, Master’s degree in computer science
1994-1995	Flight training ENJJPT in Sheppard AFB/Texas, USA and conversion to F-4F PHANTOM in Holloman AFB/New Mexico, USA
1996-2002	F-4F Fighter pilot in Pferdsfeld/ Rheinland-Pfalz and Rostock-Laage (Fighter Wing 73 „Steinhoff“) as well as Neuburg an der Donau (Fighter Wing 74)
2002-2004	General Staff Officer Course, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (FüAkBw), Hamburg
2004-2006	Squadron Commander F-4F PHANTOM in Wittmund (Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen”)
2006-2008	Branch Chief A3 at 4th Air Force Division Command, Aurich
2008-2012	Assistant Branch Chief Air Force, German Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn
2013-2015	Commander Fighter Wing 74 in Neuburg an der Donau (EUROFIGHTER)
2015-2016	Branch Chief German Air Force Headquarters in Berlin-Gatow
2016-2017	Division Chief J3/5/7 Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command in Potsdam
2017-2019	Branch Chief Executive Group Information Centre/Defense Policy, German Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin
2019-2022	Defense and Air Attaché in Washington D.C., USA
2022-2024	DCoS Ops German Air Force Headquarters in Berlin-Gatow, including Officer conducting the Exercise Pacific Skies
2024-	DCOS OPS NATO Allied Air Command, Ramstein Air Base