 Most units of the Army Aviation Corps are incorporated into the Airmobile Operations Division ("Division Luftbewegliche Operationen").This division was founded on 1 July 2002 and became operational on 8 October 2002.After the foundation of the Bundeswehr in 1955, the first head of the department of the German Army Aviation Corps, Colonel Horst Pape, was appointed on 7 November 1956.