Air Forces of the National People's Army
The Air Forces of the National People's Army was the Air Force of East Germany. As with the Landstreitkräfte, the Volksmarine, and the Border Troops, it was a military branch of the National People's Army (NVA).
Soldiers of the Fritz Schmenkel fighter wing, 1985
Su-22 of the FO FMTFK
Personal log book of a Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter pilot
An Antonov An-26T at Dresden in August 1990, one week before the Luftstreitkräfte was grounded.
The National People's Army were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
Soldiers of the Guard Regiment Friedrich Engels marching at a changing-of-the-guard ceremony at the Neue Wache on the Unter den Linden in Berlin
A GDR finial, here for a flag of a Ministry of the Interior (MdI) unit; the NVA had the same in gold.
An NVA Tatra-813 carrying a GAZ-63
MiG-29 in East German service