German Air Force
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The German Air and Space Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. The Luftwaffe was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branc
This Canadair CL-13 is preserved at the Military History Museum in Berlin.
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter (two seater) of recoonnaissance wing 52 (Leck) at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (1967)
An Alpha Jet A in 1996
One of 212 Panavia Tornado IDSs delivered to the Luftwaffe
Panavia Tornado
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The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany. There are three primary To
German Air Force
…F-104 never lived down its reputation as a "widow-maker", and was replaced by the Luftwaffe with the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter and the Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber in many units much earlier than in other national air forces. On Steinhoff's initiative, the Luftwaffe opened the German Air Force Command…
RAF Tornado GR4 in 2012
Artist's concept of the AFVG, a precusor of the MRCA programme
Formation take-off of an RAF Tornado GR.1 and a Tornado F.2 prototype in September 1982
A USAF F-15C flanked by Luftwaffe (bottom) and RAF (top) Tornados in 1987