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)
One of 212 Panavia Tornado IDSs delivered to the Luftwaffe
The Bundeswehr are the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part and a civil part. The military part consists of the four armed forces: German Arm
German Air Force
…The German Air and Space Force (German: Luftwaffe, lit. 'air weapon', pronounced ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. The Luftwaffe (as part of the Bundeswehr) was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch…
Generals Adolf Heusinger and Hans Speidel being sworn into the newly founded Bundeswehr by Theodor Blank on 12 November 1955
A Großer Zapfenstreich at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn in 2002
The Federal Republic of Germany joined NATO in 1955.