German Air Force

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air force military branch

The German Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Germany’s armed forces, responsible for national air defense, air operations, and support of NATO missions.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
German Air Force canonical 110
Luftwaffe 15
West German Air Force 8

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
garrison Büchel Air Base ⓘ
Holzdorf Air Base ⓘ
Laage Air Base ⓘ
Laupheim Air Base ⓘ
Neuburg Air Base ⓘ
Nörvenich Air Base ⓘ
Schleswig Air Base ⓘ
Schönewalde ⓘ
Wittmundhafen Air Base ⓘ
Wunstorf Air Base ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Luftwaffe ⓘ
surface form: Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany
inception 1956 ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalForm branch of the armed forces of Germany ⓘ
mission aerial refueling ⓘ
air policing ⓘ
air reconnaissance ⓘ
airspace surveillance ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
support to ground forces ⓘ
nativeLabel Luftwaffe ⓘ
operatesIn German airspace ⓘ
NATO airspace ⓘ
partOf Bundeswehr ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
air operations ⓘ
national air defense ⓘ
support of NATO missions ⓘ
sharesBorderWith German Army ⓘ
German Navy ⓘ
subordinateUnit Air Transport Wing 62 ⓘ
Air Transport Wing 63 ⓘ
German Air Operations Command ⓘ
German Space Situational Awareness Centre ⓘ
Surface-to-Air Missile Wing 1 ⓘ
Surface-to-Air Missile Wing 1 ⓘ
surface form: Surface-to-Air Missile Wing 3

Surface-to-Air Missile Wing 5 ⓘ
Tactical Air Force Wing 31 "Boelcke" ⓘ
Tactical Air Force Wing 33 ⓘ
Tactical Air Force Wing 71 "Richthofen" ⓘ
Tactical Air Force Wing 73 "Steinhoff" ⓘ
Tactical Air Force Wing 74 ⓘ
uses Airbus A310 ⓘ
surface form: Airbus A310 MRTT

Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix ⓘ
surface form: Airbus A330 MRTT

Airbus A400M Atlas ⓘ
CH-53 Sea Stallion ⓘ
surface form: CH-53G helicopter

Eurofighter Typhoon ⓘ
Airbus H145 ⓘ
surface form: H145M helicopter

IRIS-T missile ⓘ
Meteor missile ⓘ
Panavia Tornado ⓘ
Patriot missile system ⓘ
surface form: Patriot air defense system

AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles ⓘ
surface form: Sidewinder missile

Referenced by (159)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Airbus A400M Atlas → primaryUsers → German Air Force ⓘ
WNF (Austria) → suppliedTo → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Bundeswehr → hasPart → German Air Force ⓘ
Bundeswehr → serviceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe
Erla Maschinenwerk → suppliedTo → German Air Force ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
Grob G 120 → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Erich Hartmann → servedIn → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: West German Air Force
Günther Rall → memberOf → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesluftwaffe
Daimler-Benz DB 601 → serviceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
Johannes Steinhoff → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundeswehr Luftwaffe
MiG-29 → operator → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Junkers Jumo 211 → militaryBranchUser → German Air Force ⓘ
German occupation of Dunkirk → participant → German Air Force ⓘ
Airbus A310 → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Freya radar → operator → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Fighter Wing 52 → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Training Wing 1 → serviceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
Gerhard Barkhorn → servedIn → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesluftwaffe
Baltic Air Policing → participant → German Air Force ⓘ
KG 53 → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
Walter Krupinski → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: West German Air Force
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Jericho-Trompete siren → developedForUser → German Air Force ⓘ
Komet → airForceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
High Command of the Armed Forces → appliesToJurisdiction → German Air Force ⓘ
Luftwaffe Museum of Military History → operatedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Wilhelm Batz → laterServiceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: West German Air Force
Friedrich Obleser → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesluftwaffe
Friedrich Obleser → serviceIn → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Friedrich Obleser → serviceIn → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: West German Air Force
Taurus KEPD 350 → user → German Air Force ⓘ
Meteor missile → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Meteor
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon → primaryUser → German Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 → operator → German Air Force ⓘ
MG 81 machine gun → militaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: MG 81
Joint Support Service (Germany) → supportsBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
Joint Medical Service (Germany) → serves → German Air Force ⓘ
Streitkräftebasis → supports → German Air Force ⓘ
Erprobungskommando 262 → airForce → German Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Sturmvogel → serviceBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
BMW 801 radial engine → operator → German Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: BMW 801
this entity surface form: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Panavia Tornado → operators → German Air Force ⓘ
Panavia Tornado → enteredServiceWith → German Air Force ⓘ
Alpha Jet → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
Generalleutnant → usedIn → German Air Force ⓘ
Atlantic Wall defences → usedBy → German Air Force ⓘ
The Black Devil → servedIn → German Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Erich Hartmann
this entity surface form: West German Air Force
Bubi → laterMilitaryBranch → German Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Erich Hartmann
this entity surface form: West German Air Force