Luftwaffe (Air Force)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Transall_C-160
gptkb:Eurofighter_Typhoon
gptkb:Heinkel_He_111
gptkb:Junkers_Ju_87
gptkb:Messerschmitt_Bf_109
gptkb:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190
gptkb:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:branch gptkb:German_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
NATO operations
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:established 1935
gptkbp:garrison Cologne-Wahn
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin_(historical)
Köln (Cologne)
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Berlin_Airlift
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
Battle of Britain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Luftwaffe (Air Force)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Immer_bereit_(Always_ready)
gptkbp:nickname Luftwaffe
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Johannes_Steinhoff
gptkb:Robert_Ritter_von_Greim
Hermann Göring
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Adolf_Galland
gptkb:Erich_Hartmann
gptkb:Günther_Rall
gptkb:Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
gptkb:Werner_Mölders
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Jagdgeschwader_1
gptkb:Jagdgeschwader_26
gptkb:Jagdgeschwader_52
gptkb:Kampfgeschwader_53
gptkbp:parentOrganization German Ministry of Defence
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Imperial_German_Air_Service
Reichswehr Air Units
gptkbp:restored 1956
gptkbp:role aerial warfare
gptkbp:size approx. 27,000 personnel (2023)
gptkbp:successor East German Air Force (GDR)
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkbp:website https://www.luftwaffe.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wehrmacht_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Bundeswehr_(since_1956)
gptkb:Wehrmacht_(1935–1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7