Luftwaffe
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| German Air Force Luftwaffe | |
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[ The Luftwaffe logo | |
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| Active | 1935-1945 (Wehrmacht) 1956-1990 (Nationale Volksarmee) 1956-present (Bundeswehr) |
| Country | Germany |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Part of | Bundeswehr |
| Air Force Headquarters | Bonn |
| Size | Over 500 aircraft, and 43,000 personnel (2010) |
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| Chief of Staff, Luftwaffe | Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik |
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| Luftwaffe Roundel | 
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| Aircraft flown | |
| Strike | Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Fighter | F-4F Phantom II, Mikoyan MiG-29, Eurofighter Typhoon |
| Electronic Warfare | Panavia Tornado ECR |
| Reconnaissance | Raytheon/EADS EuroHawk, IAI Heron |
| Transport | C-160, A310MRTT, A319CJ, Bombardier Challenger 601 |
| Training | Northrop T-38 Talon, Raytheon T-6 Texan II, Cessna T-37 Tweet, Grob G-120 |
The Luftwaffe is the air force of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956.
