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German Air Force

air warfare branch of Germany's military
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Summary

German Air Force is an air force[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of air force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,767 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: European Air Group[3], FABEC[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Follows: Luftwaffe[6], Air Force of the National People's Army[7]
  • Headquarters location: Air Force Command[8]
  • ICAO airline designator: GAF[9]
  • Part of: Bundeswehr[10]
  • Commons category: Air force of Germany[11]
  • Inception: January 9, 1956[12]
  • Participated in conflict: Operation Deliberate Force[13], NATO bombing of Yugoslavia[14], War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[15], Syrian Civil War[16], War against the Islamic State[17]
  • Parent organization or unit: Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany[18]
  • Official website: https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/luftwaffe[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:German Air Force[20]
  • Employees: 28,456[21]
  • Nickname: Team Luftwaffe[22]
  • Different from: Luftwaffe[23]
  • Category for employees of the organization: Category:German Air Force personnel[24]
  • Social media followers: 23,302[25], 18,592[26], 45,744[27], 84,030[28]

Why It Matters

German Air Force has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Erich Hartmann Germany Manfred Wörner Sigmar Gabriel Udo Voigt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . euroairgroup.org. Retrieved . euroairgroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . fabec.eu. Retrieved . fabec.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bundeswehr.de. Retrieved . bundeswehr.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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