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German Air Force

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German Air Force

Summary

German Air Force is an air force[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of air_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,528 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • German Air Force was a member of European Air Group[3].
  • German Air Force was a member of FABEC[4].
  • German Air Force is in the country of Germany[5].
  • German Air Force's instance of is recorded as air force[6].
  • German Air Force's logo image is recorded as Roundel of Germany – Type 1 – Border.svg[7].
  • German Air Force's follows is recorded as Luftwaffe[8].
  • German Air Force's follows is recorded as Air Force of the National People's Army[9].
  • German Air Force's seal image is recorded as Bundeswehr Logo Luftwaffe with lettering.svg[10].
  • German Air Force's headquarters location is recorded as Air Force Command[11].
  • German Air Force's ISNI is recorded as 0000000403812741[12].
  • German Air Force's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126298581[13].
  • German Air Force's GND ID is recorded as 2134939-3[14].
  • German Air Force's ICAO airline designator is recorded as GAF[15].
  • German Air Force's part of is recorded as Bundeswehr[16].
  • German Air Force's Commons category is recorded as Air force of Germany[17].
  • German Air Force's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Luftwaffe.ogg[18].
  • +1956-01-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German Air Force[19].
  • German Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as Operation Deliberate Force[20].
  • German Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as NATO bombing of Yugoslavia[21].
  • German Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[22].
  • German Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as Syrian Civil War[23].
  • German Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as War against the Islamic State[24].
  • German Air Force's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lqg2fn[25].
  • German Air Force's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany[26].
  • German Air Force's official website is recorded as https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/luftwaffe[27].

Body

Founding

+1956-01-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German Air Force[19].

Identity

German Air Force's part of is recorded as Bundeswehr[16]. Predecessors include Luftwaffe[8] and Air Force of the National People's Army[9].

Operations

German Air Force's headquarters location is recorded as Air Force Command[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany[26].

Why It Matters

German Air Force ranks in the top 4% of air_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,528 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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. [12] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . euroairgroup.org. Retrieved . euroairgroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . fabec.eu. Retrieved . fabec.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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