German Air Force

Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə]  ( listen)) (derived from the words "Luft"= air and "Waffe"=weapon) is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1933 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956. Schweizer Luftwaffe is also the name of the Swiss Air Force in German (Forces aériennes suisses in Frenc... more

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