Air Force Command (Germany) Explained

Unit Name:Air Force Command
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Native Name:Kommando Luftwaffe (Kdo Lw)
Dates:1 October 2012
Country: Germany
Branch:German Air Force
Type:High command
Garrison:Gatow
Commander1:Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz
Commander1 Label:Inspector of the Air Force
Commander2:Lieutenant General
Commander2 Label:Deputy Inspector of the Air Force
Commander3:Major General
Commander3 Label:Chief of Staff

The Air Force Command (German: Kommando Luftwaffe, Kdo Lw) is the high command of the German Air Force of the Bundeswehr as well as the staff of the Inspector of the Air Force. It was formed in 2012, as a merger of the German Air Staff (Führungsstab der Luftwaffe) with parts of the Air Force Office (Luftwaffenamt), and the Air Force Forces Command (Luftwaffenführungskommando), as part of a larger reorganization of the Bundeswehr. The headquarters of the command are in Gatow, Berlin, but some of the staff is in Köln instead.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kommando Luftwaffe . 23 January 2013 . 9 July 2013 . Bundeswehr . Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, Presse- und Informationsstab . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130712014917/http://www.bundeswehr.de/resource/resource/MzEzNTM4MmUzMzMyMmUzMTM1MzMyZTM2MzIzMDMwMzAzMDMwMzAzMDY4NjM2MTM0MzM3OTc2NzIyMDIwMjAyMDIw/Kommando%20Luftwaffe.pdf . 12 July 2013 .