Air Force Forces Command (Germany) Explained

Unit Name:Air Force Forces Command
Native Name:German: Luftwaffenführungskommando, LwFüKdo
Dates:1 October 1970 – 30 June 2013
Country: Germany
Branch:German Air Force
Type:High command authority
Size:450 (staff)
Garrison:Köln
Garrison Label:Headquarters

The Air Force Forces Command (German: Luftwaffenführungskommando, LwFüKdo), previously the Air Fleet Command (German: Luftflottenkommando) from 1970 to 2001, was a high command authority of the German Air Force of the Bundeswehr, responsible for the operations of the Air Force. In 2013, it was disbanded after its functions were merged into the new Air Force Command (Kommando Luftwaffe), along with those of the other high command bodies of the German Air Force.[1]

Its subordinate elements were:

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 .