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The East German Air Force was unique among Warsaw Pact countries in that it was often equipped with the most advanced Soviet fighters, instead of downgraded export models. As an extension of the Soviet 16th Air Army deployed in East Germany, the Luftstreitkräfte was expected to play a front-line role in any war with NATO. As a result, it was ...
Rank comparison chart of all air forces of European states. ... German Air Force [14. General: ... Pilot officer /acting pilot ...
The commander of the German Air Force is Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz. As of 2015, the German Air Force uses eleven air bases, two of which host no flying units. Furthermore, the Air Force has a presence at three civil airports. In 2012, the German Air Force had an authorized strength of 28,475 active airmen and 4,914 reservists. [4]
Bulgarian Air Force [3. ... German Air Force [12. General: Generalleutnant: ... /acting pilot officer United States Air Force [31.
The Air force engineer officers were to replace the Air engineers of the military officials class, but only a very limited number of such officers were trained before the end of the war. [7] The Air engineering officials were supposed to transfer to the engineering officer career, but that measure was postponed until the end of the war. [ 8 ]
Commissioned officer ranks up to Oberst featured four-pointed golden stars in increasing number according to seniority, and arranged following the Soviet pattern.. Junior officer (lieutenant and captain ranks) shoulder straps were made of silver satin string (German: Silberplattschnur).
The German pilot said his US opponent's F-35 had commendable stealth capabilities. The pilots used paper airplanes to talk about their fight and their various maneuvers. Two NATO fighter jet ...
For Air Force pilots' flying suits there exists a version of the mounting straps with bright-grey emblems (gold-yellow for Generals) on dark-blue base textile (without double-wing). The Air Force double-wing is mounted to other parts of the flying suit, and is intentionally omitted on mounting straps.