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In 2012, the air defense of the Bundeswehr was completely disbanded. The Luftwaffe was to support the German forces with their Wiesel 2 Ozelot, and German soldiers had access to FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS. This equipment described below is the most likely candidates that have been mentioned by the German military and by the German defence industry.
The reunified Germany's military aircraft consisted of a mix of East and West German Aircraft that were in service along with new aircraft acquired after combining. In 2004 the last remnants of the communist East German armed forces "NVA" have been given to neighbour countries of Germany, such as Poland.
In March 2022, German Minister of Defence Christine Lambrecht announced that Germany intends to buy 35 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter jets instead of Super Hornets to replace the Tornado, the only aircraft Germany possess capable of carrying US nuclear weapons. [29] Another ten may be added to the initial order. [30]
A major part of this announcement was the plan to cut the German fighter fleet from 426 in early 2004 to 265 by 2015. [155] The German Tornado force was to be reduced to 85, with the type expected to remain in service with the Luftwaffe until 2025. [126] The aircraft being retained have been undergoing a service life extension programme. [156]
Germany has 85 operational Tornado jets, but not all are equipped to carry nuclear weapons. Germany drops F-35 from fighter tender; Boeing F/A-18 and Eurofighter to battle on Skip to main content
Japan developed a prototype of a stealth jet fighter called the Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin, previously referred to as the ATD-X. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Japan, seeking to replace its aging fleet of fighter aircraft, began making overtures to the United States on the topic of purchasing F-22 fighters for their own forces. [96]
The German air force on Tuesday scrambled fighter jets to identify and escort a Russian military aircraft flying without a transponder signal close to Germany's Baltic island of Ruegen, it said in ...
Heinkel He 178 - jet-engined experimental aircraft; Heinkel He 219 - night-fighter; Heinkel He 270 - reconnaissance/bomber prototype; Heinkel He 274 - high-altitude bomber; Heinkel He 277 - four-engined He-177, one modified for single "Superbomb" of unknown type; Heinkel He 280 - jet fighter; Heinkel He 343 - jet bomber project