Luftwaffe
Nazi aerial branch
Luftwaffe is German for "air weapon" and refers to the German air force.
In English, the term typically evokes the Nazi-era military branch that conducted the Blitz and battled the Royal Air Force during World War II: The Luftwaffe bombed London nightly during the Blitz.
The word remains the official name of Germany's modern air force.
German military aircraft maker
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- CondorCode name for operations
- flying wingTailless aircraft configuration
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
fighter · interceptor · reconnaissance · transport · dive bomber · night fighter · jet fighter
Armed raid outward
- missionPurpose-driven task
- bombing raidAerial military strike
- air superiorityControl of the sky
- dogfightClose combat between aircraft
escort · interception · reconnaissance · ground attack · close air support · strategic bombing · carpet bombing · formation flying
German military aircraft maker
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- Battle of Britain1940 aerial campaign over England
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- Operation BarbarossaNazi Soviet invasion
Eastern Front · Wehrmacht · Enigma · Spanish Civil War · night bombing · London Blitz · Dresden bombing
Military aviation unit
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- aceSingle-pip card
- wingmanSupportive second in formation
- ground crewAircraft support personnel
chain of command · rank · insignia · Iron Cross · airfield · training · officer corps
Western defense organization
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- BundeswehrGerman federal defense forces
- peacekeepingPreventing or ending conflict
Messerschmitt
German military aircraft maker
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- CondorCode name for operations
- flying wingTailless aircraft configuration
bomber · fighter · interceptor · reconnaissance · transport · dive bomber · night fighter · jet fighter
sortie
Armed raid outward
- missionPurpose-driven task
- bombing raidAerial military strike
- air superiorityControl of the sky
dogfight · escort · interception · reconnaissance · ground attack · close air support · strategic bombing · carpet bombing · formation flying · air defense
Messerschmitt
German military aircraft maker
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- Battle of Britain1940 aerial campaign over England
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
Operation Barbarossa · Eastern Front · Wehrmacht · Enigma · Spanish Civil War · night bombing · London Blitz · Dresden bombing
squadron
Military aviation unit
ground crew · chain of command · rank · insignia · Iron Cross · airfield · training · officer corps
NATO
Western defense organization
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- BundeswehrGerman federal defense forces
- Air Forcesair force, US Air Force, RAF, squadrons, airmen
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- German Wordsdie, in, an, auf, von