German Air Force
The German Air and Space Force (German: Luftwaffe, lit. 'air weapon', pronounced [ˈlʊftvafə] ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. The Luftwaffe (as part of the Bundeswehr) was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch of the armed forces of West Germany.