Luftwaffe

The first modernized Panavia Tornado took off from Airbus facilities in Manching, Germany, following a process to extend the airframe life expectancy til 2030....

After canceling the tender in September 2020, Germany resumed the competition to find a heavy-lift helicopter replacement....

The Luftwaffe broke the record for the longest Airbus A350 flight, flying 17,000 kilometers non-stop from Cologne to Canberra....

The second A350 to be used by the Luftwaffe for the transport of the German government representatives completed its maiden flight at Airbus’ main facility of Toulouse-Blagnac....

In the span of a week, Eurofighter Typhoon jets assigned to NATO Baltic Air Policing mission identified and escorted two Rusian military aircraft as they were flying out of Kaliningrad....

The Bundestag, the German parliament, approved the acquisition of 38 Eurofighter Typhoons for the Luftwaffe, in a deal estimated to be worth around €5.4 billion. The delivery of the Airbus fourth-generation fighter jets should start from 2025....

The Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, took delivery from Lufthansa Technik of the first new Airbus A350 due to operate as a governmental aircraft....

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has won the first A321LR order for two aircraft from Lufthansa Technik....

The Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) consortium under the industrial leadership of Airbus has been commissioned to modernize the German simulators of the Eurofighter Typhoon. The update follows an order for 90 Typhoons by the German government....

The first A350 of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, flew from Toulouse, France to Hamburg, Germany, to receive a transitional cabin. The aircraft will be used for transportation by German officials, hopefully putting an end to the strike of mishaps involving the country’s governmental planes....