List of military aircraft of Germany

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This list of military aircraft of Germany includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991.

In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some types that had been operated by the GDR were no longer in service by then, and these are so noted.

Before 1919

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

Patrol and reconnaissance

Trainers

Experimental and research

1919–1945

Fighters and interceptors

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

Patrol and reconnaissance

Transport and utility

Trainers

Helicopters

  • Flettner Fl 184 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
  • Flettner Fl 185 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
  • Flettner Fl 265 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
  • Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird), reconnaissance helicopter
  • Flettner Fl 339 prototype reconnaissance helicopter
  • Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (Dragon), transport helicopter (prototype
  • Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter (prototype)
  • Focke Achgelis Fa 330, unpowered "gyrokite" (prototype)
  • Focke Achgelis Fa 336 scout helicopter (prototype), 1944
  • Focke-Wulf Fw 61, helicopter (prototype)
  • Focke-Wulf Fw 186, autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)

Experimental and research

  • DFS 39, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
  • DFS 40, Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
  • DFS 194, rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
  • DFS 228, rocket-powered high altitude long range reconnaissance prototype
  • DFS 332
  • DFS 346, supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)
  • Göppingen Gö 9 development aircraft for Do 335 Pfeil
  • Heinkel He 176, pioneering liquid-fueled rocket-engined experimental aircraft (prototype)
  • Heinkel He 178, pioneering jet-engined experimental aircraft
  • Heinkel Lerche, VTOL experiment
  • Lippisch P.13a, delta-winged ramjet powered fighter.
  • Messerschmitt Me P.1101, variable-geometry jet fighter.

1946–1991

Fighters and interceptors

West Germany

  • Hawker Sea Hawk
  • Lockheed F-104F, G, TF-104G Starfighter
  • McDonnell-Douglas F-4F, F, RF-4E Phantom II
  • North American/Canadair CL-13 Sabre 5, 6, F-86K
  • Republic F-84 Thunderstreak, RF-84F Thunderflash

East Germany

Bombers and ground-attack aircraft

West Germany

East Germany

Patrol and reconnaissance

West Germany

Transport and utility

West Germany

East Germany

Trainers

West Germany

East Germany

Helicopters

West Germany

  • Aérospatiale Alouette II
  • Aérospatiale Dauphin N4
  • Aérospatiale Djinn
  • Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
  • Aérospatiale Super Puma
  • Aérospatiale Cougar
  • Bell 47G-2
  • UH-1D Iroquois/Bell 205/212
  • Bölkow Bö 46
  • Bristol Sycamore
  • Hiller UH-12C
  • MBB Bo 102
  • MBB Bo 103
  • MBB Bo 105A, BSH-1, C, M, VBH, P, PAH-1
  • MBB Bo 106
  • MBB Bo 115
  • MBB/Kawasaki BK 117A-3M
  • Merckle SM 67
  • Saro Skeeters Mk. 50, Mk.51
  • Sikorsky CH-34A, C, G
  • Westland Sea King HAS.41
  • Sikorsky Skycrane
  • Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion
  • Vertol H-21 Shawnee
  • Wallis Venom
  • Westland Lynx HAS 88

East Germany

Experimental and research

Other aircraft

1991 onwards

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.

Fighters and interceptors

Fighter bombers

Air Force

Navy

Patrol and reconnaissance

Luftwaffe

Navy

  • Breguet Atlantic, out of service
  • P-3C Orion (with the most modern upgrades worldwide)

UAVs

Air Force

Army

Transport and utility

Air Force

Navy

Trainers

Helicopters

Army

  • NHIndustries NH90
  • Eurocopter Tiger
  • Eurocopter EC-135 (Trainer)
  • Bell UH-1D, out of service
  • Eurocopter (MBB) BO-105P/M, out of service

Navy

Airforce

Experimental and research

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". Air Enthusiast, No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp. 56–61. ISSN 0143-5450

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