German Air Force
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Sep 25, 2026
Sandro FordHOST
What is it?
Simon EmanuelHOST
It's German Air Force.
Simon EmanuelHOST
German Air Force.
Simon EmanuelHOST
Nazi Germany, yeah.
Simon EmanuelHOST
So you-
Joe HorganHOST
So anyway, one other air-related story is that although AirBaltic might be slashing the amount of airplanes that it owns, there are more airplanes coming to Latvia, very specifically NATO jets, something that Latvia is very, very happy to hear about.
Joe HorganHOST
These are going to be four Eurofighter jet planes from the German Air Force, which are coming to Lille Varde, which is one of Latvia's major companies.
Joe HorganHOST
or I should say military bases in the entire country.
Joe HorganHOST
And this is specifically timed during the election, which is happening at the beginning of October.
Sam LivingstonCORRESPONDENT
Germany's first F-35A Lightning II fighter jet flew for the first time in Texas near its manufacturing site on September 8.
Sam LivingstonCORRESPONDENT
It is the first of 35 F-35As Germany ordered in 2022, which the German Air Force expects to enter service in 2030.
Sam LivingstonCORRESPONDENT
This jet purchase gives Germany technological insight into and operational control over the top mainline U.S. fighter model.
Sam LivingstonCORRESPONDENT
Within four years, German pilots will fly stealth U.S.-made warplanes capable of striking with U.S.-made nuclear weapons stationed at Buschel Air Base on German soil.
BeauHOST
How do you pronounce that? Luftstreitkraft...
BeauHOST
World War I era German Air Force.
BeauHOST
Baron von Richthofen, I don't know why they haven't put that there, but the Red Baron, von Richthofen, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai in France.
BeauHOST
He went on to win dozens, wasn't he? Dozens and dozens of aerial combats, but in the end, right near the end of the war, was himself shot down and killed.
GerdesHOST
And one of these days, something is going to go wildly wrong, and we're gonna have a Archduke Ferdinand type moment if we're not careful.
GerdesHOST
Wun- Wunstorf Air Base, I guess Wunstorf Air Base, is the home of the German Air Force's 62nd Air Transport Wing, which operates Bundeswehr, uh, Airbus, uh, A400M transport fleet.
GerdesHOST
It's the main base for Germans' A400Ms and serves as a major hub for military air transport, including logistics, troop transport, medevac, and aerial refueling missions.
GerdesHOST
The drone came down in an open, uninhabited area, and authorities currently say that there are no indications of danger to the public.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
Blackout curtains, ration books, and the constant threat of German bombers droning over the industrial Midlands.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
This was factory country, the heart of Britain's weapons production, which made it a target for the German Air Force.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
By 1943, people in these towns had already lived through waves of bombing.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
They knew the sound of the sirens and the shape of the night spent waiting them out.
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Vanessa RichardsonHOST
She had been a spy.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
Anna's story went like this.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
During the war, a Nazi spy ring had been working in the Midlands, gathering the locations of the region's munitions factories so the German Air Force could bomb them.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
According to Anna, Bella was part of it.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
Blackout curtains, ration books, and the constant threat of German bombers droning over the industrial midlands.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
This was factory country, the heart of Britain's weapons production, which made it a target for the German Air Force.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
By 1943, people in these towns had already lived through waves of bombing.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
They knew the sound of the sirens and the shape of the nights spent waiting them out.
24 MINS LATER
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
She had been a spy.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
Anna's story went like this.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
During the war, a Nazi spy ring had been working in the Midlands, gathering the locations of the region's munitions factories so the German Air Force could bomb them.
Vanessa RichardsonHOST
According to Anna, Bella was part of it.
Stanton FriedmanGUEST
Six foot of concrete, 13,000 feet.
Stanton FriedmanGUEST
The German Air Force used to come over and fly there because plenty of room, no mountains close by.
Stanton FriedmanGUEST
So I talked to Jesse.
Stanton FriedmanGUEST
He gave me some names.
TowerHOST
The roundel on that aircraft belongs to the Bundesluftwaffe.
TowerHOST
The German Air Force.
TowerHOST
I'm Tower.
TowerHOST
This is ATIS on Radio Hangar, and that flight happened today.
TowerHOST
But the Tornado is old now.
TowerHOST
Genuinely old.
TowerHOST
The German Air Force has been nursing these airframes along for years.
TowerHOST
Investing in upgrades where possible, extending service lives through careful maintenance.
speaker_18GUEST
The reaction of the Allies to the invasion of Poland was to declare war on Germany, but the actual practical effect of what they would do next was problematic because, of course, there was no easy way they could get troops and material in to assist Poland.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Hermann Göring, Supreme Commander of the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe, was disturbed by Britain's declaration of war.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If we lose this war, God help us.
speaker_0NARRATOR
By September 6th, Warsaw's air defense was limited to 96 anti-aircraft guns.
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