5. Luftwaffendivision

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 5th Air Force Division, in de: 5. Luftwaffendivision (5. LWD), was an Division of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe. It was located from 1963 to 1971 in Birkenfeld and from 1990 to 1994 in Strausberg (Eggersdorf). It was the successor of the Kommando LSK/LV. The 5th Air Division was formed in April 1963, after the creation in Trier of Fliegerführer Süd in 1959, which became Fliegerdivision Süd (Air Division South) in Karlsruhe in 1961. The division headquarters was located in Birkenfeld, up to the time of the first division were also assigned to ground-based air defense forces. From 1971 the division's units fell under the command of the 2nd Air Division.... Mehr