Jagdgeschwader were the series of fighter wings of initially, the German Empire's ''
Luftstreitkräfte
The ''Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte'' (, German Air Combat Forces)known before October 1916 as (The Imperial German Air Service, lit. "The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich")was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-langu ...
'' air arm of the
''Deutsches Heer'', then the successor fighter wings of the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...
's original ''
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
'' air arm of its combined
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...
armed forces (1935-45), and after 1949, the fighter wings of the air arm of the current
Federal German Republic's ''
Bundeswehr
The (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: Germ ...
'' armed forces, the
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
.
*Jagdgeschwader 1
**Royal Prussian
Jagdgeschwader I (World War I)
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Jagdgeschwader 1 ''Oesau'' (Luftwaffe)
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Jagdgeschwader 2
Jagdgeschwader 2 (JG 2) "Richthofen" was a German fighter Wing (military aviation unit), wing during World War II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft.
Named afte ...
''Richtofen''
*Royal Prussian
Jagdgeschwader II (World War I)
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Jagdgeschwader 3
''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a ''Luftwaffe'' fighter aircraft, fighter Wing (air force unit), wing of World War II. The ''Geschwader'' operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst ...
''Udet''
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Jagdgeschwader III (World War I)
*Royal Bavarian
Jagdgeschwader IV (World War I)
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Jagdgeschwader 5 ''Eismeer''
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Jagdgeschwader 26 ''Schlageter''
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Jagdgeschwader 27 ''Afrika''
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Jagdgeschwader 50
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Jagdgeschwader 51 ''Mölders''
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Jagdgeschwader 52
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Jagdgeschwader 53 ''Pik As''
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Jagdgeschwader 54 ''Grünherz''
* Jagdgeschwader 71
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Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" (Bundeswehr)
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Jagdgeschwader 71 (World War II)
*Jagdgeschwader 73 or
Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 "Steinhoff" (Bundeswehr)
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Jagdgeschwader 77 ''Herz As''
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Jagdgeschwader 104
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Jagdgeschwader 130
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Jagdgeschwader 132
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Jagdgeschwader 133
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Jagdgeschwader 135
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Jagdgeschwader 138
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Jagdgeschwader 141
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Jagdgeschwader 144
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Jagdgeschwader 231
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Jagdgeschwader 232
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Jagdgeschwader 234
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Jagdgeschwader 300
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Jagdgeschwader 301
See also
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Wing (military aviation unit)
In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command. In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In Commonwealth countries a wing usually comprises three squadrons, with several wings forming a group ( ...
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Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader
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