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11 - FromBefehlsausgabeto “Briefing”

The Americanization of the Luftwaffe

from Part Four - The German Armed Forces and the American Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2013

By
Wolfgang Schmidt
Edited by
Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr  and
Detlef Junker
Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr
Affiliation:
State University of New York
Detlef Junker
Affiliation:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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Summary

The West German experts envisioned that the Federal Republic would provide the proposed European Defense Community (EDC) with a modern tactical air force for close air support to German army units. The plan to restrict the air force to providing combat support to ground forces stemmed in part from the dominance of infantry and artillery experts in the West Germans' discussions and the lessons they had drawn from their World War II experiences. It also reflected the scant attention the Jahrbuch der Luftwaffe had given to aerial doctrine and the theory of airpower during the 1930s and 1940s. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) began a program within the framework of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) in 1953 to train pilots and technicians from NATO member states at air bases in Bavaria. The scale of American materiel and training support reduced their chances to influence German air potential.

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John J. McCloy's policyLittle America issueGerman-American Women's ClubHeidelbergEuropean CommandGerman-American Relations
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GIs in Germany
The Social, Economic, Cultural, and Political History of the American Military Presence
 , pp. 252 - 270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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