Air Force Command (Germany)

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{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = Air Force Command
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| native_name = Kommando Luftwaffe (Kdo Lw)

| image = Kommando Luftwaffe (Bundeswehr).svg

| image_size = 150px

| caption =Insignia

| dates = 1 October 2012

| country = {{flag|Germany}}

| branch = German Air Force

| type = High command

| size =

| command_structure =

| garrison = Gatow

| garrison_label =

| motto =

| commander1 = Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz

| commander1_label =Inspector of the Air Force

| commander2 =Lieutenant General {{ill|Ansgar Rieks|de}}

| commander2_label =Deputy Inspector of the Air Force

| commander3 = Major General {{ill|Wolfgang Ohl|de}}

| commander3_label = Chief of Staff

| notable_commanders =

}}

The Air Force Command ({{langx|de|Kommando Luftwaffe, Kdo Lw}}) is the high command of the German Air Force of the Bundeswehr as well as the staff of the Inspector of the Air Force. It was formed in 2012, as a merger of the German Air Staff (Führungsstab der Luftwaffe) with parts of the Air Force Office (Luftwaffenamt), and the Air Force Forces Command (Luftwaffenführungskommando), as part of a larger reorganization of the Bundeswehr. The headquarters of the command are in Gatow, Berlin, but some of the staff is in Köln instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.bundeswehr.de/resource/resource/MzEzNTM4MmUzMzMyMmUzMTM1MzMyZTM2MzIzMDMwMzAzMDMwMzAzMDY4NjM2MTM0MzM3OTc2NzIyMDIwMjAyMDIw/Kommando%20Luftwaffe.pdf |title=Kommando Luftwaffe |date=23 January 2013 |accessdate=9 July 2013 |publisher=Bundeswehr |author=Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, Presse- und Informationsstab |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712014917/http://www.bundeswehr.de/resource/resource/MzEzNTM4MmUzMzMyMmUzMTM1MzMyZTM2MzIzMDMwMzAzMDMwMzAzMDY4NjM2MTM0MzM3OTc2NzIyMDIwMjAyMDIw/Kommando%20Luftwaffe.pdf |archivedate=12 July 2013 }}

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