A Day Out with the Luftwaffe

marcsignal

Some pics of my Nephew's Bundeswehr Passing Out Parade, Kaserne Roth, Germany, June 2010.

III Zug - 5Kompanie - Luftwaffenausbildungsregement

Unit Info

Steyr

Thank you for sharing, why are they wearing different boots for what I am asuming is their Number 1's?

Is it along the lines of Officer/PVT/NCO Rank?

marcsignal

No Steyr, they are all the same rank (private). They had all just finished their 9 months National Service recruit training. The 3 lads wearing shoes in the bottom pics had just changed into them after the parade to go into town. In Germany it's not permitted to leave the Barracks wearing the boots as the others are, unless you're on duty doing something.

The thing I thought was odd, is that they salute NCO's as well as we would Officers.
They seem to spend all day saluting anything that moves

punchdrunk

that poor starfighter is in a sad state

BostonB

Nice photos.

marcsignal

punchdrunk wrote: »

that poor starfighter is in a sad state

didn't they call that aircraft the 'widowmaker' or something ? because it was supposed to be unsafe.

they have loads of other stuff like that mounted all over the base, old helicopters and other aircraft.

punchdrunk

the 104 was indeed called the widowmaker
there was many an instructional cartoon on it's quirks











the Luftwaffe lost about 30% of aircraft in accidents over its operating career,and Canada lost over 50% of its F-104s :eek:

Steyr

punchdrunk wrote: »

that poor starfighter is in a sad state

Stripped bac to what appears to be her primer paint.

BlaasForRafa

marcsignal wrote: »

didn't they call that aircraft the 'widowmaker' or something ? because it was supposed to be unsafe.

they have loads of other stuff like that mounted all over the base, old helicopters and other aircraft.

Indeed, Erich Hartmann resigned from the Luftwaffe in protest over the choice of the Starfighter as the services main interceptor.

BostonB

A missile with tiny wings. A rocket real ship.

http://www.cavok-aviation-photos.net/PdM/F104SASAM_MM6930.jpg

BuckJamesRogers

Cheers for posting and congrats