Jagdgeschwader were the series of fighter wings of initially, the German Empire's '' Luftstreitkräfte'' air arm of the ''Deutsches Heer'', then the successor fighter wings of the Third Reich's original '' Luftwaffe'' air arm of its combined Wehrmacht armed forces (1935-45), and after 1949, the fighter wings of the air arm of the current Federal German Republic's '' Bundeswehr'' armed forces, the Luftwaffe. *Jagdgeschwader 1 **Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader I (World War I) ** Jagdgeschwader 1 ''Oesau'' (Luftwaffe) *

Jagdgeschwader 2 Jagdgeschwader 2 (JG 2) "Richthofen" was a German fighter wing during World War II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft. Named after the famed World War I flying ...

''Richtofen'' *Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader II (World War I) *

Jagdgeschwader 3 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a ''Luftwaffe'' fighter 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, an important figure in the develo ...

''Udet'' *

Jagdgeschwader III ''Jagdgeschwader III (Fighter Wing III, or JG III)'' was a fighter wing of the Imperial German Air Service during World War I. It was founded on 2 February 1918, as a permanent consolidation of four established ''jagdstaffeln'' (fighter squadron ...

(World War I) *Royal Bavarian Jagdgeschwader IV (World War I) *

Jagdgeschwader 5 Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5) was a German Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It was created to operate in the far north of Europe, namely Norway, Scandinavia and northern parts of Finland, all nearest the Arctic Ocean, with ''Luftflotte'' 5 ...

''Eismeer'' *

Jagdgeschwader 26 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 26 (JG 26) ''Schlageter'' was a German fighter-wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French for ...

''Schlageter'' * Jagdgeschwader 27 ''Afrika'' *

Jagdgeschwader 50 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 50 (JG 50), sometimes erroneously referred to as ''Jagdgruppe'' 50, was formed at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Airfield in the in early June 1943 as ''Jagdgruppe Süd''. It only controlled two augmented '' Staffeln'' (squadrons). It w ...

* Jagdgeschwader 51 ''Mölders'' * Jagdgeschwader 52 * Jagdgeschwader 53 ''Pik As'' *

Jagdgeschwader 54 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 54 (JG 54) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during the Second World War. JG 54 flew most of its missions on the Eastern Front where it claimed more than 9,600 aircraft shot down. It was the second-highest scoring wing in the Luftw ...

''Grünherz'' * Jagdgeschwader 71 ** Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" (Bundeswehr) **

Jagdgeschwader 71 (World War II) ''Jagdgeschwader'' 71 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast major ...

*Jagdgeschwader 73 or

Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 ''Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader'' (Tactical Air Force Wing) 73 " Steinhoff", formerly known as ''Jagdgeschwader 73'' (Fighter Wing 73), is a fighter wing of the German Air Force. The wing is based in north-eastern Germany at Rostock-Laage Airp ...

"Steinhoff" (Bundeswehr) * Jagdgeschwader 77 ''Herz As'' * Jagdgeschwader 104 * Jagdgeschwader 130 * Jagdgeschwader 132 * Jagdgeschwader 133 *

Jagdgeschwader 135 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 135 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast major ...

* Jagdgeschwader 138 * Jagdgeschwader 141 * Jagdgeschwader 144 *

Jagdgeschwader 231 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 231 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast major ...

* Jagdgeschwader 232 *

Jagdgeschwader 234 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 234 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II. It operated during peacetime and conducted formation flying, simulated aerial combat, and firing on ground targets. Many of its pilots came from Jagdgruppe 88 (L ...

Jagdgeschwader 300 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 300 (JG 300) was a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft, fighter-Wing (air force unit), wing of World War II. JG 300 was formed on June 26, 1943 in Deelen as Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, from July 18, 1943 as Stab/JG Herrmann and fi ...

* Jagdgeschwader 301

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