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    Cottbus Jagdfliegergeschwader 1 (JG-1) [de] (English: 1st Fighter Wing) "Fritz Schmenkel", Holzdorf Air Base I.Jagdfliegerstaffel/JG-1 (I.JS/JG-1), MiG-21MF...
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    into an operational airfield by 1980. The handover to the NVA's Jagdfliegergeschwader 1 took place at the beginning of November 1982, when it was relocated...
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    lieutenant colonel Thonke was appointed to Commander of the Jagdfliegergeschwader 1 (JG-1) from 1973 to 1975. Hereafter Thonke was assigned to the command...
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    National People's Army. It was given in form of a Medal. Established on August 1, 1974 by the Council of Ministers of the GDR, it was awarded until the dissolution...
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  • East German Air Force. The East Germans had flown MiG-29s with Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 at Preschen Airfield. In October a test wing with MiG-29s was...
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    School for military pilots. Jähn returned to his squadron, the Jagdfliegergeschwader 8, or Fighter Aviation Squad 8, two years later and remained there...
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    Peenemünde Airfield (category V-1 flying bomb facilities)
    People's Army (NVA), which used it until 1990. The main unit was the Jagdfliegergeschwader 9 (JG-9) (English: Fighter Wing 9) with MiG-21 and later MiG-23...
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    "Vladimir Komarov " (Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 " Vladimir Komarov ") in Preschen Air Base. The Fighter Wing 3 flew brand new MiG-29 fighters. On 1 June 1993, the...
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    subordinate to the 1st Air Defence Division. This unit later became Jagdfliegergeschwader 3 (JG-3, English: Fighter Wing 3) flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17...
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