Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51

Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" , formerly known as Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 , is a tactical reconnaissance wing of the German Air Force.

In the beginning of the 1990s, the German Air Force disbanded its two reconnaissance air wings and phased out their RF-4Es. At the same time, the German Navy made the decision to disband one of its two Tornado fighter-bomber wings. A new dedicated tactical reconnaissance air wing was needed, so in 1992 the Tornado IDS aircraft and manpower of the 1st Flying Squadron of the Navy's MFG-1 together with the Jagel Air Base were transferred to the Air Force to form the new wing under the interim designation Air Force Tornado Wing Jagel. The 2nd Flying Squadron became the third Tornado squadron in the Navy's single remaining fighter-bomber air wing - the MFG-2 at Tarp-Eggebek. A year later in 1993 the wing took over the 51st Reconnaissance Wing ) designation and the honorary name of World War I German flying ace Max Immelmann.

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