Berlin The inspector of the Luftwaffe, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, complained that some of the Luftwaffe’s technology was “ready for a museum”. “Our current transport helicopter, for example, is already in the Deutsches Museum. And getting the tornado airborne takes a lot of effort. There are almost 200 technician hours for one flight hour,” said the highest-ranking soldier in the German Air Force in an interview with the Handelsblatt.
The EUR 100 billion special fund for the Bundeswehr can therefore only be “start-up financing for important modernization projects”. “But we also urgently need to increase the regular defense budget to two percent of economic output, for example to procure ammunition,” said the general.
Gerhartz was cautious about a possible fighter jet coalition for Ukraine. “Here I am completely with the Chancellor. We must first deliver what we promised Ukraine,” the general said.
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