20th-century German aviation

thumb|right|The USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)|USS Los Angeles, a [[United States Navy airship built in Germany by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (Zeppelin Airship Company) ]]

government department in Nazi Germany (1933–1945)

The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (, German Air Combat Forces)known before October 1916 as ' (lit. "The flying troops of the German Imperial Reich")was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service', although that is not a literal translation of either name. German naval aviators of the were an integral part of the Imperial German Navy (). Both military branches operated aeroplanes, observation balloons and airships.

airport in Lipetsk, German Reich

German aviator (1892–1929)

former German gliding organization