Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31

Tactical Air Force Wing 31
Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke"
Active20 June 1958–present
Country Germany
BranchGerman Air Force
RoleGround Attack
Garrison/HQNörvenich Air Base
PatronOswald Boelcke
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Kleinheyer
Notable
commanders
Gerhard Barkhorn
Wilhelm Meyn
Friedrich Obleser
Aircraft flown
AttackFormerly: Present: Eurofighter Typhoon

Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke" (Tactical Air Force Wing 31; abbreviated as TaktLwG 31 "B"), formerly known as Jagdbombergeschwader 31 (Fighter-Bomber Wing 31; abbreviated as: JaBoG 31), is a fighter-bomber wing of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The wing is based in west Germany at Nörvenich Air Base. Its role are Air Interdiction, Offensive Counter Air and Close Air Support. The wing flies the Eurofighter Typhoon.

On 1 October 2013, the renamed unit also became the parent unit of the newly established Tactical Air Force Group "Richthofen".[1]

  1. ^ "Das Taktische Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke"" (in German). German Air Force. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.