Royal Air Force Germany was a command of the Royal Air Force, consisting of those units based in Germany initially as part of the occupation following World War II and later as part of the RAF's commitment to the defense of Europe during the Cold War. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Jump to: navigation, search For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ...
RAF Germany was disbanded as a separate command in 1993 as part of the reduction of British military presence in Europe at the end of the Cold War. The remaining RAF forces in Germany ceased to be a separate command and instead became No 2 Group, part of RAF Strike Command. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Strike Command is the successor organisation in the Royal Air Force to RAF Bomber Command, RAF Fighter Command and RAF Coastal Command of WWII fame. ...
The most previous incarnation of 2 Group was between 1st April 1993, when it was formed from the former RAFGermany, and 1st April 1996, when it's units were merged into the other groups in Strike Command.
While Germany has had its home-grown terrorists, most notably the RAF (Red Army Faction, see below), terrorism in Germany is not always “German.” When the Americans still had a large military presence in Germany, they sometimes became the target of terrorists.
In recent years, incidents like a police shoot-out with suspected RAF terrorist Wolfgang Grams, and the assassinations of prominent Germans such as banker Alfred Herrhausen (1989) and Treuhand head Detlev Rohweder (1991) have kept the memories all too fresh.
The possible release or parole of imprisoned RAF members was particularly disturbing to many Germans in the late 1990s.
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