Editing Eurofighter Typhoon (section)

===German Air Force (''Luftwaffe'')===
[[File:Typhoon - RIAT 2019 (49218554186).jpg|thumb|Luftwaffe Eurofighter ''30+25'' departing RIAT, July 2019]]

On 4 August 2003, the German Air Force accepted its first series production Eurofighter (''30+03'') starting the replacement process of the [[Mikoyan MiG-29]]s inherited from the [[East German Air Force]].<ref name="GER1ST" /> The first Luftwaffe Wing to accept the Eurofighter was ''[[Jagdgeschwader 73]]'' "Steinhoff" on 30 April 2004 at [[Rostock–Laage Airport]].<ref name="FirstLWING" /> The second Wing was ''[[Jagdgeschwader 74]]'' (JG74) on 25 July 2006, with four Eurofighters arriving at [[Neuburg Air Base]], beginning the replacement of JG74's [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II]]s.<ref name="REPLACEF4" />

The ''Luftwaffe'' assigned their Eurofighters to QRA on 3 June 2008, taking over from the F-4F Phantom II.<ref name="QRA" />

On 28 October 2014, while deployed to [[Ämari Air Base]] in Estonia as part of the NATO [[Baltic Air Policing]] mission, German Eurofighters scrambled and intercepted seven [[Russian Air Force]] aircraft over the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name="BALTIC" />

The Luftwaffe once again provided Baltic Air Policing at Ämari Air Base between 31 August 2020 and April 2021, having taken over from [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Dassault Mirage 2000-5Fs]] of the [[French Air and Space Force]].<ref name="BALTIC2" />

On 5 June 2024, the German chancellor announced plans to purchase another twenty Eurofighters.<ref>Sprenger, Sebastian. [https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/06/05/germany-leans-into-eurofighter-with-new-order-of-20-jets/ "Germany leans into Eurofighter with new order of 20 jets"]. Defense News, 5 June 2024.</ref>

German Eurofighters took part in [[Exercise Tarang Shakti]] held by the [[Indian Air Force]] from 6 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air drills bring new thrust to India, Germany defense ties – DW – 08/05/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-germany-air-drills-mark-defense-partnership-milestone/a-69862725 |access-date=7 August 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2024 |title=India's first ever multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti' begins at Sulur Air Force Station |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/indias-first-ever-multinational-air-exercise-tarang-shakti-begins-at-sulur-air-force-station/articleshow/112324197.cms |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>