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Hi there. I'm glad to pitch in a bit.
For clarification: I only served in the Army (Heer) and had very limited contact to guys from the Luftwaffe (air force). And then mostly to maintainers and mechanics.
So there might be subtle differences there. Plus in the simming world I'm much more familar with the structure of the US-Airforce.
Concerning the Adjutant:
You guys are more or less right. As far as I understand it there is however a subtle difference between the american XO and the german Adjutand. An Adjutand in the german army is much more of a personal assistand to a commanding officer. They might do the same jobs and more or less have the same function than the XO however the conception of the position of adjutand is different.
I guess that has a lot to to with traditions and the prussian army where an Adjutant was more or less a personal secretary to a commanding officer.

If you try to follow the historical development of the role starting as a personal Secretary/Manservant, becoming more intepentend and beeing granted additional "powers of command" you would more or less arrive at what it is today while beeing still aware of the roots and the sublte difference. 

I hope my really convoluted explanation made some kind of sense. I consider myself quite capable communicating in english but most of my "military vocabulary" which is not sim related is in german and some terms are really hard to translate because the equivalent translation superficially means the same but there are some connotations which just don't translate.
As to the structure of the German airforce:
You have Geschwader which is subdivided in Gruppen which is subdivided in Staffeln or Kompanien. In the Luftwaffe ists called a Staffel if it operates in the air and a Kompanie if it operates on the ground. A Geschwader is the hierarchical equivalent of a Regiment, the Gruppe of a Batallion and the Staffel of a Kompanie.

As you can read in Klaibers example the Bundeswehr has the colloqually termed "Aküfi" or Abkürzungsfimmel. A term with which soldiers make fun of the tendency of the Bundeswehr to use acronyms whereever possible.
FlgGrp TaktLwG 73 for example translated to:  Fliegende Gruppe, Taktisches Luftwaffen Geschwader 73. (Flying group, Tactical Airforce Geschwader 73)
About the OPSO part: What is the specific job of the OPSO? I couldn't find a usefull and complete "job description".

What you have to remeber is, that the structure of the Luftwaffe is, in parts, quite different to the US equivalent. They train together and can operate together but the internal organisation is still pretty different even though it has a lot of similarities. Thats not surprising if you a) think of the historical lineage of each airforce and b) consider that the mission, and the capabilities are quite different.

Edit: I wated to add someting:
The german Army sometimes reorganizes units somewhat or uses other organisation scemes if those units are supposed to work together with different Nationalities. The Stab(HQ) of a unit which a combination of different NATO nationalities (So a Joint Bundeswehr and NATO Stab(HQ)) isstructued in Joint Staff Functions in accordance with Nato.
Other examples are the "Deutsch Französische Brigarde" (German- French Brigade) or the Eurokorps.

An interesting tidbid in that regard is, that the Luftwaffe regularily combines parts of different Geschader to form temporary so called Einsatzgeschwader. Those Geschwader are for use in specific conflicts and exist only for a limited time.
For Example the Einsatzgeschwader 1 (Air Force Operational Wing 1) existed from 1995-2001 and was formed parts of JaboG 32 (Jagdbombergeschwader 32 or Strikefighterwing 32) and TaktLwG 51„I“ (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" or Tactical Airforce Wing 51). JaboG 32 is a strike Fighter Wing and TaktLwG51 is a reconnaissance wing.

Those stripes don't seem to be rank insignia but mean something else. But I think you figured out asmuch. I sadly don't know much about the uniforms and insignia of the NVA(Nationale Volksarmee). I'm from the western part of germany and I'm too young to have remembered anything about such details even if I was born in the east. 

These guys are living the high life. NSFW warning, video might contain sexy warbirds! 
Note how the pilot straightens the plane on the runway when rolling (haven't we all done that in the MiG-21?) and how the ventral fin extends downwards upon the retraction of the landing gear.

@Lipfert Thats a really nice looking Build! I alway go with Fractal Define R5 cases. Its a nice case to build with, has dust filters and sound insulation, is understated but still good looking and has no windows. I'm not big on RGB lighting and it has the benefit that I don't have to worry about cable management that much. Plus the pc is integrated in my rig and has its place behind the monitors. So I wouldn't be able to see it anyhow and the lighting might actually be distracting. But I'm really amazed by a good looking build you where able to achieve.
@Wittmann I can really understand your reasoning for not getting a new graphics card. The card was about half of the cost of my build but since I have been planing to upgrade for over a year I decided to just go for it now while cards are actually available from trustworthy distributors.

So far on my new build  Auros X570 Ultra  MB,   Ryzen 5600 X, 1TB Aorus NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD with solid copper heat sinks ( this SSD Screams ! )  64GB corsair  3600,   right now  waiting on a video card.  My 1070TI took a dump,  got a 970 from a J30 guy that had 2 waiting on some kind of price reduction to get a vid card.  I can't justify paying more for the video card than the rest of the system.  Case is a CoolerMaster HAF XB EVO  Lan Box

Hello and welcome to JG1! Since you are based in europe we will surely fly with each other. Looking forward to it!

Hi Guys,
the new PC has arrived and I was  able to test ist out for the first time last Friday.
Because I made my intention to get a new computer quite public I thought I would share my experiences and the performance improvement I got.
With my old rig I used to get 35-45 FPS with some settings on high and most on medium, no SSAA and Forest visibility, Clutter, forest Detail etc. significantly reduced.
With the new Rig and approximatly the same Settings I'm getting around 200 FPS.
Right now I am able to use the highest settings possible and still get 65 FPS (with SSAA set to 2).
The first time in the sim my jaw dropped because of the performance improvement.
The Specs are:
I7 10700K
RTX 3080TI
32 gigs of Ram
1 x 500 GB M2 SSD for the operating system
1 x 1000 GB M2 for all of the sims.
1 x 500 GB SSD I already had for other games
1 x 1000 GB for miscellaneous data
850 Watt Seasonic Prime Powersupply

I think the next step for me is going to look into VR headsets. I guess the new PC should be powerfull enough to comfortably run DCS in VR.
If anybody has any recomondations concerning VR headsets I would be glad to get some suggestions.

Hi Guys,
the new PC has arrived and I was  able to test ist out for the first time last Friday.
Because I made my intention to get a new computer quite public I thought I would share my experiences and the performance improvement I got.
With my old rig I used to get 35-45 FPS with some settings on high and most on medium, no SSAA and Forest visibility, Clutter, forest Detail etc. significantly reduced.
With the new Rig and approximatly the same Settings I'm getting around 200 FPS.
Right now I am able to use the highest settings possible and still get 65 FPS (with SSAA set to 2).
The first time in the sim my jaw dropped because of the performance improvement.
The Specs are:
I7 10700K
RTX 3080TI
32 gigs of Ram
1 x 500 GB M2 SSD for the operating system
1 x 1000 GB M2 for all of the sims.
1 x 500 GB SSD I already had for other games
1 x 1000 GB for miscellaneous data
850 Watt Seasonic Prime Powersupply

I think the next step for me is going to look into VR headsets. I guess the new PC should be powerfull enough to comfortably run DCS in VR.
If anybody has any recomondations concerning VR headsets I would be glad to get some suggestions.

Hi Guys,
the new PC has arrived and I was  able to test ist out for the first time last Friday.
Because I made my intention to get a new computer quite public I thought I would share my experiences and the performance improvement I got.
With my old rig I used to get 35-45 FPS with some settings on high and most on medium, no SSAA and Forest visibility, Clutter, forest Detail etc. significantly reduced.
With the new Rig and approximatly the same Settings I'm getting around 200 FPS.
Right now I am able to use the highest settings possible and still get 65 FPS (with SSAA set to 2).
The first time in the sim my jaw dropped because of the performance improvement.
The Specs are:
I7 10700K
RTX 3080TI
32 gigs of Ram
1 x 500 GB M2 SSD for the operating system
1 x 1000 GB M2 for all of the sims.
1 x 500 GB SSD I already had for other games
1 x 1000 GB for miscellaneous data
850 Watt Seasonic Prime Powersupply

I think the next step for me is going to look into VR headsets. I guess the new PC should be powerfull enough to comfortably run DCS in VR.
If anybody has any recomondations concerning VR headsets I would be glad to get some suggestions.

Hello and welcome to JG1! Since you are based in europe we will surely fly with each other. Looking forward to it!

Hello and welcome to JG1! Since you are based in europe we will surely fly with each other. Looking forward to it!

Thanks a lot Klaiber.
I already ordered the Parts so its already too late😅
I actually work in IT but if I have to work with hardware its mostly server stuff. I only really bother with consumer or gaming hardware when I want to upgrade (or when something new and exiting is getting released). For me it was mostly a cost vs. performance decision. I talked about my thoughts concerning cost vs performance with my girlfriend and she encouraged me to get what I wanted as long as I could afford it. We had a pretty heart warming talk where she advised me to not listen to the part of me that is trying to tell me that I'm not worth what I really want.
The more I think about that conversation the more I think that the second big thing I spend money on this year should be an engagement ring. And a VR Headset of course🤣

Very good @Yogi. I Alway get frustrated and stop trying. I just cant get used to the engine lag.

My new vote for, hardest plane in DCS to AAR with! 
Its no joke fellas, I am pretty good at AAR but I spent 15min chasing the basket before I was able to plug in. The PIO in the JF are REAL!

Thanks a lot Klaiber.
I already ordered the Parts so its already too late😅
I actually work in IT but if I have to work with hardware its mostly server stuff. I only really bother with consumer or gaming hardware when I want to upgrade (or when something new and exiting is getting released). For me it was mostly a cost vs. performance decision. I talked about my thoughts concerning cost vs performance with my girlfriend and she encouraged me to get what I wanted as long as I could afford it. We had a pretty heart warming talk where she advised me to not listen to the part of me that is trying to tell me that I'm not worth what I really want.
The more I think about that conversation the more I think that the second big thing I spend money on this year should be an engagement ring. And a VR Headset of course🤣

Thanks a lot Klaiber.
I already ordered the Parts so its already too late😅
I actually work in IT but if I have to work with hardware its mostly server stuff. I only really bother with consumer or gaming hardware when I want to upgrade (or when something new and exiting is getting released). For me it was mostly a cost vs. performance decision. I talked about my thoughts concerning cost vs performance with my girlfriend and she encouraged me to get what I wanted as long as I could afford it. We had a pretty heart warming talk where she advised me to not listen to the part of me that is trying to tell me that I'm not worth what I really want.
The more I think about that conversation the more I think that the second big thing I spend money on this year should be an engagement ring. And a VR Headset of course🤣

Hi Guys, a small Update. I just ordert the parts for the new Machine.
It cost quite a bit more than I planed for at first but I had the money and its for the only "expensive" hobby I have.
I probably wouldn't have gone ahead If my girlfriend didn't encourage me to spend the money on the new machine. Now I'm going to brew a nice cup of tea and try to calm my nerves a bit.

Thanks a lot Klaiber.
I already ordered the Parts so its already too late😅
I actually work in IT but if I have to work with hardware its mostly server stuff. I only really bother with consumer or gaming hardware when I want to upgrade (or when something new and exiting is getting released). For me it was mostly a cost vs. performance decision. I talked about my thoughts concerning cost vs performance with my girlfriend and she encouraged me to get what I wanted as long as I could afford it. We had a pretty heart warming talk where she advised me to not listen to the part of me that is trying to tell me that I'm not worth what I really want.
The more I think about that conversation the more I think that the second big thing I spend money on this year should be an engagement ring. And a VR Headset of course🤣

I wish I could offer some advice or help, but I'm horrible at this type of thing.

Syria is a good deal, for those that don’t have it, yet.  

I have to correct myself: its 32gb to download but 61gb to unpack. Its not going to take me 24hrs but I still have about three to four hours to go...
Can't wait!

I'm hearing reports from folks that Cyprus was added to Syria also, which is doubely exciting as I can finally fly out from RAF Akrotiri where I used to live :).

Really looking forward to it.

Good news everyone!
Mi-24P is due for EA release TODAY! Please view the following post: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/272848-dcs-mi-24p-early-access-start-date-planned-16th-june-2021/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-4693573
I hadn't pre-ordered but the discount at time of this post is still live for anyone still on the fence. Don't know if I'll get a chance to fly her this week, but it's exciting she'll finally be available for us to fly.

Over 60 gb... ist going to take a while...