Having done an exchange tour with the Luftwaffe I can't agree with BEagle that their stations are better than ours and I,ve been to most of them. Some of what they have is good but don't forget many of their aircraft are as old as ours and due to be replaced at the same time. They just haven't worked them as hard as we have, not being allowed to "play" until reunification and a constitution change in the mid 90s.
And as one german collegue of mine once told me "You shouldn't make jokes about the second world war, many germans suffered as well...for example my grandfather died in a concetration camp.....................................he was pissed and fell off his watch tower!