Luftflotte Reich was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

 in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. It was formed on February 5, 1944 in Berlin-Wannsee from Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte. Its primary task was to defend German air space during the Defense of the Reich

Defense of the Reich

The Defence of the Reich is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe over German occupied Europe and Germany itself during World War II. Its aim was to prevent the destruction of German military and civil industries by the Western Allies...

 campaign.

It was among the only Luftwaffe division that was in possession of a sizable number of Me 262's and Me 163's fielding over 140 rocket aircraft as late as February 1945.

Chief of staff

• Generalmajor Sigismund Freiherr von Falkenstein, 5 February 1944 - 12 May 1944
• Generalmajor Andreas Nielsen, 12 May 1944 - 8 May 1945