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{{distinguish|Inspector of Combat Flight|General der Flieger}}
{{Use shortened footnotes|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox official post
| post                     = Inspector
| body                     = Fighters 
| native_name              = ''Inspekteur der Jagdflieger''
| flag                     = 
| flagsize                 = 
| flagborder               = 
| flagcaption              = 
| insignia                 = COA Luftwaffe eagle gold (looking sinister).svg
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| image                    = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0123, Adolf Galland.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| alt                      = 
| imagecaption             = '''Longest serving officeholder'''<br />'''''Generalleutnant'' [[Adolf Galland]]'''<br />5 December 1941 – 31 January 1945
| incumbent                = 
| incumbentsince           = 
| type                     = 
| status                   = 
| department               = {{air force|Nazi Germany}}
| style                    = 
| member_of                = [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe]]
| reports_to               = [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe|Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe]]
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| seat                     = 
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| appointer                = 
| appointer_qualified      = 
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| constituting_instrument  = 
| precursor                = 
| formation                = 1 August 1935
| first                    = [[Robert Ritter von Greim]]
| last                     = [[Gordon Gollob]]
| abolished                = 8 May 1945
| succession               =
| abbreviation             = 
| unofficial_names         = 
| deputy                   = [[#Subordinated inspectors|See lists]]
| salary                   = 
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}}

'''Inspector of Fighters''' ([[German language]]: ''Inspekteur der Jagdflieger'' redesignated to ''General der Jagdflieger'' ('''General of Fighters''')) was not a rank but a leading position within the [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe|High Command]] of the German [[Luftwaffe]] in [[Nazi Germany]]. The inspector was responsible for the readiness, training and tactics of the fighter force. It was not an operational command.<ref>Isby 1998, p. 18.</ref>

==Inspectors==
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|-style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=6| ''Inspekteur der Jagdflieger''
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-401-0204-25, Robert Ritter v. Greim.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberstleutnant]]''
| officeholder      = [[Robert Ritter von Greim]]
| officeholder_sort = Greim, Robert 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1892
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 1 August 1935
| term_end          = 20 April 1936
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1935|08|01|1936|04|20}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-174-10, Hermann Göring und Bruno Loerzer (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Generalmajor]]''
| officeholder      = [[Bruno Loerzer]]
| officeholder_sort = Loerzer, Bruno 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1891
| died_year         = 1960
| term_start        = 1 April 1938
| term_end          = 31 January 1939
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1938|04|01|1939|01|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| image             = Werner Junck.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Werner Junck]]
| officeholder_sort = Junck, Werner 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1895
| died_year         = 1976
| term_start        = 1 February 1939
| term_end          = 4 June 1940
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1939|02|01|1940|06|04}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Generalmajor]]'' 
| officeholder      = [[Kurt-Bertram von Döring]]
| officeholder_sort = Döring, Kurt
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1960
| term_start        = 19 December 1940
| term_end          = 5 August 1941
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1940|12|19|1941|08|05}}
}}
|-style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=6| ''General der Jagdflieger''
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-116-29, Werner Mölders.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Werner Mölders]]
| officeholder_sort = Mölders, Werner
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1913
| died_year         = 1941
| died              = y
| term_start        = 7 August 1941
| term_end          = 22 November 1941
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1941|08|07|1941|11|22}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0123, Adolf Galland.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Generalleutnant]]''
| officeholder      = [[Adolf Galland]]
| officeholder_sort = Galland, Adolf
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1996
| term_start        = 5 December 1941
| term_end          = 31 January 1945 
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1941|12|05|1945|01|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0125, Gordon Mac Gollob.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Gordon Gollob]]
| officeholder_sort = Gollob, Gordon 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1987
| term_start        = 31 January 1945
| term_end          = 8 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|01|31|1945|05|08}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Subordinated inspectors==

===Inspector of the Day Fighters===
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| order             = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0126, Günther Lützow.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberstleutnant]]''
| officeholder      = [[Günther Lützow]]
| officeholder_sort = Lützow, Günther
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 11 August 1942
| term_end          = 17 December 1943
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1942|08|11|1943|12|17}}
}}
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| order             = 2
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Hannes Trautloft]]
| officeholder_sort = Trautloft, Hannes
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1995
| term_start        = 17 December 1943
| term_end          = 26 January 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|12|17|1945|01|26}}
}}
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| order             = 3
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Walther Dahl]]
| officeholder_sort = Dahl, Walther
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1916
| died_year         = 1985
| term_start        = 26 January 1945
| term_end          = 8 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|1|26|1945|05|8}}
}}
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===Inspector of the Day Fighters, East===
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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberstleutnant]]''
| officeholder      = [[Hannes Trautloft]]
| officeholder_sort = Trautloft, Hannes
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1995
| term_start        = 6 July 1943
| term_end          = 17 December 1943
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|07|06|1943|12|17}}
}}
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| order             = 2
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0704-500, Smolensk, Karl Gottfried Nordmann.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Karl-Gottfried Nordmann]]
| officeholder_sort = Nordmann, Karl
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1915
| died_year         = 1982
| term_start        = 9 February 1945
| term_end          = 8 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|02|09|1945|05|08}}
}}
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===Inspector of the Day Fighters, West===
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{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0126, Günther Lützow.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Günther Lützow]]
| officeholder_sort = Lützow, Günther 
| officeholder_note = {{small|''Inspekteur der Tagjäger West und Süd''}}
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 6 July 1943
| term_end          = 17 December 1943
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|07|06|1943|12|17}}
}}
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| order             = 2
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Josef Priller]]
| officeholder_sort = Priller, Josef 
| officeholder_note = {{small|''Inspekteur der Tagjäger West''}}
| born_year         = 1915
| died_year         = 1961
| term_start        = 9 February 1945
| term_end          = 8 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|02|09|1945|05|08}}
}}
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===Inspector of the Night Fighters===
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| order             = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1985-017-36, Josef Kammhuber (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Josef Kammhuber]]
| officeholder_sort = Kammhuber, Josef 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1896
| died_year         = 1986
| term_start        = August 1941
| term_end          = 20 November 1943
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1941|08|1|1943|11|20}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| image             = 
| military_rank     = ''[[Oberst]]''
| officeholder      = [[Werner Streib]]
| officeholder_sort = Priller, Josef 
| officeholder_note = 
| born_year         = 1911
| died_year         = 1986
| term_start        = March 1944
| term_end          = 8 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1944|03|1|1945|05|08}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite book
  |last=Isby
  |first=David C.
  |year=1998
  |title=The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View from the Cockpit
  |location=London
  |publisher=Greenhill Books
  |isbn=978-1-85367-327-6
}}

[[Category:Luftwaffe]]
[[Category:Military ranks of Germany]]


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