Starfighter - They wanted to conquer the sky

TelevisionMichael Schernthaner
Written by Claudia Neidig

Michael Schernthaner today on RTL, November 12, 2015, 8:15 pmIn the middleof the "Cold War", the still young Bundeswehr buys the most modern fighter aircraft available worldwide in a deal worth billions on behalf of Defense Minister Franz-Josef Strauß: the Starfighter. What followed was one of the biggest scandals in German post-war history. Of the 916 Starfighters ordered, 262 crashed. 116 pilots dieDirector: Miguel AlexandreProducers: Michael Souvignier, Dominik FrankowskiCasting: Marc Schötteldreier

Claudia Neidig
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