This changed in 1955 when West Germany joined NATO, as the Western Allies believed that Germany was needed to counter the increasing military threat posed by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies.
Isto cambiou cando Alemaña do Oeste uniuse á OTAN en 1955, ao considerar os aliados occidentais que era necesaria unha forza aérea de Alemaña Occidental ante a crecente ameaza militar que representaba a Unión Soviética e os seus aliados do Pacto de Varsovia.