Your point is a valid one, but Germany has a lot of restrictions on what military force it can have. It's not necessarily a choice. What's the point of 'bother

Your point is a valid one, but Germany has a lot of restrictions on what military force it can have. It's not necessarily a choice. What's the point of 'bothering' to keep a token airforce airworthy when your total military personnel is capped to far below a useful amount (350,000) for any reasonable attempt at defence, and for historical reasons you are incredibly adverse to using them overseas?