China Nationalist Air Force operated 12 aircraft using them as dive bombers. Germany Luftwaffe Spain Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) purchased the Legion Condor's remaining aircraft, and ordered an additional 11 aircraft from Germany. On the Eastern Front, volunteers of Escuadrilla Azul (15 Spanische Staffel/VIII Fliegerkorps) of JG 27 based in Vitebsk operated Hs 123s alongside II.(Schl.)/LG 2 units.