Also on 6 May, Luftwaffe Oberst Werner Junck received instructions in Berlin that he was to take a small force of aircraft to Iraq. The force was named Special Force Junck (Sonderkommando Junck)[1] Junck met Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and was named Commander of Aviation Iraq. (Fliegerführer Irak)[5] Junck was then briefed by Generalleutnant Hans Jeschonnek, Göring's Chief of Staff.