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These RAD-units were from 1939 converted into Luftwaffe construction companies and battalions. From 1941 construction regiments, and sometimes construction brigades, were created. [1] Construction units under RAD control still existed; in 1942, 56 companies served with the Luftwaffe in the West. [2]
From 1968 to 1991, the 3rd battery of the anti-aircraft missile battalion 24 of the Nike air defense force was stationed at the air base, and from 1993 to 2006 (relocation to Bad Sülze) the anti-aircraft missile group 24 of the anti-aircraft missile squadron 2. The base was closed after Jagdbombergeschwader 43 was disbanded on 30 September 1993.
It was redesignated as Schweinfurt Air Base on 1 August 1947, in anticipation of the Air Force becoming a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. On 5 October 1947, control of the airfield was turned over to the United States Army as the Air Force consolidated its forces around the Munich area.
During World War II several units were stationed only briefly at the air base. No reliable information about these units are available yet. Flugzeugführerschule A/B 6 Germany: Moved 1945 Gdańsk: Disbanded 1945 – – 84 Group / 34. Wing Royal Air Force United Kingdom: unknown 1945 unknown unknown 1957 – – 226 Signal Squadron Royal Corps ...
The 7351st Air Base Squadron was activated in January 1953, and assumed control of Landsberg as the host unit on 1 July. On 1 April 1955 the 7351st Flying Training Group (MDAP) was activated to prepare Landsberg as a pilot training center. The group was further expanded and was designated the 7351st Flying Training Wing (MDAP) on 1 October 1955 ...
A list of Luftwaffe "Luftflotten" (Air Fleets) and their locations between 1939 and 1945. [1] Timeline. 1939 ... replacement and training units) (Berlin) 1945
The Air Base was established in 1935, and was the Luftkriegsschule 4 (LKS 4—4th Air War School) of the Luftwaffe during World War II.Field Marshal Hermann Göring is said to have taken a deep personal interest in establishing an air force training base for the Luftwaffe and modeled Fürstenfeldbruck after the United States Army Air Forces training center at Randolph Field, Texas.
Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader (Tactical Air Force Wing) 73 "Steinhoff", formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 73 (Fighter Wing 73), is a fighter wing of the German Air Force. The wing is based in north-eastern Germany at Rostock-Laage Airport near Rostock. Its role includes general air defence as well as training for the Eurofighter Typhoon.