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For the civil airport use of this facility after 2007, see: Kitzingen Airport Harvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield is a former United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID) facility in Germany, located about 3,5 km east-northeast of Kitzingen (Bavaria), about 390 km southwest of Berlin and 202 km north-northwest of Munich.
Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. It was active as a military base, first for Nazi Germany from 1936-1945 and then for the United States from 1945-2006 before being returned to the German government in 2007.
Harris Barracks Coburg: closed 1991 Harvey Barracks Kitzingen: closed 2007 Hawkins Barracks Oberammergau: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1975 formerly an Army Intelligence center; was transferred to Bundeswehr as an administration school in 1975. A NATO Special Weapons School still exists on the grounds. Heidelberg Army Airfield Heidelberg
The battalion was deployed to Iraq with the 1st Infantry Division in 2004, returning to Germany in early 2005. Company C, the last company of the unit, was inactivated 10 April 2006, at Larson Barracks, Kitzingen, Germany.
During the Cold War, Kitzingen was a staging area for the U.S. European Command's air defenses against possible Soviet air and nuclear attack. Two U.S. Army Bases, Larson Barracks and Harvey Barracks, were located in the town. For many years it housed the 2nd Brigade of the Third infantry division.
The 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment served with the 10th Infantry Division in Germany and at Fort Benning, Georgia, from 1958 to 1960; with the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks and in Vietnam from 1960 to 1967 and 1970–1972; with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam and Fort Lewis, Washington, from 1967 to 1970. The ...
The 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor was born at this time, and with its three sister battalions, helped to preserve freedom's frontier in the Federal Republic of Germany. The 2nd Battalion, commonly written as 2–64 Armor, was finally assigned to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany.
Schofield Barracks: 1962-1988 (Divisional) 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment. [86] Company B, 25th Aviation Battalion: Schofield Barracks: UH-1C Huey AH-1G HueyCobra [71] 1963-1988 (Divisional) 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment. [87] Company C, 25th Aviation Battalion: Schofield Barracks: 1979-1988 (Divisional)