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Ramstein AB alone hosts over 16,200 military personnel, U.S. civilians, and contractors. The base is located near the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach , with the east gate about 16 km (10 mi ; 9 nmi ) from Kaiserslautern , commonly known as "K-Town" among Americans.
The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (86 AES) is a unit of the United States Air Force.It is part of the 86th Operations Group, 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
To start the flow of C-130 personnel to the 86th, the 435th AW sent approximately 200 personnel from the 37th Airlift Squadron as a Detachment to Ramstein on 7 March 1994. This small detachment began planning and administrative activities, serving as a central point for incoming personnel and equipment transferring to Ramstein.
The 86th TFW and Ramstein had just begun to absorb the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War when, in August 1990, the Iraqis invaded Kuwait. Under Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, much to the dismay of the 86th TFW personnel, their F-16s did not deploy to the Persian Gulf like so many of its USAFE counterparts.
The 76th Airlift Squadron is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It operates executive airlift aircraft, including the Learjet C-21A and Gulfstream C-37A Gulfstream V . The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 76th Ferrying Squadron its primary mission was training aircrews on transport aircraft and ...
125th Aeromedical Evacuation Flight: Tulsa, OK 1961-73: Inactive (C-97) 133d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, MN 1961-1967: Inactive (C-97) 133d Aeromedical Evacuation Flight: Grenier Air Force Base, NH 1961-66 Pease AFB, NH 1966-73: Inactive (C-97, C-124) 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
Drones were spotted flying over the U.S. air base at Ramstein in Germany in early December, a spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force said on Friday. The drone sightings over Ramstein were first ...
By September 1977, all phase down actions were completed and the base military, civilian, contractor and tenant population stabilized at 400, consisting of more than 300 contractor personnel and approximately 30 Det 2, 401 TFW personnel. On 1 November 1989, Det. 2, 401st TFW, became the 7120th Air Base Flight under Sixteenth Air Force.