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Ramstein–Landstuhl Air Base, 1 December 1957; Ramstein Air Base, ... One function gained by the 26 TRW, almost immediately after arriving at Ramstein, was the ...
He gave NATO forces one year (until 1 April 1967) to depart France. As a result, the 26 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was relocated to Ramstein Air Base, West Germany and upgraded to the RF-4C Phantom II. The 38th operated from Ramstein until 1973, when in a NATO realignment, the 26th was reassigned to Zweibrücken Air Base. It remained at ...
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 26 – 28 October 1945; Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 28 May 1952 – 1 July 1958; Toul-Rosières Air Base, France 1 July 1965; Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1966; Zweibrücken Air Base, 31 January 1973 [8] – 31 July 1991; Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1991 – 5 July 2006
Ramstein Air Base (IATA: RMS, ICAO: ETAR) is a United States Air Force installation located in Rhineland-Palatinate, southwestern Germany. It serves as the headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM).
In addition, USAFE transferred the 26 TRW from Ramstein to Zweibrücken Air Base, Germany, and the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) from Zweibrücken back to Ramstein on 31 January 1973. These moves were made without the transfer of personnel or equipment with the exception of the 38 TRS, 7 SOS and 81 TFS.
After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Washington gathered like-minded nations at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, southwestern Germany, establishing a group of some 50 nations whose ...
From April 5 to July 7, 1979 the base also hosted the 86th TFW while Ramstein AB's runways were closed for extensive repairs. On August 10, 1987, the 26 TRW became the only tactical reconnaissance wing in USAFE, when the 10 TRW at RAF Alconbury was redesignated the 10th Tactical Fighter Wing and assigned to fly A-10 attack aircraft. This left ...
Detachment B was with the 38th TRS at Ramstein Air Force Base (AFB) until 1973, when the detachment followed the squadron to Zweibrucken AFB; [2] [4] Detachment C was with the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TRW) at RAF Alconbury in England; and Detachment D was with the 17th TRS at RAF Upper Heyford in England until January 1970, when the ...