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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.
Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes. Originally, the German military high command, for their air warfare forces, decided to use an organizational structure similar to the army and navy, treating the aviation branch as a strategic weapon of war.
Built in 1936 near Lake Zwischenahn, the airfield initially served as a civilian facility with an 800-meter grass runway. It supported target towing operations for the armed forces under the supervision of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Ministry of Aviation). [1] The Luftwaffe assumed control of the airfield in 1939 and expanded its ...
During World War II, the relative remoteness of Altenburg–Nobitz from the main theatres of war made the airfield an obvious location for Luftwaffe flying training in various forms. Basic flying training was carried out, as was more advanced blind-flying and instrument training.
Having joined NATO in 1955, West Germany could begin to establish the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Work soon started on the construction of airfields and training grounds and possibilities for training German pilots were investigated. Landsberg Air Base was selected as the site for the retraining of the German Air Force.
As a result, the Luftwaffe set up two tactical training centers: one, like those of many of the NATO forces, at the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Goose Bay; and the second in a unique partnership with the United States Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico (F-104 pilots had already been trained at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona ...
Prior to and during World War II, Erding was a Luftwaffe pilot training airfield. [1] It was seized by the United States Army in April 1945 and used by the United States Air Force during the early years of the Cold War. Erding was used as an Air Depot, Air Base and an Air Station. USAF units stationed at Erding were: 85th Air Depot Wing, 1 Jun 1945
Other units stationed at the air base are the airforce's training school, a technical-logistical training centre for rotary wing aircraft run by both the air force and the army, part of the Franco-German training facilities for the Eurocopter Tiger, a medical services centre, a family support unit and part of the administration of Bergen-Hohne ...