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An airman of the Air Force Regiment (right) together with an American Security Forces Specialist during an exercise at Büchel Air Base, Germany in 2007. Previously the German Air Force had an Objektschutz (Force Protection) force in each Fliegerhorstgruppe (Air Base group) to protect the air base, as well as an Objektschutzbataillon.
Originally built in 1935 as a Luftwaffe station, the aerodrome was seized by the United States Army in May 1945 at the end of World War II.The 289th Combat Engineers were ordered in to occupy the site as military police when it was discovered to be the final location of Nazi Party's top secret FA signals intelligence and cryptanalytic agency. [1]
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. On 1 October 2013, the unit was renamed in the course of adaptations to the new structure of the German Air Force. [1]
Faßberg Air Base (German: Heeresflugplatz Faßberg) (ICAO: ETHS) is a Bundeswehr base located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the municipality of Faßberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The air base is jointly used by the German Army (Heer) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Its main user is the German Army Aviation Corps.
The first unit to occupy the base was a pilot training school relocated from Landsberg Air Base near Penzing. During World War II , a number of Luftwaffe fighter wings were stationed at Roth. In 1945 the airfield was bombed by aircraft of the USAAF and surrendered to American forces on 8 April 1945.
Lechfeld Air Base (ICAO: ETSL) is a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) base located 1 km east of Lagerlechfeld in Bavaria, about 20 km south of Augsburg on the Bundestrasse 17. It was the home of Training Division A of the School of Management Assistance, and of 32 Fighter Bomber Wing ( Jagdbombergeschwader 32 ), part of the Luftwaffe's 1st Air Division.
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The base was established on 21 October 1964, originally built to serve as a training facility for the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), due to airspace limitations within West Germany. [2] The Luftwaffe operated from the airbase until 1993, during which period it was used particularly for weapons training. [3]