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The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) is an American military community in and around Kaiserslautern, Germany, supporting United States Armed Forces and NATO installations, such as the Ramstein Air Base, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Kapaun Air Station, Vogelweh Housing Area, Pulaski Barracks, Kleber Kaserne, Daenner Kaserne, Sembach Kaserne, Miesau Army Depot, and Rhine Ordnance ...
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty ( Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the Great Powers of ...
In the late 1940s, Kaiserslautern area became the largest U.S. garrison outside the United States (Kaiserslautern Military Community). On 14 November 1956, a U.S. Air Force F-86 fighter jet crashed into the district office in the Burgstrasse / Maxstrasse area. In addition to the pilot, two civilians were killed, and numerous wounded.
Grafenwöhr(German pronunciation:[ɡʁaːfn̩ˈvøːɐ̯]ⓘ, Northern Bavarian: Groafawehr) is a townin the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, in the region of the Upper Palatinate(German: Oberpfalz) in eastern Bavaria, Germany. It is widely known for the United States Armymilitary installation and training area, called Grafenwoehr Training ...
Sembach Kaserne ( lit.'Sembach Barracks') is a United States Army post in Donnersbergkreis, Germany, near Kaiserslautern. It is approximately 19 miles (31 km) east of Ramstein Air Base. From 1995 to 2012 [ 1 ] the installation was a United States Air Force installation known as Sembach Air Base, until it was transferred to the United States ...
Zweibrücken Air Base was a NATO military air base in West Germany ( ICAO: EDAM ). It was located 35 miles (56 km) SSW of Kaiserslautern and 2 miles (3.2 km) SE of Zweibrücken. It was assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) during its operational lifetime.
The BMW Headquarters(German: BMW-Vierzylinder, lit. 'BMW four-cylinder'), also known as the BMW Tower (German: BMW-Turmor BMW-Hochhaus), is a high-rise buildinglocated in the Am Riesenfeldarea of Munich, Germany. The building has served as the global corporate headquartersof German automaker BMWsince 1973. It was declared a protected historic ...
The BMW New Six (also known as the BMW E3) is a line of mid-size luxury sedans and grand tourer coupés produced by the German automaker BMW from 1968 to 1977. All models used the then-new M30 straight-6 engine. It marked BMW's return to the full-size luxury sedan market after a hiatus of 5 years and was introduced as a response to growing ...