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kaiserslautern.de. Kaiserslautern(German pronunciation:[ˌkaɪzɐsˈlaʊtɐn]ⓘ; Palatinate German: Lautre) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the stateof Rhineland-Palatinateat the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century.
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 ...
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 ...
The Peenemünde Army Research Center ( German: Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, [ a] HVP) was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office ( Heereswaffenamt ). [ 3]: 85 Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed by the HVP, including the V-2 rocket.
U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria is the largest U.S. base outside of the United States and hosts 40,000 soldiers and civilians. The garrison's mission is to provide a "high-quality base operations and community support" to all U.S. personnel in Grafenwöhr - Vilseck, Hohenfels and Garmisch. The garrison also directly supports the 7th Army Training ...
The Kingdom of Bavaria ( German: Königreich Bayern [ˈkøːnɪkˌʁaɪ̯ç ˈbajɛɐ̯n]; Bavarian: Kinereich Bayern [ˈkɪnəˌraɪ̯x ˈb̥ajɛɐ̯n]; spelled Baiern until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918.
1950. In use. 1953–1991. 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.