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Ramstein Air Base (IATA: RMS, ICAO: ETAR) is a United States Air Force base located in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in 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).
Construction of the Rhein-Main transport passenger and cargo terminal was completed in 1946, allowing an increase of air traffic into the base after the closure of the military passenger terminal at Orly Air Base, France. In March 1947, the USAFE Eastern Air Transport Service opened its hub at Rhein-Main. [citation needed]
On 30 December 2005, the Rhein-Main Air Base in the southern part of the airport ground was closed and the US Air Force moved to Ramstein Air Base. The property was handed back to Fraport which allows the airport to use it to build a new passenger terminal.
Sources: DoD FLIP [ 1] Lucius D. Clay Kaserne ( German: Flugplatz Wiesbaden-Erbenheim) ( IATA: WIE, ICAO: ETOU ), commonly known as Clay Kaserne, formerly known as Wiesbaden Air Base and later as Wiesbaden Army Airfield, is an installation of the United States Army in Hesse, Germany. The kaserne is located within Wiesbaden-Erbenheim.
Air Mobility Command (AMC) supports cargo and passenger traffic at Spangdahlem. With the closure of the Rhein-Main Air Base in 2005, the Rhein-Main Transition Program was initiated to transfer all its former transport capacities to Ramstein Air Base (70%) and Spangdahlem AB (30%). The 726th Air Mobility Squadron supports cargo and passenger ...
AIP at German air traffic control. [ 2] Frankfurt–Hahn Airport ( German: Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn) ( IATA: HHN, ICAO: EDFH) is an international airport in the municipality of Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The airport is 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town of Kirchberg and 20 km (12 mi) from both Simmern and Traben-Trarbach.
Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base ( pronounced [ˈlaʒɨʃ]; Portuguese: Base Aérea das Lajes ), officially designated Air Base No. 4 ( Base Aérea Nº 4, BA4) ( IATA: TER, ICAO: LPLA ), is a multi-use airfield near Lajes and 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Angra do Heroísmo [1] on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal.
The station is the base for air transport, air-to-air refuelling and military parachuting, with the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Airbus A400M Atlas and Airbus Voyager operating from the station. Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010, ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, and Brize Norton became the sole air point of ...