Bitburg Air Base
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Bitburg Air Base 1952-1994 was a front-line NATO base during the Cold War. It is located 2 miles 3 km southeast of Bitburg, 20 miles 32 km north of Trier, and 135 miles 217 km west of Wiesbaden.It was the official home of the United States Air Force 36th Fighter Wing for over 40 years as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe. It was turned over to the German government on 1 October 1994.Under contract with the United States Air Force, the French Army began construction of what would become Bitburg Air Base in Western Germany's Eifel Mountains in the Rheinland-Pfalz in early 1951.…mehr

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Bitburg Air Base 1952-1994 was a front-line NATO base during the Cold War. It is located 2 miles 3 km southeast of Bitburg, 20 miles 32 km north of Trier, and 135 miles 217 km west of Wiesbaden.It was the official home of the United States Air Force 36th Fighter Wing for over 40 years as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe. It was turned over to the German government on 1 October 1994.Under contract with the United States Air Force, the French Army began construction of what would become Bitburg Air Base in Western Germany's Eifel Mountains in the Rheinland-Pfalz in early 1951. Located in the French zone of occupation, the air base was situated on farm land that had been a Wehrmacht tank staging and supply area for the Battle of the Bulge in early 1944.The air base and its housing area occupied nearly 1,100 acres (445 ha), with a 8,200-foot (2,500 m) long runway (with 1,000-foot (300 m) overruns at each end, total length would be 10,200 ft).