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NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen is located in the Federal Republic of Germany, near the village of Teveren and six kilometers west of the town of Geilenkirchen. The base is known to the local population as ‘Flugplatz Teveren’ and has an area of 620 hectares (1,500 acres). Part of the base perimeter is adjacent to the German-Dutch border.
BERLIN (Reuters) -The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen has raised its security level "based on intelligence information indicating a potential threat," it said late on Thursday.
The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen remained at high alert on Friday, a spokesperson said, after the security level was raised overnight "based on intelligence information ...
Geilenkirchen air base in western Germany raised its security level to "Charlie" - the second highest of four - during most of Friday. German news agency dpa, citing security sources, said there ...
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany - hosts NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (NAEWF) Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft. Chièvres Air Base, Belgium - operated by U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force but "considered an installation of SHAPE."
Royal Air Force Geilenkirchen more commonly known as RAF Geilenkirchen is a former Royal Air Force station in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, built by the British who used the facility mainly as an airfield for RAF fighter squadrons from May 1953 until 21 January 1968.
The eighteen E-3s were operated by Number 1, 2 and 3 Squadrons of NATO's E-3 Component, based at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. [52] NATO E-3s participated in Operation Eagle Assist after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. [53] NATO and RAF E-3s participated in the military intervention in Libya. [54]
The town gives its name to nearby NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. The base is home to seventeen E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft flown by aircrew from over fourteen nations. On 24 July 2019 the highest temperature ever recorded in Germany was measured in Geilenkirchen at 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) during a heat wave that affected much of ...