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Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the United States Air Force as a tenant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northeast of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Spangdahlem is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Speicher. The USAF Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby. Spang village is on one side of the Spanger brook while Dahlem is on the other side.
Bitburg Air Base Bitburg: closed 1994 Butzbach Kaserne Butzbach: closed 2008 Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne Darmstadt: closed 2008 Campbell Barracks: Heidelberg: closed 2013 this was USAREUR (US ARmy EURope) HQ Camp Grohn: Bremen: returned to German government now the campus of Jacobs University Camp King: Oberursel: closed 1995
The 52nd Fighter Wing (52 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. It flies the F-16CJ fighter aircraft. It was activated in 1948, but derives significant elements of its history from the predecessor Second World War 52nd Fighter Group, which is now the 52nd Operations Group , subordinate to the wing.
Kaufbeuren Air Base Rhein-Main Air Base Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany Travis AFB, CA: 1948–1958, 1994–Present. See 60th Air Mobility Wing: 61st Communications Squadron: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany Los Angeles AFB, CA: 1948–1951. 1994–Present. See 61st Air Base Wing: 62d Communications Squadron: Larson AFB McChord AFB, WA: 1948–1950 ...
Bitburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪtˌbʊʁk] ⓘ; French: Bitbourg; Luxembourgish: Béibreg [ˈbəɪbʀəɕ]) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city. The American Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby.
General Dynamics F-16CJ/DJ Fighting Falcons of the 480th Fighter Squadron on deployment at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, September 2012. The 52d Operations Group is the flying component of the 52d Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA). The group is stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base ...
The 480th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Warhawks", is an active United States Air Force unit operating the General Dynamics F-16CJ Fighting Falcon.The 480th, assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany is the only United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa flying unit performing the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses mission.