Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein Air Base
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| Part of United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE - AFAFRICA) | |
| Located near: Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
A C-130 Hercules overflies the control tower at Ramstein Air Base
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| Coordinates | 49°26′38.10″N 007°36′08.13″E / 49.4439167°N 7.6022583°E |
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 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1948 |
| In use | 1952–present |
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| Past commanders |
General Frank Gorenc |
| Garrison |
 86th Airlift Wing (USAF) |
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| Elevation AMSL | 776 ft / 237 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°26′38″N 007°36′08″E / 49.44389°N 7.60222°ECoordinates: 49°26′38″N 007°36′08″E / 49.44389°N 7.60222°E | ||||||||||||||
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Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation. Ramstein is located near the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, in the rural district of Kaiserslautern. The Air Base is used to coordinate and execute most of the United States global drone program.
The east gate of Ramstein Air Base is about 10 miles (16 km) from Kaiserslautern (locally referred to by Americans as "K-Town"). Other nearby civilian communities include Ramstein-Miesenbach, just outside the base's west gate, and Landstuhl, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the west gate.
Besides the U.S. Air Force, the installation's population includes Belgian, British, Canadian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Polish personnel.
The host unit is the 86th Airlift Wing (86 AW), commanded by Brigadier General Patrick X. Mordente. The 86th Airlift Wing is composed of six groups, 27 squadrons and three bases in Germany, Spain, and Belgium. Its mission is the operation and maintenance of airlift assets consisting of C-130Js, C-20s, C-21s, C-40B and C-37A Gulfstream aircraft throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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