Spangdahlem Air Base

Spangdahlem Air Base
Part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Located near: Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spangdahlem Air Base main gate in 1998
Coordinates	49°58′33″N 006°41′50″E / 49.97583°N 6.69722°E / 49.97583; 6.69722 (Spangdahlem AB)
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1950
In use	1952-present
Garrison information
Current commander	Colonel Joseph McFall
Garrison	52d Fighter Wing (USAF)

Airfield information
IATA: SPM ICAO: ETAD
Summary
Elevation AMSL	1,197 ft / 365 m
Coordinates	49°58′33″N 006°41′50″E / 49.97583°N 6.69722°E / 49.97583; 6.69722Coordinates: 49°58′33″N 006°41′50″E / 49.97583°N 6.69722°E / 49.97583; 6.69722
Map
ETAD Location of Spangdahlem Air Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 10,007 3,050 Asphalt

Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with USAF tennant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 km NNE of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.

Spangdahlem is home of the 52d Fighter Wing, which maintains, deploys and employs Lockheed Martin Block 50 F-16CM/DM. In total, 4,800 military personnel, 840 German nationals and 200 US contractors are working at the base.

Group consists of five squadrons:

Group consists of civil engineer, communications, contracting, logistics readiness, security forces and force support squadrons:

Consists of aerospace medicine, dental, medical operations and medical support squadrons:

Provides four fully capable U.S. munitions support squadrons responsible for the ownership, custody, accountability and release of war reserve munitions supporting Belgian, Dutch, German and Italian air forces:

The wing supports the Supreme Allied Commander Europe with mission-ready personnel and systems providing expeditionary air power. The wing also supports contingencies and operations other than war.

In addition, Air Mobility Command supports cargo and passenger traffic as part of its airlift mission. 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 Air Mobility Command 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Spangdahlem supports cargo and passenger traffic as part of its airlift mission, providing command and control, maintenance and aerial port capability to all AMC aircraft transiting their ramp.

The 726th AMS utilizes various aircraft maintenance equipment, de-icers, mission vehicles and aircraft loaders. The squadron is capable of handling every type of aircraft in the AMC inventory, from C-17s and C-5s to KC-10s and KC-135s.