Back قاعدة رامشتين الجوية Arabic Base Aérea de Ramstein AST Ramstein (pahanginan na sukaranan) CEB Letecká základna Ramstein Czech Ramstein Air Base Danish Ramstein Air Base German Aerbazo Ramstein Esperanto Base Aérea de Ramstein Spanish Ramsteini õhuväebaas Estonian Ramstein aire-basea Basque
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| Ramstein Air Base | |||||||||
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| Part of Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) | |||||||||
| Near Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany | |||||||||
.jpg) Aerial view of Ramstein showing hangars, warehouses and the passenger terminal alongside the flight line | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 49°26.21′N 007°36.02′E / 49.43683°N 7.60033°E | ||||||||
| Type | US Air Force base | ||||||||
| Area | 1,400 ha (3,500 acres) | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | German Federal Government | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1949–1953 | ||||||||
| In use | 1953–present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Brigadier General Otis C. Jones | ||||||||
| Garrison | 86th Airlift Wing | ||||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: RMS, ICAO: ETAR | ||||||||
| Elevation | 238 metres (781 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Sources: DoD FLIP[1] | |||||||||
Ramstein Air Base, or Ramstein AB (IATA: RMS, ICAO: ETAR), is a United States Air Force base located in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as the headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM). Ramstein is near the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, which is situated outside the base's west gate, in the rural district of Kaiserslautern. The base supports forward elements deploying to Eastern Europe and Africa.
The construction of the air base was a project designed and undertaken by the French Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1949 to 1952.
Ramstein AB is part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC), where more than 54,000 American service members and over 5,400 U.S. civilian employees live and work. U.S. organizations in the KMC also employ the services of more than 6,200 German workers. Air Force units in the KMC alone employ almost 9,800 military members, who are accompanied by nearly 11,100 family members. There are more than 16,200 military personnel, U.S. civilians, and U.S. contractors assigned to Ramstein AB alone.
The east gate of Ramstein Air Base is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Kaiserslautern (locally referred to by Americans as "K-Town").[2][3] Other nearby civilian communities include Landstuhl, which is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the west gate.
- ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021. p. B-426.
- ^ "Ramstein AB | Base Overview & Info". Military OneSource. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
'K-Town', as some call it, Kaiserslautern is known for being the largest American community in Europe.
- ^ "Nachtleben in Kaiserslautern: Feiern mit den Amerikanern" [Nightlife in Kaiserslautern: Party with the Americans]. Der Spiegel (in German). 2013-05-18. ISSN 2195-1349. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-04-08.