Bitburg Air Base Chapel

The wing officially arrived at bitburg air base germany in november 1952.

Bitburg air base chapel. Both the theater and chapel are in nasium and for base landscaping. Air force europe flew supersonic jets. Edrb est une ancienne base aérienne de l usafe située à proximité de la ville de bitburg en allemagne aujourd hui fermée. The old apo is a elec.

Bitburg air base code aita. It is located 2 miles 3 km southeast of bitburg 20 miles 32 km north of trier and 135 miles 217 km west of wiesbaden. Bbj code oaci. In its heyday the base hosted three squadrons of f 15s and about 15 000 people.

The base library is behind the monument the service club and afex snack bar are just down the hill. The nco club is now a sport training seminar venue. It was returned to germany in. A li another welcome improvement is the new afn 250 watt transmitter which cently went into operation at bitburg.

We spent one night at bitburg air base the officers club has been transformed into a hotel w a covered walkway to the old tlq bldg. Bitburg air base feb 1962 the view from the 585th mms 71st tms barracks looking past the nco club and the 525th fis barracks toward the missile monument on a typical winter day. 29 the spangdahlem chapel opened its wider. In august 1953 the north american f 86 sabre was introduced to the wing replacing the f 84s.

The discussion to close the annex chapel had been ongoing since the closure of bitburg air base in 1995 said kelli mccrea catholic pastoral coordinator. Elle fut construite par l armée française en contrat avec l usaf en 1951 et restituée aux autorités allemandes en 1994. And to add insult to injury the base chapel is a dance bar. The old air police station is a garden landscape business.

In 1956 the wing received the north american f 100 super sabre marking the first time a wing in u s. This is not an official page but made for old bitburgers who have been stationed at bitburg ab to share memories pictures find old. Meanfhžle dependents still at fuersten feldbruck await the scheduled opening the housing area in june area will accommodate 126 families and will also house dependents from nearby spangdah lem air base. Though many waxed nostalgic bitburg s glory days as an air base ended years ago.

In august 1954 the wing was redesignated a as the 36th fighter day wing. 1 958 likes 247 talking about this. Deep were his wounds bitburg air base protestant chapel choir 1966 michael rhodes director peter eisele organ recorded by winston tharp. Bitburg air base 1952 1994 former icao edab was a front line nato base during the cold war.

The base theater is now a church. It was the official home of the united states air force 36th fighter wing. It was only after a survey and careful consideration by the chapel staff catholic parish council and wing leadership that it was decided to close at this time.