Since 1965, when the United States began bombing in Viet nam, the crews of the B52 bombers had flown what some fliers call a "milk run" and others a "bus ride" over South Vietnam, where they. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The bomb went off at 1:05 p.m. on a January day, and the fire was finally under control around 4:00 a.m. the next morning, but kept burning till about noon. Damien ended up with a cut on his toe. The Rhein Main Officers Club Club Bombing was December 1976, conducted by the terrorists group Revolutionary Cells, loosely affiliated with the Red Army Faction and Baader Meinhof gang. PANAMA CITY CSS. By John Tagliabue, Special To the New York Times. 2003 JAN 15 AM I! Air Force security police, fire units and ambulances swarmed to the blast scene within two minutes. How cool is that. West German employes of the Air Force injured but released from the hospital: Others were treated at the scene of the explosion by U.S. medical personnel. I've searched for more on that particular bombing and it's as if nothing exists about it on line, except here. Eighteen people were injured. This structure became the standard base/wing organization throughout the US Air Force on 1 July 1975, For the first time, a USAFE team, representing the 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany, took part in the Aerospace Defense Commands competition William Tell, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Three F-16s and associated support personnel deployed from the United States to Hahn Air Base, Germany, to run a European test and evaluation of the F-16. The base is the main transit hub for the movement of U.S. forces to and from the European Comd. Last May, a group calling itself the 'Red Cells' took responsibility for a bombing in West Berlin that blasted a 3-foot-deep crater near a review stand shortly before thousands of visitors were scheduled to attend a military parade there. Jan. 20: A bomb placed in a baby carriage blew up prematurely in Stuttgarts industrial center, killing a convicted terrorist and injuring a woman accomplice. While at Rhein Main I played 3 seasons of little league football. For TV we had one channel of AFN. All under heavy guard. There was also a Hindu Indian shop attached to the club and they sold Indian artifacts, carpets, glassware, brassware, etc. Also it could have been a gas leak? The bomb exploded behind the 435th Tac Airlift Wing headquarters building in a parking lot bounded by a dormitory and the audio-video club. This was the first time USAFE had tasked an entire wing to perform its wartime mission in a chemical environment for a sustained period of time. Lorrie Bourland, base public affairs officer. I remember thinking that I was going to get burned by the radiator trying to climb out the window. ", Pointing out a 2-foot-long piece of green, twisted metal at the rear of the center, Christiansen said: "Looks like it came from a BMW. Two weeks later, two car bombs exploded inside U.S. Army Headquarters' Campbell . Hahn Air is a minor German airline headquartered in Dreieich, offering business jet scheduled and charter flights within Europe from its base at Dsseldorf Airport.. Staff Sgt. Following training, the wing, led by officers such as then Maj. Charles E. Yeager, moved to Hahn Air Base, Germany, to serve as a counter to Soviet expansion in Europe. The major unit was the United States Air Force's 50th Tactical Fighter Wing during most of the years it was active. Two of the injured were taken to the Air Force hospital at Wiesbaden. The attack here came less than six weeks after a bomb blew up in adjacent Frankfurt airport, killing one man and two children. The 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn Air Base, Germany, received its first F-4Cs modified for the Wild Weasel air defense suppression role. There would be one Mon-Tues, one Thurs-Fri and then a few for the weekend. Sign up to receive our newsletter regarding Veterans, Reunions, Military, Veteran Benefits, Military Pictures, Jokes, Military History, To keep out gawkers, investigators also blocked off a five-block area including the headquarters, dormitory, audio-video club and transient quarters. Yet the Radical Group called the Werner Loew of the West German criminal police said in Wiesbaden that the explosive had been detonated by a timing device and had evidently been smuggled onto the base not long before the explosion, at 7:15 A.M., in a green 1976 Volkswagen Passat car with a forged United States military license plate DN-4554. In conjunction with the switch, USAFE redesignated these fighter interceptor squadrons as tactical fighter squadrons -- the 32nd on 1 July, 525th on 1 October, 496th on 1 January 1970, and the 526th on 1 April 1970. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. The 20th, 48th, 49th, 50th and 81st Fighter Bomber Wings and the 36th Fighter Day Wing became tatical fighter wings. In 1956, the wing was transferred to Toul-Rosieres Air Base, France, and the 7425th Air Base Group was left at Hahn to care for the facility. Air Force officials identified one of the injured as Barbara Reuter, a German employee at the base. As a precautionary measure, U.S. officials closed the base to all nonduty personnel today. This marked the first mass flight of an entire tactical wing from the U.S. to continental Europe. Interior Ministry official, Carl-Dieter Spranger said recently that according to ministry information the 'Revolutionary Cells' group threatened widespread violence to coincide with the fall demonstrations. About 30 cars were damaged as the blast ripped out windows and doors of surrounding buildings and sent debris flying hundreds of yards. Damien and I went into the James Jewelers shop while we waited for his mom. Twenty -four USAFE F-16s from the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, Germany, deployed to Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates, as part of Phase II deployments for Desert Shield. Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.204.18 (talk) 05:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply], A seperate section about the Red Army Faction bombing, along with more information about the events, would be of use. Trees were stripped of their leaves, windows broken and tiles torn off the roofs of nearby buildings. The operational squadrons of the 50th FBW were: 10th Fighter-Bomber (dark blue stripes) 81st Fighter-Bomber (yellow/black stripes) Rhein-Main AFB was the major arrival and departure point for US Forces Europe and their dependents. Looking back, it was one of the best schools I ever attended. A team of West German and U.S. military police experts began an investigation. Hahn Air Base, Germany, became the wings new home. The other was in serious but guarded condition. We were informed that one died and they had not opened yet for lunch. HAHN, West Germany -- West German and American authorities searched today for terrorists whose bomb blasts in a U.S. Air Force officers club occurred only hours before a large anti-nu:lear protest at a NATO air base. ''The curtains stood straight up, and the windows were torn open,'' he said. Previously the wing had flown F-86F aircraft. Frank H. Scarton, 19, of Woodhaven, Mich., assigned to the 437th Military Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C. I would spend my money on model airplanes. Ramstein, home of the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, has a staff of 7,000 Americans and about 3,000 West Germans, Dutch, Canadians and British. 1 killed in shooting at Massachusetts house party, Heavy shelling in Kherson, Kharkiv destroys residences, Cuba postpones International Workers' Day parade over fuel shortages, Democrats, Republicans remain split on debt ceiling plan. Are you looking for someone who is or was in HAHN AIR BASE? One of them, a man who was inside when the blast occurred, was knocked down and may have suffered a concussion. She saw me and said, 'Oh God, I thought it was you.' Before 1985, the Red Army Factions last major attack on a U.S. military base was the bombing of the U.S. Air Forces European headquarters at Ramstein, in southwestern West Germany, in 1981. Somebody needs to badly. 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"Cars were jumping over each other, and then there was all that fire and smoke," said base photographer George Wegemann, who had just reported for duty. We wonder about the rest that served with us in the artillery unit we served in. operating the "Sabre Hog" from Hahn Air Base, in Germany, and then . from around the world. The history of the Cold War airfields: Hahn, 1971: 50th TFW: 10th TFS (F-4D), 496th TFS (F-4E), 1975: 50th TFW: 10th TFS (F-4D/E), 496th TFS (F-4E) (1975), 1980: 50th TFW: 10th, 313th, 496th TFS (F-4E), 1985: 50th TFW: 10th, 313th, 496th TFS (F-16A/B/C/D) (1985), 1990: 50th TFW: 10th, 313th, 496th TFS (F-16C/D) (1985), Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castaeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin>. But Air Force spokesmen said American and NATO flying operations had not been affected by the explosion. As I recall, there was no loss of life. HQ USAFE inactivated the 38th Tactical Missile Wing, Wueschheim Air Station, Germany, because of terms of the Intermediate- Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. The 'Red Cells' group claimed responsibility for 38 terrorist attacks last year, some of which were carried out against U.S. military and civilian targets. The 50th Fighter Bomber Wing, Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico, transferred from Tactical Air Command to USAFEs Twelfth Air Force. Callers claiming to represent the Red Army Faction and a previously unknown Arab revolutionary group claimed respnsibility. Since 1999 we have specialised in distribution services for other airlines and ticketing solutions for travel agencies. It was supposed to be the Base Exchange but the explosion was Real and we were informed to look around the BX and go lend a helping hand to those at the Officers Club as there was a real explosion. In December 1984 and January 1985, the Red Army Faction was blamed for more than 30 bomb and arson attacks on NATO facilities and government buildings. We stayed there about a year and a half. Several adjacent buildings, including the transient facilities and Burger Bar, were evacuated as a precaution. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- Emilia Clarke does not regret turning down the lead role in the movie adaptation of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. An airman from Dayton, Ohio, who said he had worked the night shift, said he saw a bright flash and heard an immense boom. LOS ANGELES, April 15 (UPI) -- Electronic dance music artist Calvin Harris is Taylor Swift's newest romantic interest, but Harris, 31, reportedly doesn't want a song written about him. HQ USAFE inactivated the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hahn Air Base, Germany. Source: DoD, Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Emmett Lewis Jr. SALTY MACE was an exercise about chemical warfare. They believe the driver was dressed in military clothes and escaped by walking off base to a waiting car.
