Star Wars had come out by then and that was all I cared about. We eventually got an apartment in Ruesselsheim on Matthias Gruenewald Strasse. The bombs were thought to have been detonated by timing devices and caused an estimated $80,000 worth of damage, the spokesman said. My dorm was on the 3rd floor of the same building I worked init was the WAF dorm, (womens' dorm). One of them, a man who was inside when the blast occurred, was knocked down and may have suffered a concussion. The explosions occurred at the Army's V Corps headquarters, in the area called "Little America" because of the cluster of United States military facilities. Previously the wing had flown F-86F aircraft. They believe the driver was dressed in military clothes and escaped by walking off base to a waiting car. One was an explosion outside a building in Giessen thought to belong to U.S. intelligence services. 34. Police officials said at least 10 of the injured were Americans. 'The informed citizen knows that we cannot defend ourselves without America and our allies,'. He told me later that while he was trapped he was tempted to grab a ring off the floor, but it was too hot to touch. 2 or 3 civilians who had been eating at the club made their way over the the Chapel across the Parade Grounds. It was just after or before the second Terrace Club bombing in Frankfurt. The 50th Tactical Fighter Wing was deactivated in 1991 after 35 years at Hahn. It was just a pen holder. About 30. From 1962 to 1964, he waited tables at Vogelweh's Officer's Club, which is now Armstrong's Club. 811-11: DOD Announces Return of Facilities in Germany, 22 Sep 2011, The 38th Tactical Missile Wing at Hahn Air Base, TAC Missileers - Matador and Mace Missileers, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hahn_Air_Base&oldid=1151892010, This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 21:51. I also had freedom to go to main base using the hitching posts. The 38th Tactical Missile Wing, a ground launched cruise missile (GLCM) unit, at Wueschheim Air Station, Germany, was declared operationally ready. I watched it burn to the ground from the dormitory building I lived in. Thanks for making it possible, Thanks so much VetFriends.com for your help and genuine concern for locating this long lost buddy of mine, Please Enter a Valid email address with no spaces, VetFriends Members: Refreshed US-Philippine relations revive fighter jet training paused 3 decades ago, Victims of Army helicopter collision in Alaska include 2 chief warrant officers, Sexual Facebook post spurs UN Command to review its social media policies, Reports of sexual assaults increased in Navy, Air Force and Marines in 2022; Army saw decline, New bill aims to expand mental health care for military families, K-Town Now features the latest news from the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The 38th Tactical Missile Wing moved from Hahn to Sembach Air Base, Germany. VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 20 (UPI) -- Military conscription returns to Lithuania amid Eastern Europe's military tension. CPI Aero signs contract with Sikorsky Black Hawk fuel assemblies. 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. U.S. military authorities provided the following list of those hospitalized or treated at a hospital. Shot down by Iraqu ground fire, Capt. Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets A team of West German and U.S. military police experts began an investigation. All under heavy guard. Sept. 6: Terrorists bomb a U.S. anti-aircraft missile site, destroying radar equipment. It's been nearly 40 years since we parted. The AT-11 Kansan was the standard U.S. Army bombing trainer in World War II., . Capt. 2003 JAN 15 AM I! In the mid-1950s, Major (later Lt. Col.) Chuck Yeager was assigned as squadron commander of one F-86F Sabre aircraft squadron at Hahn.[4]. While at Rhein Main I played 3 seasons of little league football. The 7425th Group was redesignated the 50th Air Base Group. All rights reserved. Police said the group often has used fire extinguishers to conceal its bombs. Two previous incidents occurred in March. Witnesses said it blew a hole four feet across and five feet deep, and cast debris hundreds of yards. Not all military installations changed procedures. Trees were stripped of their leaves, windows broken and tiles torn off the roofs of nearby buildings. 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. Page contents not supported in other languages. The register sat higher on a counter. I am glad I found this page this morning after talking about the O Club bombing at the office. Asked about casualties and was also told they were exceptionally lucky that nobody was killed. Fires were extinguished, and explosive-sniffing dogs were brought in to search the area for more bombs. In 1970 Ammirati opened Dino's, an Italian restaurant, in Hohenecken, Germany. For a while I thought that I had triggered the explosion with that box. How cool is that. 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. [The Pentagon later identified the woman as Becky Jo Bristol of San Antonio, the wife of Senior Airman John Bristol, who is with the Medical Airlift Squadron at the base.] That blast, on June 19, killed three people and injured scores of others. Air Force officials did not identify the other fatality pending notification of next of kin, but initial reports indicated she was a servicemember's wife. Reply[reply], I was a Chapel Manager at Rhein-Main between '76-78. Emilia Clarke on why she turned down 'Fifty Shades' role. The other was in serious but guarded condition. Officials at the hospital, which specializes in burn treatment and neurological care, said the woman was dead on arrival. Hahn Air is a German scheduled and executive charter airline. Aug. 8: Terrorists kill an American soldier in a bombing at the U.S. Rhein- Main Air Base near Frankfurt. It was the latest of a series of assaults on military targets in Western Europe, apparently in response to the deployment of United States medium-range missiles. No one immediately took responsibility for the blasts and U.S. and West German authorities searched today for suspects. Originally, the parenthetical nomenclature " (air defense) " was added to the squadron designation; however, in January 1970 HQ USAF directed USAFE to delete the "air defense" suffix. AIRFORCESGTLMM (talk) 22:16, 5 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]. Officials at Hahn AB said they had increased security, but they declined to provide details. Thank you so much again for helping me An organization . Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. At Hahn Air Base, the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing conducted a Salty Mace excercise. My dad was an officer in base engineering and moved us to Germany in 1975. Source: DoD, Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Emmett Lewis Jr. SALTY MACE was an exercise about chemical warfare. As I recall, there was no loss of life. 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. Two of the injured were taken to the Air Force hospital at Wiesbaden. If you look up the bombing in the Government records, it reports that it occurred on 12/5/1976& no one died or was harmed. The attack here came less than six weeks after a bomb blew up in adjacent Frankfurt airport, killing one man and two children. Six bombs have been found on United States and other Western military bases in West Germany in 1985. The major unit was the United States Air Force's 50th Tactical Fighter Wing during most of the years it was active. This was a major crisis in my peer group. USAFE received its first F-4E aircraft and assigned them to Camp New Amsterdam, the American facilities at Soesterberg Air Base, the Netherlands. That year, gang members also tried to kill the commander of the U.S. Army- Europe, Gen. Frederick J. Kroesen, with a grenade. 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. 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. We stayed there until we left on June 29, 1979. No one could answer that question or why their picture was sharper. Later in the day, the scene of the bombing, near the headquarters building, was one of burned-out and twisted automobiles, some lying on the side or upside down, and others with their trunks or hoods blasted open and burned. CECIL FIELD NAS. The aircraft was deployed to Hahn from Clovis AFB New Mexico during Operation Fox Able 27 on 10 August 1953. ''The curtains stood straight up, and the windows were torn open,'' he said. . Glitches delay start of Florida recount for senator, governor. Sillia called ambulances and the command post and ran through the offices looking for injured. He said Rhein Main AFB. March 8: Red Army Faction terrorists set off bombs in three West German cities in support of British coal miners who ended a year-long strike earlier in the week. Since 1999 we have specialised in distribution services for other airlines and ticketing solutions for travel agencies. I remember thinking that I was going to get burned by the radiator trying to climb out the window. Hahn Air Base was a United States Air Force installation near Lautzenhausen in Germany for over 40 years. An airman from Dayton, Ohio, who said he had worked the night shift, said he saw a bright flash and heard an immense boom. Here is a collection of approach and airport maps from the 1950s and 1960s: Approach maps + aerodrome maps Hahn Air Base, Military Airfields in former West Germany, Air Bases of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Germany. : 32 . Base facilities then consisted of pre-fabricated barracks heated by coke-burning pot belly stoves, outdoor latrines, and tents for motorpool personnel to work in. It was a beautiful store, but one I couldn't afford shopping in. The hunger strike has since ended. Sunday's blast came less than 24 hours after the West German peace movement began a 'hot fall' of protest actions against the planned deployment of U.S. cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in Europe that government officials have warned may be undermined by terrorist groups. Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.155.58.160 (talk) 01:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply], Yes, there was a bombing of the Rhein Main Officer's Club, in 1977 I think; I was there. Renoel-nh (talk) 16:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply], I was stationed there in 1977 when the Officer's Club was destroyed. AFSC/MOS 29150-Communications Center Specialist . 6424-Supply Officer Status USAF Veteran Primary Unit 1972-1974, 6424, 1830th Electronics Installation Squadron . My first season I played for the Rams. It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. When the spokesman, Edward Djerejian, was asked whether the group could be identified, he said: ''We have no information on the group itself but it is well known that the Red Army Faction and other terrorist groups in Europe are closely coordinating with one another in targeting U.S. military bases. 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.. Unfortunately, the jerseys we got looked like Steelers jerseys. The command located F-4Cs at Torrejon Air Base, Spain and Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; F-4Ds at RAF Bentwaters, United Kingdom, and Hahn and Spangdahlem Air Bases, Germany; and F-4Es at Bitburg and Hahn Air Bases in Germany. That was 30 years after the incident. ''I have only got a couple of weeks to go,'' one said. The 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn Air Base, Germany, received its first F-4Cs modified for the Wild Weasel air defense suppression role. Bombs exploded at four United States military bases early today, a little more than a week before President Reagan is scheduled to arrive in West Germany for a NATO meeting. We stayed at the base hotel for several months waiting for housing. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email. Another victim was taken to the Army hospital at Frankfurt. Callers claiming to represent the Red Army Faction and a previously unknown Arab revolutionary group claimed respnsibility. The blast left a crater several feet deep. Military Catalog, Sales, Discounts & more. AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE. No fatalities several injured. I went to the DoDDS school at Gateway Gardens. FRANKFURT, West Germany, Dec. 1 (UPIAn explosion and fire that police believe to be the work of terrorists destroyed the officers' club on the United States Air Force's RheinMain base at. In 1970, the 496th was converted to F-4E aircraft, and redesignated as a Tactical Fighter Squadron, but maintained their air defense mission. It was a great time for me because I could just walk 5 minutes to get to the theater. I was in the O Club when the bomb went off in 1977. The police said the bombings did not seem related. George P. Sillia, deputy chief of public affairs, saw a "gigantic flash of light" just after arriving at his office in the headquarters building. Meet over 70 local and international employers ready to assist you with your job search. I would spend my money on model airplanes. What a conversation we had. The blast occurred at 7:15 a.m. as hundreds of employees were reporting to work. William F. Andrews of the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, used his survival radio to direct his flight and an OA-10 out of the area while descending by parachute. West German policemen responsible for monitoring civilians outside military installations said the number of civilians had increased. operating the "Sabre Hog" from Hahn Air Base, in Germany, and then . All Rights Reserved. In what seemed like seconds, a window broke and a firefighter appeared. The command first initiated the concept at the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing on Hahn Air Base during FY74. One spring day in 1972, V Corps barracks in Frankfurt was bombed, killing one American officer and injuring 13. Revolutionaere Zelle claimed responsibility for the bombing. No injuries were reported in either blast but damages totaled about $50,000. Once I got my ID card in 1978 I was able to go to the movies by myself. When the airplanes and crews arrived at Hahn in August 1953, it marked the first mass flight of an entire tactical wing from the United States to continental Europe - a historic step in the history of the Air Force. There was a club called the FBIS Club that had a restaurant on top with a lovely outside area but underneath was a bomb shelter but also served as a bar and and general activity center. HQ USAFE activated its fourth ground launched cruise missile unit, the 38th Tactical Missile Wing, at Wueschheim Air Station, Germany. Im still learning that the Government will never give provide the entire facts. Somebody needs to badly. "It was done very smartly to inflict very serious damage.". Staff Sgt. Demonstrations against the installation of 572 cruise and Pershing-2 rockets later this year began Saturday to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the first atomic bomb blast on Hiroshima. Lithuania brings back military conscription. 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. Also it could have been a gas leak? I was a Firefighter Stationed at Rhein Main from 1975/1979. 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. Film donated by the Ryan Aeronautical Company to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in the 1990s.From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http. June 19: A suitcase bomb blew up at the Frankfurt airport, killing three people and injuring 42. Thursday's bombing occurred about seven weeks after an unsolved bombing at the civilian commercial airport. Calvin Harris forbids Taylor Swift from writing about him. A spokesman for the 56th Field Arty Brigade in Schwaebisch Gmuend, the only American Pershing II unit in Europe, said the command was satisfied with its security. Today's blast was the third violent attack this year on a U.S. facility in West Germany. Every year millions of passengers travel between 4,000 . Two seriously injured U.S. Air Force officers -- Brig. A spokesman for VII Corps at Kelley Barracks said corps units were taking no special security precautions. Where this event preceded the Internet as we know it today, I'm trying to dig up facts that could be used here. The incident at the air base, which is near Frankfurt, was the worst attack on an American installation in West Germany since the bombing of Ramstein Air Base in 1981, when 18 people were wounded. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Emilia Clarke on why she turned down 'Fifty Shades' role. Watched the building burn and it was only later that we learned it was destroyed by a device placed by a terrorist group.65.25.68.125 (talk) 13:41, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[1]Reply[reply], I was a U.S. Army officer stationed in the FRG from 1977-1980. But Air Force spokesmen said American and NATO flying operations had not been affected by the explosion. The Officer's club was just a few blocks from our dorm building that housed several mean and women, as well as the Command Post, Comm Center, and I think a few other offices. The 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, became the first F-16 operationally ready squadron in USAFE. Carl Dieter Spranger, an Interior Ministry official, said his agency has information indicating the Revolutionary Cells are planning a widespread campaign of violence during the demonstrations. find my friend. That same year saw the 496th Fighter Interceptor Squadron assigned to the 50th Wing, after spending 12 years at Hahn. Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.206.224.97 (talk) 15:22, 19 February 2013 (UTC) When I arrived in Okinawa I fortunately, for two years, was assigned as a clerk to the Officers Club Office which used to be . Russian dance troupe under investigation after twerking performance goes viral. I used to hitch rides all the time to go to the Four Seasons shop where the toys were. I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. I have never met or spoken to anyone I was stationed with ever about it since I was discharged until I met this Disabled Veteran who was in that explosion. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. Six bombs have been found on United States and other Western military bases in West Germany in 1985. U.S. officials said this evening that no one had claimed responsibility for the blast. I have been a Bears fan ever since. Hamilton was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "extraordinary heroism in action" in Varsenare, Belgium, where he led a low level bombing attack on a German airdrome 30 miles (50 km) behind enemy lines on August 13, 1918. He said - your looking at a survivor lady! and the bomb in the cloak room next door went off. He was being kept overnight for observation. We wonder about the rest that served with us in the artillery unit we served in. The Air Force said all but one of the injured Americans were officers. I said I was there and we were informed that no one else was involved other than the one that died. The explosions at 3 a.m. Sunday shattered windows and damaged a wall and ceiling at the club near Coblenz, about 40 miles southeast of Bonn, causing $80,000 in damages. We cover 190 markets and cooperate with more than 350 partner airlines and over 100,000 travel agencies.
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