American air defense in Germany
The representation of American air defense in Germany shows the organization and deployment of American troops in the Federal Republic of Germany during the Cold War and covers the period from 1958 to 1995. At this point in time, almost all units were decommissioned.
32nd AADCOM
The anti-aircraft defense of the United States in Germany was under the 32nd Air Defense Command (32nd AADCOM - Antiaircraft Artillery Defense Command), until 1965 32nd Air Defense Brigade. The brigade occupied an unusual position in the USAREUR organization. The unit was stationed in England in 1953 (Bushey Hall, a golf clubhouse in Watford , Hertfordshire) and consisted of four anti-aircraft battalions and one chemical smoke battalion . The brigade was tasked with defending American facilities, including those in Germany, against air attacks from low-flying aircraft. Although a subsidiary of USAREUR, it coordinated administrative directives with the United States' Third Air Force , was under the operational control of the UK RAF Fighter Command, and liaised with the United States Air Force , the United States Navy and the UK War Department . 1957 (June 30th) The brigade was relocated to Germany - initially Kapaun Air Station in Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh , then Cambrai-Fritsch barracks in Darmstadt - to ensure air defense west of the Rhine. It was renamed 32nd AADCOM (Antiaircraft Artillery Defense Command) in 1966, assigned to the Seventh Army (March 1, 1960), divided into four anti-aircraft groups:
- 10th Air Defense Artillery Group (or Brigade) Darmstadt, Ernst-Ludwig-Kaserne (for HAWK anti-aircraft battalions, patriot from 1982)
- 1st Msl Bn, 1st ADA (HAWK), Butzbach , Schloss-Kaserne, 1962 - 1972 6-562 ADA (H)
- 2nd Msl Bn, 2nd ADA (HAWK), Giessen , QM Depot, 1962 - 1972 6-517 ADA (H)
- 6th Msl Bn, 59th ADA (HAWK), Hanau Air Base
- 6th Msl Bn, 62nd ADA (HAWK), Munich , Will Barracks / Dachau , Eastman Barracks, as 2-62 ADA (H) 1965 - 1972 Aschaffenburg , then Bitburg Air Base / Spangdahlem Air Base
- 1st Msl Bn, 7th ADA (Patriot), Kaiserslautern , Rhine Ordnance Barracks
- 4th Msl Bn, 7th ADA (Patriot), Dexheim , Anderson Barracks
- 5th Msl Bn, 7th ADA (Patriot), Bitburg Air Base
- 69th Air Defense Artillery Group (or Brigade) Würzburg , Emery Barracks (for HAWK anti-aircraft battalions, patriot from 1982)
- 3rd Msl Bn, 7th ADA (HAWK), Schweinfurt , Ledward Barracks
- 6th Msl Bn, 52nd ADA (HAWK), Würzburg, Emery Barracks
- 4th Msl Bn, 57th ADA (HAWK), Ansbach , Barton Barracks
- 6th Msl Bn, 60th ADA (HAWK), Grafenwoehr Training Area
- 6th Msl Bn, 61st ADA (HAWK), Landshut , Pinder Barracks
- 2nd Msl Bn, 43rd ADA (Patriot), Hanau , Wolfgang Kaserne
- 4th Msl Bn, 43rd ADA (Patriot), Giessen , QM Depot
- 6th Msl Bn, 43rd ADA (Patriot), Ansbach , Barton Barracks
- 8th Msl Bn, 43rd ADA (Patriot), Giebelstadt Army Airfield
- 94th Air Defense Artillery Group (or Brigade) Kaiserslautern , Kleber-Kaserne (for Air Defense Battalions Nike)
- 5th Msl Bn, 1st ADA (Nike), Wiesbaden Air Base
- 4th Msl Bn, 6th ADA (Nike), Bitburg Air Base
- 5th Msl Bn, 6th ADA (Nike), Neubrücke Army Hospital / Baumholder Army Airfield
- 2nd Msl Bn, 56th ADA (Nike), Pirmasens , Husterhoeh-Kaserne
- 1st Msl Bn, 67th ADA (Nike), Darmstadt, Ernst-Ludwig-Kaserne / Wertheim , Peden Barracks
- 3rd Msl Bn, 71st ADA (Nike), Kornwestheim , Wilkin Barracks
- 108th Air Defense Artillery Group (or Brigade) Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh, Kapaun Air Station (for anti-aircraft battalions Chaparral-Vulcan)
- 4th Arty Bn, 2nd ADA (Chaparral), Giebelstadt Army Airfield
- 5th Arty Bn, 4th ADA (Chaparral), Schwabach , O'Brien Barracks
- 3rd Arty Bn, 44th ADA (Chaparral), Ramstein Air Base
- 7th Arty Bn, 61st ADA (Chaparral), Spangdahlem Air Base
- 2nd Arty Bn, 67th ADA (Chaparral), Kapaun Air Station
- 5th Arty Bn, 1st ADA (Vulcan), Wiesbaden Air Base
- 6th Arty Bn, 56th ADA (Vulcan), Spangdahlem Air Base
- 2nd Arty Bn, 60th ADA (Vulcan), Ramstein Air Base
The air defense was under the operational control of the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) of NATO . In 1995 32nd AADCOM was decommissioned.
Weapon systems
The American air defense had the following weapons systems available:
Nike
Nike (SAM-N-25 - designation until 1962; MIM-14 / 14A / 14B - designation from 1962), which in the original variant MIM-3 Nike Ajax and later in the improved variant Nike Hercules the backbone of the US for many years -American air defense represented. It was designed for use against high-flying, supersonic and also multiple targets (e.g. against bomber pulks). Nike consisted of a starting stage with a Nike solid rocket motor(bundled fourfold in the Nike Hercules) and a second stage powered by liquid fuel (only NIKE Ajax; NIKE Hercules had a solid propulsion engine as the second stage). The warhead could be armed conventionally (BHE, BLE) (M17 high-explosive blast-fragmentation) or nuclear (BXS, BXL) (W-31 nuclear (2 kT, 40 kT)). The conventional warheads created a cloud of metal fragments that would damage the aircraft to be defended against and cause them to crash.
The Nike-Ajax two-stage anti-aircraft missile was developed in the USA in the 1950s to combat high-flying bombers, which corresponded to the perception of the threat at the time. In 1958 she was extradited to the US Army. An improved version, Nike-Hercules, was delivered to the European NATO allies from 1960. Four drive rockets were bundled together in the first stage, the second stage could carry either a conventional or an atomic warhead. The combat distance was 120 km; the Nike-Hercules could climb up to 30 km. In order to be able to repel an air attack successfully, it was no longer necessary to hit the incoming bomber directly. The enormous explosive force, especially in its nuclear variant, already brought about the desired success within a radius of more than one kilometer from the target. The missile had to be steered into the target by the fire control officer in the Battalion Operations Center (BOC) until it exploded , which allowed the entire system to saturate relatively quickly. In general, it must be noted critically that the entire conception was based on the assumption of large groups of high-flying heavy bombers from the aerial warfare of World War II. They offered no protection against fighter-bombers flying low at high speed. The Nike anti-aircraft missiles were therefore also decommissioned in the 1980s.
The anti-aircraft battalions were deployed in a closed belt behind the HAWK weapon system from the North Sea to the Stuttgart area, and until France left NATO integration as far as Lake Constance. The Belgian and Dutch associations formed a second line behind the German Nike belt. This extended the warning time for the Benelux countries by a few precious minutes. The “Aircraft Carrier Rhineland-Palatinate” was secured by additional Nike positions in the second row or in property protection. The United States also brought Chaparral and Vulcan missiles into position.
HAWK
MIM-23 HAWK was a mobile, all-weather anti - aircraft missile system made in the USA . The manufacturer was Raytheon . HAWK was used against flight targets in the low to medium altitude range and was fully relocatable due to loading on single-axle trailers and trucks. The destination search is undertaken by one pulse (Pulse radar acquisition, PAR) and a continuous-wave radar detection (Continuous Wave Radar Acquisition, CWAR). To combat it, the flight target is illuminated with another continuous wave radar (high-power illuminator radar, HPIR). The reflected radar energy is used by the missile's steering unit to guide the target, with additional direct control signals being sent which are received by an antenna at the rear of the missile. The name of the weapon system is based on this procedure (HAWK, homing all-the-way killer).
The HAWK associations were stationed in a closed belt along the inner-German border and the border with CSSR from the edge of the Alps to the Baltic Sea. The US-American associations took over the BOC 42 - 54 from the Isar across Bavaria and Hesse to the Vogelsberg (initially even into the Kassel area), the German Air Force took over the BOC 41 in Upper Bavaria (Lenggries) and 61 - 66 in the middle Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, the Belgian Land Forces the BOC 56 - 57 along the Weser and Fulda in East Westphalia and North Hesse and the Dutch Air Force the BOC 58 - 60 along the Weser in Lower Saxony. BOC 42 (Munich, Freising) was transferred from the USA to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1965. The planned and prepared stationing of French HAWK units in the extreme south of the belt in Upper Bavaria failed because of France's withdrawal from NATO integration in 1966; the Luftwaffe took over BOC 41 and a little later also BOC 42. The gap in the Hessian highlands (BOC 55 Fürstenberg) between the American and Belgian sections, which the Bundeswehr was to cover in the planning, was never closed.
patriot
MIM-104 Patriot is a ground-based short-range anti-aircraft missile system for defense against aircraft , cruise missiles and tactical medium-range ballistic missiles . It was developed by the American companies Raytheon and Lockheed since the 1960s, at that time still under the name " SAM -D". The Soviet counterpart to the Patriot was the SA-10 "Grumble" from the 1970s, currently the more modern Russian SA-20 "Gargoyle" can best be compared with the Patriot system. The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system consists of several individual components thatare mountedon semi-trailers / trucks to ensure high mobility. The individual subsystems are connected to one another either via cable connections (fiber optics / two-wire and multi-wire lines) and / or VHF radio. The AN / MPQ-53 multifunction radar is used to capture, identify and combat air targets. The radar also provides friend-foe detection (IFF) through electronic querying of the flight targets and the establishment of a data link to fired guided missiles. The Patriot system's fire control station is one of the few manned components. From here, three operators conduct the fire fight, and they can receive instructions from the central fire control cabin ICC. The ICC is the central, higher-level command post, in which tactical decisions are made at combat command level (battalion level) and then passed on to up to six fire control centers (fire unit level). Each of the seven US Patriot Missile Battalions in Germany had two launch positions, so-called "Initial Ready Positions" (IRP).
Chaparral
MIM-72 Chaparral as a short-range anti-aircraft missile system. The vehicle was also known as the M-48 Chaparral. In the 1960s, Britain and the United Statesnegotiatedunsuccessfully to introduce a joint short-range anti-aircraft missile system called the Mauler . As a result, separate solutions were implemented. While the Britishdeveloped a completely new designwith the Rapier system, the Americans tried to make an already existing system suitable for ground-to-air use - the result was the Chaparral system. An air-to-air missile Sidewinder, modified for surface-to-air defense, served as the basis for the Chaparral missile. Four Chaparral missiles were mounted on the chassis of the M113 armored personnel carrier . Originally, the missile was aimed at the approaching target and fired after the IR seeker picked up the target. In later years a fire control radar was added to be able to attack targets even in poor visibility. An additional search radar might have to be carried separately. The system was retired from the US armed forces during the 1990s but then sold to foreign forces. In order to extend the lifespan of the rockets for them, the supplier of the rocket motors Orbital ATK built and delivered 800 replacementmotorsin 2008 and 1384 in 2012.
Vulcan
Vulcan Air Defense System is an anti-aircraft tankdeveloped in the United States in the 1960s andbased on a modified M 113 A1 chassis, which is equipped with a modified M61 Vulcan -Gatling gun (M168) and a fire control radar . The chassis itself bears the designation M 741. From 1964, the United States Army began development of the M163, which was to serve as a replacement for the M42 Duster system. Shortly after the first examples were completed in 1968, tests were carried out against ground targets in the Vietnam War , which showed how effective the system was in this area. Since the development of the replacement project M247 Sergeant York was discontinued in 1985 due to massive technical problems, work was carried out in parallel on an increase in combat value , which was introduced in 1984 as PIVADS (Product Improved Vulcan Air Defense System). Technically obsolete, especially due to its limited range, the Army units were replaced in the 1990s by the M1097 Avenger system with Stinger missiles.
American air defense locations
The American anti-aircraft battalions were designated as Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Battalions . B. the
- Short form 4-6 ADA (N) in the long form 4th Missile Battalion / 6th Air Defense Artillery (Nike). Stands analog
- (H) for HAWK,
- (IH) for Improved HAWK,
- (P) for patriot,
- (V) for Vulcan,
- (Ch) for chaparral.
- IRP stands for Initial Ready Position in the Patriot weapon system.
The individual batteries were not numbered, but designated with letters A to D.
| BOC | Location | property | 1958 | 1975 | 1984 | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOC 16 Bitburg | Bitburg | Bitburg Air Base | 4-6 ADA (N) | 6-62 ADA (IH) | 5-7 ADA (P) | HQ Nike, I-HAWK (temporarily in Spangdahlem), Patriot, 4-6 ADA (N) formed in 1958 from 25th Msl Bn, converted to HAWK in 1972 (relocated from Aschaffenburg), closed in 1994 |
| Welschbillig ( Butzweiler ) | Welschbillig Missile Station | B / 4-6 ADA (N) | B / 2-62 ADA (H), B / 6-62 ADA (IH) | Btry / 5-7 ADA (P) | 1972 conversion to HAWK (relocated from Aschaffenburg), 1984 conversion to Patriot, closed in 1992 | |
| Hisel ( Brimingen ) | Hisel Missile Station | C / 4-6 ADA (N) | C / 2-62 ADA (H), C / 6-62 ADA (IH) | C / 6-62 ADA (IH) | 1972 Conversion to HAWK (Btry reorganized), closed in 1992 | |
| Balesfeld | Balesfeld Missile Station | D / 4-6 ADA (N) | A / 2-62 ADA (H) | Btry / 5-7 ADA (P) | 1972 conversion to HAWK (relocated from Darmstadt), 1984 conversion to Patriot, closed in 1995 | |
| Hontheim | Hontheim Missile Station | A / 4-6 ADA (N) | D / 5-6 ADA (N) | D / 5-6 ADA (N) | From 1971 under 5-6 ADA (N) Neubrücke, closed in 1992 | |
| Idenheim | Idenheim Communications Annex | IRP / 5-7 ADA (P) | IRP for Welschbillig Patriot Btry, closed in 1992 | |||
| Neuheilenbach | IRP / 5-7 ADA (P) | IRP for Balesfeld Patriot Btry, closed in 1995 | ||||
| Spangdahlem | Spangdahlem Air Base | 2-62 ADA (H) | 2-62 ADA (IH) | 2-62 ADA (IH) | Temporary site 1957, HQ HAWK (temporarily in Bitburg), 2-62 ADA (H) renamed to 1-1 ADA (H) in 1987 | |
| BOC 17 Wackernheim | Wackernheim | McCully Barracks | 2-1 ADA (N) | HQ Nike (2-1 ADA (N)), closed in 1993 | ||
| Wiesbaden-Erbenheim | Wiesbaden Air Base | 5-1 ADA (N), 5-1 ADA (V) | Btry / 4-7 ADA (P) | HQ Nike, Vulcan, 5-1 ADA (N) formed in 1958 from 63rd Msl Bn, renamed 2-1 ADA (N) in 1972, converted to Patriot in 1985, closed in 1991 | ||
| Wackernheim | McCully Barracks | A / 2-1 ADA (N) | A / 5-1 ADA (N), A / 5-1 ADA (V) | Temporary site 1957, 1958 US site under construction, closed in 1993 | ||
| Dexheim | Anderson Barracks | B / 2-1 ADA (N) | B / 5-1 ADA (N), B / 5-1 ADA (V) | 4-7 ADA (P) | 1958 US position under construction, HQ Patriot - previously 2-3 ADA (P), closed in 1991 | |
| Grünstadt | Communications Station | C / 2-1 ADA (N) | Nike position closed in 1971 | |||
| Quirnheim | Gdansk barracks | C / 5-1 ADA (N), C / 5-1 ADA (V) | Btry / 4-7 ADA (P) | At the same time IRP, 1994 partial return, closed in 2001 | ||
| Dichtelbach ( Kandrich , Rheinböllen ) | Dichtelbach Missile Station | C / 2-1 ADA (N) | D / 5-1 ADA (N), D / 5-1 ADA (V) | IRP / 4-7 ADA (P) | IRP for Dichtelbach Patriot Btry, closed in 1991 | |
| Grenderich | Grenderich Missile Station | Btry / 4-7 ADA (P) | At the same time, IRP, closed in 1991 | |||
| BOC 18 Darmstadt | Darmstadt | Ernst Ludwig barracks | 1-67 ADA (N) | A / 2-62 ADA (H), D / 2-62 ADA (H) | HQ Nike, 1-67 ADA (N) 1958 formed from 67th Msl Bn, HAWK intermediate stationing 1965 - 1972 (Oberschleißheim → Balesfeld, Murnau → Reitscheid), partial return 1996, 2009 closed | |
| Griesheim | Griesheim Missile Facility | A / 1-67 ADA (N) | Temporary site 1957, pulled out by Nike in 1969/1970, closed in 1992 | |||
| Main blue | Mainbullau Missile Station | B / 1-67 ADA (N) | 1969/1970 Nike withdrew, closed in 1992 | |||
| Hardheim | Hardheim Missile Station | C / 1-67 ADA (N) | C / 3-71 ADA (N) | D / 6-52 ADA (IH) | 1971 under 3-71 ADA (N) Kornwestheim, 1984 under 6-52 ADA (IH) Würzburg, closed in 1985 | |
| Dallau | Dallau Tactical Defense Station | D / 1-67 ADA (N) | A / 3-71 ADA (N) | 1958 US position under construction, 1971 under 3-71 ADA (N) Kornwestheim, closed 1985 | ||
| Aschaffenburg | Hunter barracks | 2-62 ADA (H), B / 2-62 ADA (H) | HQ HAWK, HAWK intermediate stationing 1965 - 1972 (Munich → Bitburg / Spangdahlem, Erding → Welschbillig), closed in 1992 | |||
| BOC 19 Pirmasens | Pirmasens | Husterhoeh barracks | 2-56 ADA (N) | 2-56 ADA (N) | A / 2-60 ADA (V) | Temporary site 1957, HQ Nike, 2-56 ADA (N) 1958 formed from 95th Msl Bn, closed in 1984 under 2-60 ADA (V) Ramstein, 1997 |
| Geinsheim (Fronmühle) | Geinsheim Activity | A / 2-56 ADA (N) | A / 2-56 ADA (N) | A / 2-56 ADA (N) | Closed in 1998 | |
| Landau | Camp Thomas Nast | B / 2-56 ADA (N) | B / 2-56 ADA (N) | Btry / 1-7 ADA (P) | Temporary site 1957, 1958 US position under construction, 1984 conversion to Patriot, also IRP, closed in 1995 | |
| Lemberg ( Salzwoog ) | Lviv Missile Station | C / 2-56 ADA (N) | C / 2-56 ADA (N) | C / 2-56 ADA (N) | 1958 US position under construction, closed in 1994 | |
| Oberauerbach | Oberauerbach Missile Station | D / 2-56 ADA (N) | D / 2-56 ADA (N) | D / 2-56 ADA (N) | Closed in 1991 | |
| Kaiserslautern | Rhine Ordnance Barracks | 1-7 ADA (P) | HQ Patriot - previously 6-3 ADA (P) | |||
| BOC 20 new bridge | New bridge | Army Hospital Neubrücke | 5-6 ADA (N) | 4-1 ADA (H) | 4-1 ADA (IH) | HQ Nike, HAWK, 5-6 ADA (N) formed in 1958 from 45th Msl Bn, 3-59 ADA (until 1982 in Hanau) renamed 4-1 ADA (IH) in 1987, closed in 1995 |
| Schönborn | Schoenborn Missile Station | A / 5-6 ADA (N) | A / 4-1 ADA (H) | A / 4-1 ADA (IH) | 1969/1970 conversion to HAWK, closed in 1992 | |
| Wüschheim | Wüschheim Tac Opera Facility | B / 5-6 ADA (N) | B / 4-1 ADA (H) | B / 4-1 ADA (IH) | 1969/1970 conversion to HAWK, closed in 1992 | |
| Baumholder | Baumholder Tactical Defense Missile Facility | C / 5-6 ADA (N) | C / 4-1 ADA (H) | C / 4-1 ADA (IH) | Temporary site 1957, 1969/1970 conversion to HAWK | |
| Reitscheid | Reitscheid Missile Station | D / 5-6 ADA (N) | D / 2-62 ADA (H) | D / 6-62 ADA (IH) | 1972 Conversion to HAWK (relocated from Darmstadt, under 2-62 ADA (H) Spangdahlem or 6-62 ADA (IH) Bitburg), closed in 1992 | |
| BOC 21 Kornwestheim | Kornwestheim | Wilkin Barracks | 3-71 ADA (N) | 3-71 ADA (N) | 3-71 ADA (N) | HQ Nike, 3-71 ADA (N) formed in 1958 from 552nd Msl Bn, closed in 1985 |
| Kornwestheim | Kornwestheim Missile Station | A / 3-71 ADA (N) | Temporary site 1957, closed 1985 | |||
| Sachsenheim (Großsachsenheim) | Sachsenheim Missile Station | B / 3-71 ADA (N) | B / 3-71 ADA (N) | B / 3-71 ADA (N) | 1958 US position under construction, closed in 1985 | |
| Kleingartach | Kleingartach Missile Station | C / 3-71 ADA (N) | 1958 US position under construction, closed in 1969/1970 | |||
| Wurmberg | D / 3-71 ADA (N) | D / 3-71 ADA (N) | D / 3-71 ADA (N) | Closed in 1985 | ||
| Property protection | Ramstein | Ramstein Air Base | 2-60 ADA (V), 3-44 ADA (Ch) | HQ Vulcan, Chaparral | ||
| Spangdahlem | Spangdahlem Air Base | 6-56 ADA (V), 7-61 ADA (Ch) | Temporary site 1957, HQ Vulcan, Chaparral | |||
| Ramstein | Ramstein Air Base | B / 2-60 ADA (V) | ||||
| Bitburg | Bitburg Air Base | B / 6-56 ADA (V) | ||||
| Spangdahlem | Spangdahlem Air Base | A / 6-56 ADA (V) | ||||
| Rooster | Hahn Air Base | C / 6-56 ADA (V) | ||||
| Kaiserslautern | Daenner barracks | C / 2-60 ADA (V) | ||||
| Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh | Kapon Air Station | 2-67 ADA (Ch) | HQ Chaparral | |||
| Kaiserslautern-Vogelweh | Kapon Air Station | A / 2-67 ADA (Ch) | ||||
| Mannheim-Sandhofen | Coleman Barracks | 1-1 ADA (IH), B / 2-67 ADA (Ch) | Temporary site 1957 | |||
| Mannheim-Käfertal | Sullivan Barracks | C / 2-67 ADA (Ch) | ||||
| Germersheim | Germersheim Army Depot | D / 2-67 ADA (Ch) | Temporary site 1957, 1958 US position under construction, 1969/1970 conversion to Chaparral, closed in 1993 | |||
| BOC 42 Munich | Munich-Freimann | Will barracks | 6-62 ADA (H) | HQ HAWK, renamed 2-62 ADA (H) in 1965 and relocated to Aschaffenburg, barracks handed over to the Bundeswehr in 1965 ( Fürst-Wrede barracks ) | ||
| Oberschleissheim | Oberschleissheim Army Airfield | A / 6-62 ADA (H) | 1965 Renaming to A / 2-62 ADA (H) and relocation to Darmstadt | |||
| Erding | Erding Air Base | B / 6-62 ADA (H) | Air base handed over to the Luftwaffe in 1955, renamed to 2-62 ADA (H) in 1965 and HAWK relocated to Aschaffenburg | |||
| Bad Aibling | Rental fee | C / 6-62 ADA (H) | Closed in 1965 | |||
| Murnau | Kimbro Barracks | D / 6-62 ADA (H) | 1965 Renaming to D / 2-62 ADA (H) and relocation to Darmstadt | |||
| BOC 43 Landshut | Landshut | Pinder Barracks | 6-61 ADA (H) | HQ HAWK, closed in 1964 | ||
| Haindlfing | A / 6-61 ADA (H) | In 1964 handed over to 4./FlaRakBtl 32 | ||||
| Landshut | Pinder Barracks | B / 6-61 ADA (H) | Closed in 1964 | |||
| Wettstetten | C / 6-61 ADA (H) | In 1964 handed over to 4./FlaRakBtl 34 | ||||
| Oberhinkofen | D / 6-61 ADA (H) | Closed in 1964 | ||||
| BOC 45 Grafenwoehr | Grafenwohr | Grafenwoehr Training Area | 6-60 ADA (H) | 6-60 ADA (IH) | 6-60 ADA (IH) | HQ HAWK |
| Grafenwohr | Grafenwoehr Training Area | A / 6-60 ADA (H) | A / 6-60 ADA (IH) | A / 6-60 ADA (IH) | ||
| Freihöls | Sheep farm | B / 6-60 ADA (H) | ||||
| Hohenfels | Hohenfels Training Area | C / 2-57 ADA (H) | B / 6-60 ADA (IH) | B / 6-60 ADA (IH) | 1958 under 2-57 ADA (H) Ansbach | |
| Hohenfels | Hohenfels Training Area | D / 6-60 ADA (H) | ||||
| On the mountain | Pond Barracks | D / 2-57 ADA (H) | D / 2-57 ADA (IH) | D / 2-57 ADA (IH) | 1958 under 2-57 ADA (H) Ansbach, closed in 1992 | |
| BOC 48 Ansbach | Ansbach | Barton Barracks | 2-57 ADA (H) | 2-57 ADA (IH) | 6-43 ADA (P) | HQ HAWK, Patriot, closed in 2005 |
| Ansbach-Katterbach | Urlas | A / 2-57 ADA (H) | A / 2-57 ADA (IH) | Closed in 2005 | ||
| Illesheim | Storck Barracks | B / 2-57 ADA (H) | B / 2-57 ADA (IH) | Closed in 2005 | ||
| Fuerth | Monteith Barracks | C / 2-57 ADA (H) | C / 2-57 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1995 | ||
| Ansbach-Katterbach | Bismarck barracks | Btry / 6-43 ADA (P) | At the same time IRP, closed in 2005 | |||
| Oberdachstetten | IRP / 6-43 ADA (P) | IRP for Katterbach Patriot Btry, closed in 2005 | ||||
| Schwabach | O'Brien Barracks | D / 2-57 ADA (H) | D / 2-57 ADA (IH) | 5-4 ADA (Ch) | HQ Chaparral, closed in 1992 | |
| BOC 49 Würzburg | Wurzburg | Emery Barracks | 6-52 ADA (H) | 6-52 ADA (IH) | 6-52 ADA (IH) | HQ HAWK, closed in 1992 |
| Wurzburg | Emery Barracks | A / 6-52 ADA (H) | A / 6-52 ADA (IH) | A / 6-52 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1992 | |
| Kitzingen | Larson Barracks | B / 6-52 ADA (H) | B / 6-52 ADA (IH) | Btry / 8-43 ADA (P) | At the same time IRP, closed in 1992 | |
| Gable City | Tac Def Site | C / 6-52 ADA (H) | C / 6-52 ADA (IH) | 4-2 ADA (Ch), 8-43 ADA (P) | HQ Chaparral, Patriot, closed in 1992 | |
| Wertheim | Peden Barracks | D / 6-52 ADA (H) | D / 6-52 ADA (IH) | Btry / 8-43 ADA (P) | At the same time IRP, closed in 1994 | |
| BOC 50 Schweinfurt | Schweinfurt | Ledward Barracks | 3-7 ADA (H) | HQ HAWK, withdrawn in 1971, closed in 2005 | ||
| Schweinfurt | Conn Barracks | A / 3-7 ADA (H) | HAWK withdrawn in 1971, closed in 2005 | |||
| Schweinfurt | Ledward Barracks | B / 3-7 ADA (H) | HAWK withdrawn in 1971, closed in 2005 | |||
| Bamberg | Warner Barracks | C / 3-7 ADA (H) | HAWK withdrawn in 1971, closed in 2000 | |||
| BOC 51 Hanau | Hanau - Großauheim | Wolfgang barracks | 2-43 ADA (P) | HQ Patriot, closed in 2009 | ||
| Langendiebach | Hanau Air Base | 6-59 ADA (H) | 6-59 ADA (IH) | Btry / 2-43 ADA (P) | HQ HAWK, closed in 2009 | |
| Langendiebach | Hanau Air Base | A / 6-59 ADA (H) | A / 6-59 ADA (IH) | IRP / 2-43 ADA (P) | IRP for Patriot Btry Hanau, closed in 2009 | |
| Hanau | Hessen-Homburg barracks | C / 6-59 ADA (H) | C / 6-59 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1998 | ||
| Babenhausen | Babenhausen barracks | B / 6-59 ADA (H) | D / 6-59 ADA (IH) | Btry / 2-43 ADA (P) | At the same time IRP, closed in 2007 | |
| Friedberg | Ray Barracks | B / 6-59 ADA (H) | HAWK moved to Ockstadt in 1971, closed in 2007 | |||
| Ockstadt | Ockstadt Army Airfield | B / 6-59 ADA (IH) | Btry / 4-43 ADA (P) | At the same time, IRP, closed in 1991 | ||
| Mainz-Finthen | Finthen Army Airfield | D / 6-59 ADA (H) | ||||
| BOC 53 casting | to water | QM depot | 2-2 ADA (H) | 2-2 ADA (IH) | 4-43 ADA (P) | HQ HAWK, Patriot - previously 4-3 ADA (P), closed in 1993 |
| to water | Rivers Barracks | A / 2-2 ADA (H) | A / 2-2 ADA (IH) | Btry / 4-43 ADA (P) | Deployment position Annerod, 1962 - 1972 6-517 ADA (H), at the same time IRP, closed in 1993 | |
| Bad Hersfeld | McPheeters Barracks | B / 2-2 ADA (H) | Operating position Semmelberg, HAWK withdrawn in 1971, closed in 1994 | |||
| Butzbach | Castle barracks | C / 2-2 ADA (H) | C / 2-2 ADA (IH) | C / 2-2 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1993 | |
| Red vests | Rothwesten Tech Ops Facility | D / 2-2 ADA (H) | Closed in 1993 | |||
| BOC 54 Butzbach | Butzbach | Castle barracks | 1-1 ADA (H) | B / 3-52 ADA (IH) | B / 3-52 ADA (IH) | HQ HAWK, 1962 - 1972 6-562 ADA (H), closed in 2007 |
| Bad Kissingen | Reiterswiesen Tac Def Facility | A / 1-1 ADA (H) | A / 3-52 ADA (IH) | A / 3-52 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1994 | |
| Bimbach | Finkenberg Tac Def Facility | C / 1-1 ADA (H) | C / 3-52 ADA (IH) | C / 3-52 ADA (IH) | Closed in 1992 | |
| Fulda | Sickels Army Airfield | D / 1-1 ADA (H) | Closed in 1994 |
See also
- List of American military locations in southern Germany
- List of American military locations in Germany
- Territorial organization of the US armed forces in Germany
- 59th Ordnance Brigade
- Weapon Storage and Security System WS3
- United States Constabulary
- American field post in the Cold War
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Hickman, Donald J., The United States Army in Europe 1953–1963, Historical Division. US Army Europe, 1964, p. 6 f.
- ↑ The source of the table below is the annual USAREUR “Station Lists” and the “Official US Army, Europe Web Site”, http://www.usarmygermany.com
