Erding Air Base

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Erding Air Base
Erding Airfield Aerial.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code ETSE
Coordinates

48 ° 19 '20 "  N , 11 ° 56' 55"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 19 '20 "  N , 11 ° 56' 55"  E
Height above MSL 462 m (1516  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 2 km northeast of Erding
Basic data
opening 1935
closure 2014 military operation
operator Fliegerclub Erding
surface about 12 km² ha
Start-and runway
08/26 2521 m × 30 m concrete



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The Erding Air Base was a military airfield of the Luftwaffe northeast of Erding in the Munich area . It was militarily disengaged at the end of 2015, and since then it has only been used by the Fliegerclub Erding with civil permission. Today the repair center 11 of the weapon system support center 1 is stationed there. On the edge of the airfield site the company operates IABG since 2011 dynamic tests of Airbus A350 -Bauteilen. Refugee accommodation for asylum seekers has been housed on the site since 2015.

history

time of the nationalsocialism

Aerial view of the air base

The airbase was in 1935 by the Air Force of the former Wehrmacht built. From 1941 onwards, various flying transfer units were located here, such as the Erding transfer point, the Aircraft Group 3 transfer command, the South / Airplane Transfer Squadron 1 group and the Air Fleet Command 2 aircraft lock. From April to December 1944, the 10th (supplementary) squadron of the combat squadron was 51 stationed here. Only in April 1945, the III./KG(J) 54, an active flying unit came onto the field, which took off from here with its Messerschmitt Me 262 .

Used by the United States Air Force

After the Second World War , the US Air Force occupied and used Airfield R.91 , the then allied code designation. The 7200th Air Force Depot Wing had been stationed at the air base since July 1949 . Allied aircraft took off from Erding for supply flights as part of the Berlin Airlift, for this reason the number of employees rose to 7512 during this time, 2704 of whom were soldiers. From March to December 1955, the runway was widened to 30 meters and extended to 2,450. From February 1956 to December 1959 part of the 440th Fighter Interceptor Squadron from Ramstein with F-86D was stationed in Erding and from April 1971 to August 1972 the 52nd Tactical Fighter Group with F-102A.

Use by the Bundeswehr

1955-1968

After the Bundeswehr was set up in 1955, preparations began in November of the same year to create a supply infrastructure for the Air Force. Corresponding so-called preparation points for material, material acceptance (from industry) and supplies were set up in Erding, on April 4, 1956, German soldiers under the command of Colonel Victor von Lossberg arrived at the air base for the first time and were briefed by the American soldiers . On June 1, 1956, the Luftwaffe's material command was set up at the air base, and the material preparation center was disbanded with the same order. In September 1956, the Air Force Supply Regiment 1 was established.

On December 14, 1957, the entire system was handed over to the newly established air force of the German Armed Forces , for which the Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss , the Ambassador of the USA in Germany, David KE Bruce , and the inspector of the Air Force , Josef Kammhuber , had traveled. As early as June 1957, the Nord Noratlas was the first aircraft to arrive in Erding for repairs.

As early as 1959, the Air Force Supply Regiment 1 was renamed the Air Force Park Regiment and carried out repair work that was comparable to the repair work by the aircraft manufacturer. For this purpose there were five squadrons below the regimental level with specialized assignments, for example for the repair of airframes , avionics and weapons.

After the decision to procure a new fighter aircraft for the Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" had been made in 1960, the Erding began in the same year with the creation of a corresponding infrastructure for the repair of the machine, including a test bench for the J79 engine newly created.

In 1962 193 aircraft were repaired and 796 engines were overhauled. In 1968 the regiment was renamed Air Force Supply Area 1.

1968-1980

In the late 1960s, the first discussions about the creation of a new Munich airport took place , as Munich-Riem Airport could not be expanded due to its proximity to the city center and flight operations were to be relocated outside the city for safety reasons. The regional planning procedure was started in 1967, and the Federal Ministry of Defense promised to restrict flight operations or to cease them entirely if a new airport was built in the Erding area. A conversion Erdings to a commercial airport was not seriously considered. In 1968 the fundamental decision was made to build the new airport in Erdinger Moos .

On 12 February 1969 plunged Noratlas the Air Transport Wing 61 after the start in Emling in Erding on a house, ten soldiers and a two-year child, who was staying in the house were killed. The memorial service took place three days later in a hall of the air base.

From June 1970 to April 1971, flight operations were temporarily suspended due to construction work; one year later, staff from the division supported the Summer Olympics in Munich. On October 1, 1973, Air Force Supply Area 1 was reclassified and renamed Air Force Supply Regiment 1 again. The regiment was subordinate to five shipyards, four of them (the Luftwaffe yards 11, 12, 14 and 16) were stationed in Erding, the "field shipyard F-104" in Manching . In 1973, Fighter Bomber Wing 33 from Büchel in the Eifel also carried out its flight operations from Erding, while the runway was renewed at its own airfield.

On May 6, 1978, a flight day was organized by the regiment, and in 1979 the 179th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron from Duluth , Minnesota, transferred eight McDonnell RF-4C Phantoms to the air base for three weeks .

1980-1990

The 1980s saw another reclassification, also due to the imminent introduction of the Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber into the Bundeswehr. For this purpose, the Luftwaffe shipyard 11 was dissolved on October 1, 1980 and the technical group 11 was set up at battalion level . The group took over each tornado from the manufacturer and equipped it with external load carriers and other, nation-specific pieces of equipment, after which the machines were transferred to the associations. On November 9, 1981, the first tornado for this work was flown from Ingolstadt / Manching to Erding.

At the end of the 1980s, the starfighters that had been withdrawn from the associations were transferred to Erding and some to other nations such as B. handed over to Turkey. From 1988 the Ministry of Defense considered stationing a squadron with the Tornado weapon system as part of Fighter Bomber Squadron 39 on the air base, against which resistance formed among the population. In February 1989 the decision was made not to carry out this deployment, the squadron was never formed.

1990-2001

Due to the reunification and the subsequent reform of the Bundeswehr, the Air Force Supply Regiment 1 was also reclassified and handed over, among other things, the Air Force Shipyard 12 to Leipheim . The number of employees at the air base had already been reduced to 2,800 in 1992 from the previous 3,700 employees.

Active flight operations were discontinued in the early 1990s, also because of the close proximity to Munich Airport "Franz Josef Strauss" . Since the late 1980s, there have been no more low-level flights over Erding and the neighboring districts.

2001-2010

At the beginning of the 21st century, the Air Force Structure 5 was decided, under which the Air Force Maintenance Regiment 1 was created on July 1, 2002; In addition, from 2004 this structure was seamlessly integrated into Air Force Structure 6. The previously six supply regiments were transferred to two maintenance regiments and the weapons system support center in Igling near Landsberg . The regiment in Erding partly took over the tasks of the disbanded units, but handed over other work such as engine repairs for the RB199 of the Tornado 2006 to the manufacturer MTU.

From 2010

On January 1, 2013, the Air Force Maintenance Regiment 1 became Weapons System Support Center 1 , which was relocated to Manching in 2018. Since then, the repair center 11 has been the remaining main user. The final closure of the site by the Bundeswehr is planned for 2024. In 2016, PFC contamination became known due to the use of extinguishing foams in the past. The report was published by the Bundeswehr.

End of flight operations

The air base initially continued to function as the location of the Air Force Maintenance Regiment 1 and maintenance airfield for the machines of the German Air Force, mainly tornadoes . Test flights were still carried out. The last repaired tornado left Erding on September 16, 2014. This also ended jet flight operations in Erding. The so-called “fly-out” was celebrated with the participation of various guest aircraft with a family day.

Since then, only equipment has been repaired in Erding.

Flight days

During the active time of the German Air Force at Erding Air Base, several public flight days were held in a military context with flight demonstrations, most recently in the summer of 1986. Since the Ramstein flight conference in 1988 and the cessation of military flight operations, there were still open days in 1996 and 2006 Door , where only overflights with German tornadoes took place.

Williamsville

Williamsville , the housing estate built for military personnel along today's Rotkreuzstrasse, is named after First Lieutenant Leland V. Williams, a US airlift pilot who crashed in 1948 on the way from Frankfurt am Main to Berlin im Taunus . The bronze plaque in his honor was renewed in 2008 by the Friends of the City of Erding Association.

Incidents

  • On February 12, 1969, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the aircraft registration number 52 + 57 (serial number: D066) crashed into a farmhouse after taking off from Erding Air Base . Of the 13 inmates, 10 were killed, as well as a child in the house. Among the survivors were two men of the crew ( LTG 61 ), the commander and the navigator. There was heavy snow drift at the start.

Other (shared) use

Civil training workshop

Dual training has been carried out at the air base since the training workshop was founded in 1960 . Since then, more than 1,600 apprentices (as of August 2013) have completed various vocational training courses. The following professions are currently being trained:

In addition to skills such as planning and organizing work, manufacturing assemblies and analyzing and eliminating faults, occupational safety and environmental protection in the company are part of the vocational training. In the (usually) three-and-a-half-year training, the trainees go through various departments and specialist workshops after thorough basic training.

In the aircraft mechanic professional group, trainees are trained for 12 months on various types of training aircraft. So stand u. a. Tornado , Starfighter and from autumn 2013 a BO 105 will be available. The trainee is then involved in the operational maintenance and repair process.

Cross-company processes are conveyed to the trainees through inter-company training phases with cooperation partners. In the profession of electronics technician for devices and systems, the training is mainly based on amounts. A training master and trainer look after the trainees in special specialist workshops. Each trainee has his own workplace equipped with measuring and testing devices. During the entire training, the knowledge is acquired and deepened through lessons and practical exercises.

Attached to the training workshop is a dormitory where trainees can be accommodated.

Civil use

View of the gym during the dressing up for the 2014 Winter Olympics .

Since 1968, the Fliegerclub Erding and Bundeswehrsportfluggruppe e. V. at the Erding Air Base. The Luftsportvereinigung Albatros e. Since the opening of Munich Airport "Franz Josef Strauss", V. has been operating its motor glider on the grounds of the Erding Air Base as the second club next to the Erding Aviation Club.

Traditionally, every four years, the dressing up of the German Olympians for the Winter Olympics takes place in the sports hall of the air base.

Refugee camp

Since the end of October 2015, part of the area of ​​the air base has served as an initial reception facility for asylum seekers as part of the refugee crisis under the name “Waiting room Erding”. These are then distributed to the respective federal states. It is the second refugee camp of this size in Bavaria next to Feldkirchen near Straubing .

Motorsport

On June 9, 1985, a DTM airfield race over 20 laps of 2.54 km was held on the premises of the air base. The German Formula 3 Championship was held here between 1978 and 1986.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Test hall at the air base: First comes Airbus, then Ariane. In: Münchner Merkur. May 21, 2011, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 193,545 Germany (1937 Borders). (PDF) In: ww2.dk. June 2014, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Weapons System Support Center 1: Erding Air Base . September 16, 2014. Ed .: Lothar Fölbach Medienservice. 1st edition. Fölbach Verlag, Munich 2014.
  4. ↑ aviation-safety.net: Photo
  5. ↑ Special missions. Bockhorn Volunteer Fire Brigade, accessed on November 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Last Call at Casino Erding
  7. ↑ Erding gets the air base cheaper. October 17, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH: PFC investigations in the area of ​​the air base ErdingBV Fl practice pool and runway, documentation of the sampling, laboratory analysis and evaluation of results. Freising State Building Authority, June 16, 2016, accessed on June 5, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Berlin Airlift: Erding Air Base was an important hub. In: Münchner Merkur. May 8, 2009, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Memorial plaque in the air base. ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Weihenstephan.org.
  11. ^ Accident report Noratlas 52 + 57 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ Hans Moritz: The training workshop remains alive. In: Münchner Merkur. September 28, 2012, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Erding training workshop. (No longer available online.) In: bundeswehrkarriere.de. Bundeswehr, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; Retrieved April 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundeswehrkarriere.de
  14. ^ Hans Moritz: Erding Air Base: 5000 asylum seekers by the end of the month. In: Münchner Merkur. October 17, 2015, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Erding 1985. In: Motorsport Total. Retrieved April 10, 2016 .
  16. ^ Formula 3 Guide - 1986 season. In: Formula 3 Guide. Retrieved April 10, 2016 .