Tag Archives: Use: Drone warfare

Facilities with drone airfields or telecommunication support for drone warfare.

DEU | Ramstein Air Base

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=14/49.4398/7.6019&categories=military
49.44, 7.60

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Google Earth 2000

Google Earth 2021

Wikipedia EN:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base

belongs to: USAG Kaiserslautern – Ramstein


Additional Facility View:  Airplane Fire Simulator -  (Distributed Command Ground System (Drone Warfare) - EIAMDC European Integrated Air and Missile Defence Center

Campaign info (DE): https://www.ramstein-kampagne.eu/

Local campaign info (DE): http://www.fluglaerm-kl.de/

Environmental issues: Aircraft noise, PFAS, Oil spill, Groundwater
Terrestrial Protected Area: Westricher Moorniederung
Source:  https://www.protectedplanet.net/555521571

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PAK | Shamsi Airfield, Washuk / Balochistan

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=13/27.8457/65.1621&categories=military
27.8560421, 65.1675035

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsi_Airfield
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffenst%C3%BCtzpunkt_Shamsi

Update: https://asiatimes.com/2021/09/us-troops-lingering-in-pakistan-ring-alarm-bells/
“Shamsi airbase was exclusively used to conduct drone operations in northwest Pakistan and housed several US military personnel. Blackwater employees were also involved in these operations. The CIA and US Air Force jointly developed the airfield, which the US was forced to leave in 2011.“

GBR | RAF Digby

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#military/w173258341&map=15/53.0998/-0.4433&categories=military
53.090833, -0.434167

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Digby

Other Source: NASA’s Quiet Presence at a Base in England’s Countryside Revealed in Snowden Documents, the Intercept, 13 Sept 2017 – https://theintercept.com/2017/09/13/digby-uk-nsa-gchq-surveillance/

ITA | Sicilia, Sigonella: Distributed Command Ground System

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=17/37.39825/14.90114&categories=military
 37.398069,  14.902287

Google Earth 2020

Google Earth 2017

Wikipedia EN: n/a

Belongs to: Sigonella Air Base

Notes

Same installation like in Ramstein https://visualbases.org/satellite-ground-system-ramstein/

ROU | Câmpia Turzii Air Base

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=13/46.5030/23.9355&categories=military
46.503126, 23.887934

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoAF_71st_Air_Base
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milit%C3%A4rflugplatz_C%C3%A2mpia_Turzii

Update 21-01-05: https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/air-force-moves-drones-airmen-to-base-in-romania-1.657484

DEU | Ramstein: Distributed Command Ground System

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=19/49.44620/7.61247&categories=military
49.446193,  7.611922

Google Earth 2017

Google Earth 2010

belongs to: Ramstein Air Base

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Bryant_(whistleblower)