Tag Archives: Base nation: USA

Foreign and overseas military bases of the USA

DEU | Baumholder Military Community (Σ)

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

Locations in VisualBases: Baumholder Army Health Clinic – Smith Barracks Baumholder – Wetzel Kaserne Baumholder – Baumholder Airfield (including Baumholder Training Area) 

Additional BSR entries (3): Baumholder Family Housing – Hoppstaedten Works Baumholder –  Wetzel Family Housing Baumholder

DEU | Stuttgart: Panzerkaserne Böblingen

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 48.684586,  9.058083

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

“The post is administered by U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Europe (IMCOM-Europe), a legacy from its use as an Army installation since just after World War II. Panzer also hosts the headquarters of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe & Africa (MARFOREURAF) and various Special Operations units of the Army and Navy supporting EUCOM and AFRICOM”

DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerkaserne_B%C3%B6blingen

Campaign info (DE): http://www.schiesslaermusarmy.de/

 

DEU | Grafenwöhr Training Area

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49.70, 11.90

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafenwoehr_Training_Area
DE:– https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truppen%C3%BCbungsplatz_Grafenw%C3%B6hr

Additional BSR entry (2): Grafenwoehr, South Camp Vilseck (Army Airfield)

 

DEU | Baumholder Training Area

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49.651389, 7.305278

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumholder_Army_Airfield
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truppen%C3%BCbungsplatz_Baumholder
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumholder_Army_Airfield

BSR entry: Baumholder Airfield

DEU | Wiesbaden: Army Airfield Erbenheim

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50.04, 8.33 https://earth.google.com/web/search/50.04+8.33

Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_D._Clay_Kaserne
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Wiesbaden-Erbenheim

Campaign info (DE): https://wiesbadener-buendnis.de/  | https://bilgus.de/

Environmental impact: Helicopter noise, PFAS

DEU | Ansbach: Katterbach Kaserne

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49.309167, 10.636944

Google Earth 2018

  Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katterbach_Kaserne
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Ansbach-Katterbach

Campaign info (DE): http://www.etz-langts.de/

Environmental impact: Helicopter noise, PFAS soil and water load

IRQ | Ain al-Asad Airbase

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https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=13/33.7973/42.4370&categories=military
33.8, 42.433333

Google Earth 20021 (2004)

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

Update: US military expanding Ain al-Asad air base despite calls to withdraw troops from Iraq

 

PAK | Shamsi Airfield, Washuk / Balochistan

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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.“