Talk:Ramstein Air Base

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Is it possible to say that you love an Air Force Base? I lived there and went to school there twice as a child and I'd have to say I love Ramstein and the surrounding villages and always will.

Phil Murray

It is in Rhineland-Palatinate, not in "Rheinfeld-Pfalz". Changed that.

Contents 1 I was assigned here 2 Isn't it an American Military base in Germany? 3 Isn't this a little sided? 4 Ramstein Elementary School

[edit] I was assigned here

I was assigned to the 86th TFW from 8/74 to 8/77 - bwmoll3 12/10/06

local celebrity A1C Emmanuel Valles, a electrical and environmental journeymen for the 86th maintenance squadron is stationed here until february 2008.

[edit] Isn't it an American Military base in Germany?

"Ramstein Air Base is a great example of international collaboration: designed by French engineers, constructed by Germans and operated by Americans" What kind of BS is this? Does any country willingly have foreign military bases in its own territory? A little bit more explanation on why actually the French handed over the base to the americans would be better...

"International collaboration"... sheesh...(Vbroto 01:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC))

Because the Americans paid for the construction of the base in the French Occupation Zone. It was needed as a replacement for the early american air bases in Bavaria after the Cold War broke out in 1948. When Ramstein/Landstuhl AB was built, Western Germany was under French, British and American military occupation. As the FRG was threatened by the Soviet Union, a status of forces agreement was agreed to with regards to NATO/USAF forces within it's territory.

Bwmoll3 02:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Isn't this a little sided?

"a relic of the Cold War in Europe and a monument to an air war that was won without ever having been fought." Won by who? Americans I guess... Anyway, what kind of comment is this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vbroto (talk • contribs) 01:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I have a Cold War Victory Medal, so it wasn't the Soviet Union which was victorious :)

Bwmoll3 02:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ramstein Elementary School

When I went to the elementary school in the mid-1970s, there were two rectangular 3-story buildings divided by a courtyard. But this link: [1] looks nothing even remotely like it. What happened? Did they demolish the old building? -Rolypolyman 15:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)