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{{Short description|Military airbase in Germany}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Faßberg Air Base<br>{{smaller|''Heeresflugplatz Faßberg''}}<BR>{{small|(Advanced Landing Ground B-152)}}<BR>[[File:Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg|75px]][[File:Bundeswehr Logo Luftwaffe with lettering.svg|160px]]
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| location = [[Faßberg]], [[Lower Saxony]]
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| country = Germany
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| caption = Former main entrance to Faßberg Air Base
| pushpin_map = Germany Lower Saxony
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| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Lower Saxony
| coordinates = {{Coord|52|55|10|N|010|11|20|E|region:DE-NI_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| ownership = [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Defence]]
| operator = [[Bundeswehr]]
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| built = {{Start date|1934}}
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| used = 1934-present<!--{{End date|1946}}-->
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| elevation = {{Convert|75|m|0}}
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| ICAO = ETHS
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| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length = {{Convert|2,440|m|0}}
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 09L/27R
| r2-length = {{Convert|1,000|m|0}}
| r2-surface = Grass
| r3-number = 06/24
| r3-length = {{Convert|400|m|0}}
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'''Faßberg Air Base''' (
== History ==
An airfield was established in 1934. However, since Germany was not allowed to possess an air force
Between 1934 and 1945 various [[
In April 1945 the airfield was overrun by the [[British Army]] and subsequently used by the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF). It was renamed first Airfield B 152 and later
Whilst being
The next squadron was [[No. 14 Squadron RAF|14 Squadron]] which arrived on 1 November 1950 with the [[de Havilland Mosquito]] B.35, however only two months later during February 1951 they changed to the [[de Havilland Vampire]] FB.5 and further between May 1953 and July 1954 the Venom FB.1 was introduced with the squadron utilising both Vampires and Venom. On 23 June 1955 the squadron moved to [[RAF Oldenburg]].{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=28}}
On 1 November 1950 [[No. 98 Squadron RAF|98 Squadron]] joined with the Vampire FB.5 and changed to the Venom FB.1 during August 1953, the squadron moved to Jever on 19 April 1955.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=53}}
The next squadron to arrive was [[No. 118 Squadron RAF|118]] who reformed here on 10 May 1951 with the de Havilland Vampire FB.5. Shortly afterwards on 12 May 1951 [[No. 112 Squadron RAF|112 Squadron]] also reformed here operating the Vampire FB.5 however it was only a short stay and the squadron moved to [[RAF Jever]] on 7 March 1952.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=56}}
The [[de Havilland Venom]] FB.1 arrived to 118 Squadron during September 1953 and the squadron operated both the Vampire FB.5 and Venom FB.1 until June 1954 when the last Vampire's had left. The unit moved to Jever on 6 May 1955.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=57}}
On 26 September 1955 [[No. 11 Squadron RAF|11 Squadron]] arrived with the Venom FB.4 but they only stayed until the following October and moved to [[RAF Wunstorf]]. Similarly [[No. 5 Squadron RAF|5 Squadron]] joined on 10 October 1955 also with the Venom FB.4 and moved to Wunstorf on 9 October 1956.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=25}}
During 15 October 1955 [[No. 266 Squadron RAF|266 Squadron]] arrived with the Venom FB.4 and moved to Wunstorf exactly a year later.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=81}}
The following units were also here at some point:
* No. 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}
* No. 3 Armoured Car Squadron RAF Regiment.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}
* No. 22 (LAA) Squadron [[RAF Regiment]] also at the handing over of the station to the Luftwaffe.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}
Following the foundation of the ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' in 1955 and consequently the establishing of a German air force, Faßberg Air Base was returned to Germany on 1 January 1957. It was home of the Technical School of the ''Luftwaffe'' and for some time the Luftwaffe's Officer Training School. For fifteen years a helicopter pilot training school was also located at Faßberg Air base; this school has since been disbanded.
[[File:THRgt 10.jpg|thumb
== Current use ==
Faßberg Air Base is home to the army's Transport Helicopter Regiment 10 (''Transporthubschrauberregiment 10'') which was established in 1971. The regiment was first based at [[Celle Air Base]] but was moved to Faßberg in 1981.<ref>{{Citation
== See also ==
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*[[History of the Army Aviation Corps (Germany)|History of the German Army Aviation Corps]]
*[[German Army]]
*[[List of airports in Germany]]
*[[List of former Royal Air Force stations]]
*[[60th Air Mobility Wing]]
==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}
===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1= C G |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= [[Shrewsbury]] |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}
== Further reading ==
* {{citation | last = Dressel | first = Joachim | last2 = Griel | first2 = Manfred | title = Flugzeuge und Hubschrauber der Bundeswehr | place = Stuttgart | publisher = Motorbuch-Verlag|
* {{citation | last = Garben| first = Fritz| title = Fünf Jahrzehnte Heeresflieger: Typen, Taktik und Geschichte| place = Lemwerder| publisher = Stedinger-Verlag|
* {{citation | last = Huschke | first = Wolfgang J.
* {{citation | last = Luttermann| first = Klaus
* {{citation | last = Ries | first = Karl | last2 = Dierich | first2 = Wolfgang| title = Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe. Planskizzen 1935 - 1945 | place = Stuttgart | publisher = Motorbuch-Verlag|
* {{citation | last = Vetter | first = Bernd | last2 = Vetter | first2 = Frank| title = Die deutschen Heeresflieger: Geschichte, Typen und Verbände | place = Stuttgart | publisher = Motorbuch-Verlag|
== External links ==
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* [https://pixpast.com/index.php?search=fassberg Website of Original agfacolor color photos from Fassberg in 1948 during the Berlin Airlift]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071210163511/http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/dlo/dienststellen/brig1/truppenteile/rgt10 Website of Transport Helicopter Regiment 10]
* [http://www.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/luftwaffe/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9nHK9_KJ0vcTS4iS9kuKccmP9gmxHRQDK8WWX/ Webseite of German Air Force Technical School 3]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080926180606/http://www.servicepals.com/index.cfm/pcms/site.gallery.view_tag/tag/Fassberg Gallery of images of RAF Fassberg] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20150425132642/http://www.servicepals.com/ ServicePals.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711021033/http://www.myrafdaysandafter.co.uk/id18.htm Memories of Wunsdorf and Fassberg, inc some photos]
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[[Category:Bases of the German Air Force]]
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