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Created page with "'''Ramstein''' (full name: '''Ramstein-Miesenbach''') is a small town with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants in the German in the district ''Kaiserslautern'', a part of the feder..."
'''Ramstein''' (full name: '''Ramstein-Miesenbach''') is a small town with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants in the [[German]] in the district ''Kaiserslautern'', a part of the federal state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. It is home to the biggest American military base in Europe, the '''Ramstein Air Base'''.
== Ramstein Air Base ==
The Air Base was built in 1951 and used a part of the motorway (''Autobahn'') ''Mannheim'' - ''Saarbrücken'' as an airstrip. It is home to the „435th Air Base Wing“ (ABW) and the „86th Airlift Wing“ (AW).
Since 1973, it hosts an annual air show. During the event in 1988, the second second-deadliest air show accident occurred when an aircrafts of the Italian Air Force display team collided during their display. Three pilots died and 67 spectators were killed.
[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]
== Ramstein Air Base ==
The Air Base was built in 1951 and used a part of the motorway (''Autobahn'') ''Mannheim'' - ''Saarbrücken'' as an airstrip. It is home to the „435th Air Base Wing“ (ABW) and the „86th Airlift Wing“ (AW).
Since 1973, it hosts an annual air show. During the event in 1988, the second second-deadliest air show accident occurred when an aircrafts of the Italian Air Force display team collided during their display. Three pilots died and 67 spectators were killed.
[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]