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A wonderful special from AFN about the history and eventual closing of the Rhein Main Air Base. Hosted by Lon Blair with lots of contributions from historian John Provan. This was aired on AFN Atlantic on 11-21-05
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@mdsJosh2005 12 лет назад

Fond memories of Rhein Main. Lived there from 1959-1962 as an Air Force brat. Visited it in 1973 as an Army wife. Wish I could have gone back before it closed. It was a wonderful part of my childhood that I will never forget.

@BirdingWithDan 11 лет назад

I was stationed there from 1982 to 1988 as a member of the 435 SPS. What a great Air Force base! I can't believe it's gone.

@tomkay7131 12 лет назад

I was with 7th Engeener Brigade from 62 -67 in the ARMY ,what a great duty station . we were across from the old NCO club .Brought back my lovely German wife & were still together coming up on 47 yrs. super times

@lzbthnn 12 лет назад

I was stationed at FRF from 1982 - 1984, and it will forever remain in my heart as one of the highest points of my career. Proud to be a member of the 435 APS Passenger Terminal staff. TSgt Elizabeth Snyder Parham USAF Retired

@TiffanyNatashaLV 6 лет назад

My daddy did 21 years in the Air Force and about 8 years of those 21 were at Rhein Main. He was MSGT Waddelll of the 435th APS. HAPPY VETERANS DAY!! REST EASY RHEIN MAIN....HOME OF THE ROCKETS!!

@Charlestonmike34 10 лет назад

stationed at Rhein Main from 97-01. Loved every minute of it. I worked in the PAX terminal for a year then worked on the commanders staff in CCX as the reserve coordinator and facility manager (among other things). My wife and I think about our good times in Germany often.

@johnrobertson6416 11 лет назад

I was stationed with the 435 Civil Engineering Squadron(MAC) from Jan 1978-Jan 1980. I saw many changes including my time as a dependent in the 1956-1964 time. I would enjoy talking to any of the former 435CES personnel stationed there as well during my time. Been back many times recently in 2010 and all but the hotel and one star building are all gone. We reminisce about the base frequently. John F. Robertson, Capt, USAF(Retired), Tacoma, WA.

@SweatyFatGuy 6 лет назад

My first base, 1989 -1991, 435th APS, the Gulf War airlift was unbelievable. I worked between 60 and 80 planes during each 12 hour shift, and I worked every C5 and C141 we had in the inventory. We went from 10 August 90 to sometime around Christmas that year with no days off. Ramstein got all the press in Stars and Stripes/AFN, nobody talked about us at all, even though Ramstein's APS unit was almost entirely TDY to Rhein Main. I remember watching the hostages come back from Iran when I was in grade school seeing the old tower with "Gateway to Europe" lit up on it and thinking "I'd like to visit there some day." I didn't have it on my dream sheet, but I went to drive past that old tower damn near every day. Be careful what ya wish for I guess. The 435th was one of my best units, along with the 731st and 721st AMOGs. Got to see Europe, meet Bob Hope, and it was my first of two massive airlifts, because I was at Charleston AFB SC in 2003-2005 when Dover's warehouse roof collapsed and we moved everything though the 437th. I still have the 79 Firebird I bought on base back in '90. Lots of fond memories, and some not so fond ones, but they're fewer. Germany was great for a 19 year old farm kid, and I got a nice big chunk of the Berlin Wall. I'd do it all again if given the possibility.

@harrysherman2873 10 лет назад

Rhein Main was my first base after Basic and Tech School. I was there for 3 years (1952-55) . It was the perfect base for a young country kid, affording me a chance to travel throughout Germany and Europe. At that time, only 7 years after WW-2, an American GI was highly paid when compared to German civilians. (The mark was 4.20 to the dollar, cigarettes were 80 cents a carton, trains and streetcars were free to US personnel, beer and wine 50 pfennigs a glass, so my $80 monthly pay went a long way!) I was in the 60th Air Police Sq and worked Highway Patrol and town patrol in Frankfurt...anyone remember the Reichshof or Mair Gustl?.

@tobyace 11 лет назад

I was stationed there as a Law Enforcement airman with the 435th Security Police Squadron from 1986 thru 1989, what a great learning experience from my first base! I am still in touch with many awesome Germans and fellow Air Force folks from there. Loved the video, sad though.

@obduliagabriel968 3 года назад

Maybe your one of the sp we call to turn on the vault alarm of bx or chasing me I didn't stop at the stop sign or give me parking ticket at nco club or sp who follow our car from bx to the bank to deposits the money..SP escorts

@adrianperez8186 Год назад

My family and I flew into Rhein Main back in summer of 85 and flew out to the states in summer of 88. Great 3 yrs.

@lonblair6192 7 лет назад

Thanks for all of the positive feedback. Ken James and I put several months worth of effort into producing this documentary. Anyone who was stationed in Germany during the Cold War era knows how important Rhein-Main Air Base was to the US military. Ken and I worked really hard to make sure that we did justice to all of the men and women in uniform who served at RMAB through the years. It was a real honor to put this together.

@NOLAgenX 4 года назад

And thank you so very much! I just found this, and it filled me with sadness to find all the bases I lived at as a dependant are gone. I thought for sure at least Rhein Main would survive. Alas, no.

@rickolmsted1156 8 лет назад

Thanks for creating and sharing this. I was Stationed there, Jan 1981 - Jan 1984 with the 435th SPS and got to see a lot of things too. Things that I'm PROUD to have been in. My Uncle was one of the people that went there to build the Dorms in 1945 - 1947. Sorry RMAB is no longer there, but there's some family history there :) Thanks again for bringing back fond memories.

@Alex-wn5mq 9 месяцев назад

As a German that is thankful to the incredible services provided by our friends from the US I am very disappointed that absolutely nothing is left from the Airbase or Gateway Gardens to remind the younger Germans of the facilities that used to be here. Even the entrance gate to Gateway Gardens is finally removed. Our local politicians did a great job in erasing that part of history.

@Ricardo1961D 10 лет назад

I was stationed there from 1974 to 1977. A great posting and a proud history to be a part of. After that, Rhein-Main wouldn't let go of me. A PCS to Turkey sent me through there in both directions several times, along with several TDYs through there. In Oct 2012 I flew from Helsinki to Frankfurt/Main to spend a few days with German friends from my tour of duty in the 70s. The only landmark I could be sure of from the air was the Luft Bruke memorial . . . marking one of America's proudest moments in history. I was TDY to Berlin when the officers' club was bombed; lucky for me because I would have been standing near the point of explosion as I usually was at that exact time every day. Had to ride the Troop Train to Berlin, as every person going there on official business was required to do, to assert and validate US right and obligation to man and supply its garrison in Berlin. It was the cutting of rail and highway connections that necessitated the Berlin Airlift.

@obduliagabriel968 3 года назад

1989-1991I worked at Base Exchange cashier cage ..during gulf War. Missed Rhein Main so much(1984-1992)

@ronaldbuonanducci7057 11 лет назад

I was station there in 84 through 85. I loved working there in ISO and C-9 Sections. Great people!

@markuskutscher8178 11 лет назад

As a citizen of Frankfurt, born in 1964, I grew up nearby the air corridor of Rhein-Main, so I could join the final approach of C-130 and the (damned loud!) C-141 and C-5. Until now one of my hobbys are airplanes, and the "Hercules" is one of my favourites.

@peternagy2108 5 лет назад

A great video on the history of Rhein Main AB. Thank you for sharing. I am proud to be part of the Rhein Main legacy as Commander of the Detachment 6, Military Airlift Command from 1969 to 1973. I was responsible for the Contract Airlift Operations in the European area.

@giuliag.1777 3 года назад

That’s where my husband and I met in 2001. Wonderful times. ❤️

@afrtsfan 3 года назад

Wunderbar!

@realoutlaw1967 10 лет назад

I was their in TDY and vacation 1988 and 1989. I also was their as a kid growing up in Germany. I will miss her. I salute you and ALL the men and women that served her. She will me missed.

@neilgibson6056 9 лет назад

I was also their during that time working on the grounds crew at the base hotel. Who knows, I may have changed the sheets to your bed if you ever stayed their. So many memories in just the 2 short years I was their(Apr-1988 to May-1990).

@jerrysalomon8103 2 года назад

Was you there?

@jeffsmith2145 11 лет назад

1976-78 435th CES. Heavy equipment operator (PrimeBEEF). Didn't realize how good I had it at the time. 18 y/o skinny young punk/rebel w/o a clue. Didn't know the history of the base nor what a sweet duty station it was. Off duty, I stayed drunk on that great German beer & stoned on hash. What a frickin' waste! The two winters I spent there were brutal. Especially '77. It seemed like every-other night ~ 02:00 it would snow like an S.O.B. Our job was to clear the flightline then the base streets.

@frechstudios3129 5 лет назад

I lived in Frankfurt, Germany as a dependent at Carl Schulz Siedlung from 1995-2000 and with the Army gone we went to Rhein Main for everything. I cannot express how emotional this video made me. I had many friends that attended Tuner Halverson Elementary and we saw many a movie at the theater but the part that shattered me was seeing the chapel. We went to church there every Sunday. We played soccer for RMAB Junior Rockets and had such a wonderful time there, God I miss it! What a great tribute video this is!

@billb.7346 12 дней назад

My first Air Force assignment from 1983-86. What an exciting time that was for a young me. In many ways the best assignment I had during my 21 years. I occasionally fly into the Frankfurt Airport and it is so strange to see there is literally nothing left (except the hotel). It’s all an air freight terminal now.

@afrtsfan 12 дней назад

Thanks for your note. I agree, one of my fondest memories is flying into Frankfurt when I was heading back from college and seeing Rhein-Main AFB as we were landing. Great times indeed.

@isyt1953 11 лет назад

Best assignment of my career. 37th TAS 1985-1989. Thanks for posting.

@cygnus53 12 лет назад

That was the best assignment of my career. I was there from Feb 84 to Sept 88 as a medic with the 2AES, 2nd Airevac Squadron. I miss the great German food and beer.

@obduliagabriel968 3 года назад

We're there 85-92 435 APS /TMO. IM dependent

@mediatrainer09 12 лет назад

RMAB was the best assignment of my career. 1982-86. Never forget those days in the Public Affairs Office.

@pem1968 9 лет назад

89-91 435th APS Ramp Services and Import Freight...best base ever, lots of great memories...10 years on I still can't believe they closed it.

@zingwilder9989 8 месяцев назад

That was certainly a hopping place. I remember arriving there in January of 1982 on a 707 that was packed with troops, dependents and little babies just screaming. We departed from McGuire, in New Jersey, and my feet were killing me from that long flight, wearing Class A shoes. Two years later, when I PCS'd, I took the bus to Rhein Main and decided to take a civilian flight back home. So I took a Taxi to Frankfurt International and got on Lufthansa 747 to JFK. I decided to treat myself and it was relatively inexpensive.

@philmccrevis4493 Год назад

'78-'80 435th OMS. Many great memories.

@mainmajo 10 лет назад

Thank you for show it. Greetings from Berlin APO 09742

@josiesadie 10 лет назад

Wonderful memories and times at Rhein Main with the 37th TAS.

@Mark-yy2py Год назад

I used to go to their audio photo club and Mainz Kastel to buy the best stereo equipment back in 1982-1984.

@afrtsfan Год назад

That place was great. Enormous selection of AV items, but also a great toyland and four seasons store

@mommy2kdk 12 лет назад

I miss this place! I was there 81-90!

@sheilalovesrockett 8 лет назад

We flew into Rhein Main...November 1971 was the last time ..my dad was US Army Sgt. His last station ..was McKee Barracks( Closed around 1994) and when we left to come back state side...in 1974

@markuskutscher8178 11 лет назад

In 1983 I joined the Open Day on the RMAB where this teribble accident happened: A Canadian F-104 crashed nearby the Autobahn and six people died. But I also can remember the 1991 U.S.-Airlift to Iraq, when we sometimes need to hold tight our pictures on the wall during the night! Anyway, best greeting to all of the retired (or on duty) airmen, pilots, crew members and all the other people stationed on RMAB.

@erichaynes7502 5 лет назад

I flew into Rhein Main on a C-141 from Tinker AFB non stop with a mid air refuel. We were on our way to Riyadh. Anyway, they off loaded us onto a bus and instead of taking us into the terminal I remember sitting on that bus for FIVE hours until they finally loaded us back onto the C-141 and away we went.

@deanbolyard5345 8 лет назад

was there 4 July 85-4july88, worked military ramp control in the tower. best job I ever had while in the AF. SORRY TO see it close. lots of good memories and people. I would love to visit it again some day!

@rogersmith1746 2 года назад

Worked TA, 86-88.

@davidmcdermaid8663 Год назад

Passed through Rhein Main AB in 1990

@BrandyBottle 12 лет назад

Flew a lot of missions out of there with the 7th SOS in the 70's

@pigoff123 8 лет назад

Thank you. Brings back memories of my childhood and adulthood. My father was stationed in Hanau from 72-96. Happy New Year to you and your family.

@afrtsfan 8 лет назад

+pat goff Thank you and Happy New Year as well.

@jamesprescott9811 6 лет назад

pat goff Flew in there in 1976 left from same place 1979 never looked back should have flew out of there a lot going on leave show an ID CARD GO WHERE YOU WANTED TO GO COME BACK WHEN THEY CAME BACK ON THEM CARGO PLANES USUALLY YOU COULD GO BACK TO WHERE YOU GOT OFF AND GET ON ANOTHER PLANE FLY RIGHT BACK INTO REIN MEIN. GET OFF GET INTO MY CAR COME RIGHT ON BACK TO DALEY BARRACKS GO BACK TO WORK.

@jamesprescott9811 6 лет назад

pat goff Flew on many of those planes had coffee sandwiches and got off and on on time you could set your watches by them most times going and coming back you best be on time they would leave your ass standing right there good luck finding another one I flew 4 times a year for 3 years and it did not REPEAT DID NOT EVER COST ME A DIME FLEW IN FLEW OUT WHEREVER I WANTED TO GO BE BACK ON ON TIME FLY RIGHT BACK TO REIN. MEIN AIR BASE.I WAS STATIONED IN BAD KISSENGEN GERMANY GOT MY LEAVE PAPERS FROM MY CAPTAIN CAME BACK REPORTED FOR DUTY HAND HIM BACK MY PAPERS WENT RIGHT BACK TO WORK LEFT IN UNIFORM ON LEAVE CAME BACK IN UNIFORM FROM LEAVE NEVER GOT ON TRANSPORT WITHOUT UNIFORM. LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT FLEW PLACES I CANT TALK ABOUT TO WITH THAT TOP SECRET NATO CLEARANCE. BEST EATING IN GERMANY WAS REIN MEIN AIR BASE ANY AND EVERY THING YOU COULD IMAGINE TO EAT PILOTS GOT IT WE YOU AND I COULD GET IT THERE BEST PART DID NOT COST A DIME MEAL CARDS WORKED FANTASTIC MOST OF MINE PAID IN ADVANCE MILITARY WAS GREAT TO ME STILL DONE OPEN HEART SURGERY ON ME IN 2011 DOING GOOD OH BY THE WAY SURGERY COST ME NOTHING FLEW ON DOCTORS AIRPLANE FROM MISSISSIPPI JACKSON SONNY MONTGOMERY V A HOSPITAL TO HOUSTON GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT THEN RODE AMBULANCE TO DEBLAKENEY V A HOSPITAL STAYED 15. 16 DAYS CAME BACK TO V A HOSPITAL IN JACKSON.

@robrtyt 12 лет назад

I miss that place! (82-86 & 88-94)

@212x3 5 лет назад

Building 30 was my squadron building back in '92-'94.

@ACK000111 9 лет назад

thanks for sharing this video

@Aravine 12 лет назад

I was there 81-83 and 88-92. I still miss it.

@jimmoore1988 6 лет назад

I was there 63-67 as a base supply clerk

@jonlooper8971 2 года назад

Was your dad the commander of the 7th SOS? If so my dad was his 1st shirt.

@Aravine 2 года назад

@@jonlooper8971 no relation. I was enlisted, not a dependent.

@jonlooper8971 2 года назад

@@Aravine cool. Just a shot in the dark. Thanks for your service I did 24 years enlisted myself .

@Riana283 12 лет назад

Was stationed their from 77 to 80 and worked for trans squad at the round house had alot of fun will miss the place I was a re fueling mecahnic

@jeffsmith2145 11 лет назад

To continue from below. '77 winter was so bad that the Ohio River froze back home. When I returned home spring of '78, there was still piles of snow in parking lots. Not all was bad though. I meet some great people, saw some stunning scenery and castles and took in several killer concerts that I never would have had the chance to meet or see if I hadn't joined the USAF. I wish I had it to do again! Only this time not suffer from cranial/rectal insertion.

@kingbee1500 7 лет назад

Frozen Ohio River...sounds like Louisville in the house!! I was USAF too, '73-'79 from The Ville...

@19brittani Год назад

Got really drunk at the NCO club one night.I slept it off in the grass. I woke up before the SP found me. I was on leave flying SPACE A and flew home the next day. What a night..lol

@guyfawkesuThe1 10 месяцев назад

Did AFN ever mention the sand pit FKK beaches near Rhein-Mein? I think you could even see the base from it ;)

@Hatchetman6971 11 лет назад

Lon Blair don't remember me but I've known him for a very long time over there. Curious to know his life now.

@ZEITBLENDETV 12 лет назад

Ken James did all the work

@zAlaska Год назад

Pulling out of Europe makes no sense, especially now we understand what a mistake it was.

@guyfawkesuThe1 Год назад

What was AFN Atlantic?

@afrtsfan Год назад

AFN Atlantic is one of the AFN TV channels, providing programming on the central European time zone. Think of it as the original AFN TV channel. There is also an AFN Pacific channel which is the same, but time shifted for the audience in the Pacific.