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Resident Gearhead |
Hi all. Just wondering if anyone knew if Fliegerhorst Kaserne (Hanau AAF) is still up and running. I googled it, but didn't come up with anything too current. I was there '91-'93. I'm considering taking a vacation to Germany and sure would like to see the place again. Anyone else here ever stationed there?
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It's still up but visit it while you can because all of Hanau is going away by the end of fiscal 2008.
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I have been here for 4 months and have never heard of it. I came through the 64th replacement detachment in Hanau and didn't see it. Nothing on AFN about it. For nostalgia sake, I hope I am wrong, but it think it was a victim of the massive restructuring and base closures of the 1990's.
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I stand corrected. Thanks SSG Guinn
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Resident Gearhead |
That's what I figured too, because people were leaving there left and right in '93. Maybe I'll get over there before they close the gates. |
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Resident Gearhead |
That's too bad. I wish I had gotten more pictures, but I was too busy swimmin' in the Hefeweisen.   |
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Pictures of Fliegerdirt? WOW! You are nostalgic. I guess it's an okay Kaserne. I worked out there on the butt end of the flight line for two years. It was okay but I'd take good old Ansbach over Hanau any day of the week.
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Experienced Member |
I googled Hanau Military Community and came up with a list of Kasernes and tenant units. Fliegerhorst is still listed. I was there from Oct '78-Aug '81. 61st MP Company, NATO Site 5.
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Resident Gearhead |
Ah, we had a pretty good time there. I was at the old motor pool near the chow hall behind the rec center. It seems that there were regular pilgrimages to Frankfort on the weekends though. |
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Resident Gearhead |
Our barracks was the first one on the right as you come through the front gate. B 8/158 Avn(AVIM). My boots are probably still hanging out in the tree in front! |
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Experienced Member |
The first building on the right was part of an Artillery unit, when I was there.
We were at Pioneer Kaserne and moved to Fliegerhorst from there. Our barracks was at the first left you could make after coming through the gate. If you turned right, it took you to the Snack Bar, Theatre and book store. I understand the old NATO Site 5 is now the MP Station. The 173rd Asaault Helicopter Company was beside us and then a bunch of the 503rd Avaiation Bn on down the street. The rest of the 503rd was in Budingen. I had dinner at the O Club in Budingen the night before I left Germany. It got blown up a couple days later. |
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Resident Gearhead |
Yikes!  The only crazy things I remember happening there was 1. A chopper went down with a lot of "brass" onboard, 2. A neo-nazi group was supposedly coming down the road to protest or try to come on post or something...allegedly, the Polizei was clubbing them before they got around the bend. I happened to be on gate-guard at the time, but was off shift. |
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Judge Stump |
Here's a list from todays Stars and Stripes.
Base closings Department of Defense officials on Wednesday announced a timeline for the closure of several bases and facilities at communities in Germany: Fiscal 2007 Mannheim Turley Barracks Fiscal 2008 Büdingen Armstrong Barracks Armstrong Village Family Housing Büdingen Ammunition Area Büdingen Army Heliport Tiergarten Training Area Gelnhausen Coleman Village Family Housing Fiscal 2009 Darmstadt ** AG Publishing and Training Aids Center Bensheim Maintenance & Supply Facility Cambrai Fritsch Kaserne Ernst Ludwig Kaserne Griesheim Airfield Jefferson Village Family Housing Kelley Barracks Langen Terrace Family Housing Area Lincoln Village Family Housing Messel Small Arms Range Santa Barbara Village Family Housing Hanau Argonner Kaserne Cardwell Village Family Housing Campo Pond Training Area Fliegerhorst Airfield Kaserne Grossauheim Kaserne Hutier Kaserne New Argonner Family Housing Pioneer Kaserne Pioneer Village Family Housing Wolfgang Kaserne Yorkhof Kaserne ** Two other Darmstadt sites — the Darmstadt Training Center and the Nathan Hale Quartermaster Area — will eventually close, but at a date to be determined. |
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We stayed in Hanau at Pioneer, then Old Argonner...or was it New Argonner, forget which one was the housing area. Used to walk to Fleigherhorst every once in awhile. Hey, we were kids and didn't have much else to do when we ran out of marks for beer.
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I was stationed in Giessen at Pendleton Barracks in the early 80's. I know that it was turned into apartments for the civilian people but how about the Giessen Depot and Rivers Barracks? Anybody knows if the whole military is gone from Giessen?
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"It's so easy a caveman can do it!" Old Fart #3  |
Hmmm I see under Hanau there isn't a listing for Hessen Homburg Kaserne, Does that mean the ARMY is retaining that rat pit?
I was there in 81 & 82. |
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Judge Stump |
This is all I found that remauns in Hanau.
Wolfgang Kaserne 55th Postal Co. PX, Car Sales, Car Rental Commissary Book Store Class Six Bowling Alley U.S. Post Office (APO) Arts and Crafts Eating Establishments Home/Garden Store Sports Store Bank/Credit Union Thrift Shop Beauty Shop, and more! Hutier Kaserne 16th Corps Support Group USAG Hessen DMWR Shoppette Community Mail Room (CMR) Yorkoff Kaserne USAG Hessen Headquarters PAC / Installation Pass Office/ Ration Card Office Civilian Personnel Office (CPAC) USAG Hessen Marketing USAG Hessen Public Affairs Office Herald Union Headquarters Provost Marshal`s Office MP Station New Argonner Kaserne Medical/Dental Clinics Housing Area Argonner Inn (Billeting/Hotel) Hanau American Middle School and High School Old Argonner Kaserne Outdoor Recreation Child and Youth Services Child Care Center Elementary School Colleges Five Pfenning Theatre Housing Area Pioneer Kaserne 130th Engineer Brigade 102nd Signal Battalion Community Mail Room (CMR 470) Shoppette USO American Red Cross Legal Services/Tax Services Army Community Service Housing Office Transportation In-processing/Out-processing Customs Office ID and Passport Office Pioneer Inn (Billeting/Hotel) Chapel 55th Personnel Services Battalion-Reassignments (Orders) Vehicle Registration / Drivers License Snack Bar Education Center Sportfield Kaserne Housing Area Elementary School |
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Resident Gearhead |
I see the ol' Class six at Wolfgang is still open...I certainly helped to keep them in business!
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Yes, by 2008 it was supposed to be turned over to the Germans.....I don't know about the AAFES Depot there, but the unit I was with, 527th MPs, have moved to Graf.........what a heck of a switch.......from the Posh life in the North to a training base.............yuck. |
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