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USAFE Uthuisen
Last modified: 07 Sep 2019, submitted by: Joker
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Country: Germany Region: N.S. Locale: Hopsten Latitude: 52° 18' 21" N Longitude: 7° 30' 57" E Area use / Military Branches: Closed |
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Former SAS at Uthuisen, later a Luftwaffe conventional ammo storage, after base closure private property.
Used from 1967-1972 as storage for 36x B-43 stand-off nuclear weapons for USAFE Det 3 50th Tac Fighter/Bomber Wing in NATO's nuclear deterrence role. The 36x B-43's could eventually be used by GE Luftwaffe 36th Jagdbomber Geschwader in case of WW3.
B-43 http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/weapons/weapons/b43.jpg
Det 3 TFW http://www.det3.org/
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