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Flugplatz Bitburg is a commercial airport located 2 mi (3 km) SE of Bitburg , 20 mi (32 km) N of Trier , and 135 mi (217 km) W of Wiesbaden Germany . HISTORY Prior to its civilian usage, Bitburg Air Base was a front-line United States Air Force base during the Cold War . It was the home of the '''36th Fighter Wing''' for over 40 years as part of the United States Air Forces In Europe . It was turned over to the German government on 1 October 1994 . Under contract with the United States Air Force, the French Army began construction of what would become Bitburg Air Base in Western Germany's Eifel Mountains in the Rheinland-Pfalz in early 1951 . Located in the French zone of occupation, the air base was situated on farm land that had been a Wehrmacht tank staging and supply area for the Battle Of The Bulge in early 1944 . The air base and its housing area occupied nearly , with a 8,200 foot long runway (with 1,000 foot overruns at each end, total length would be 10,200 ft). 36TH FIGHTER WING |
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