Beginning with the construction of the Kriegshaber military installation Flak Kaserne in February of 1937, Augsburg's footprint of military posts expanded into the northwest part of the city. Besides Infanterie (Infantry) Kaserne in Hochfeld, the American's preserved the original name of the Wehrmacht's „Flak" . Flak Ksn Sign in front of Flak Kaserne, Augsburg (Dick Hanner) Bldg #207 (on the right), Flak Kaserne, Augsburg (Dick Hanner) US Army Hospital, Flak Kaserne, Augsburg, 1970s Gate 1, Flak Kaserne, 1962 (Mark Gehman) Movie theater (center) and chapel (right), Flak Kaserne, 1962 (Mark Gehman) Bldg #202 (center), Flak Kaserne, 1962 (Mark Gehman)
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Die Flak-Kaserne im Augsburger Stadtteil Kriegshaber ist eine ehemalige Kaserne, deren Bau von der Wehrmacht vor Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges begonnen, aber nicht mehr beendet wurde. Nach Kriegsende wurde das Gelände von der US-amerikanischen Armee genutzt. [1] Historically, there were the General-Kneußl-Kaserne (also called Neue Infanteriekaserne), northwest of Grasiger Weg, the Heeresnachrichtenkaserne adjoining Pfersee, and the Luft (gau)nachrichtenkaserne in the south. The construction of a fourth Kaserne in the north, initiated in 1937, was stopped pretty soon - never to be completed. Amerika in Augsburg ~ Sheridan Reese Flak Fryar: Infantry Kaserne Infantry Kaserne (The almost forgotten U.S. Kaserne) The former Prinz-Carl-Kaserne*), located in Augsburg's Hochfeld district, was utilized by the U.S. Forces during 17 years only. HQ USASAE moved to Flak Kaserne, Augsburg in June 1971. This move was a preamble to the consolidation of assets required for establishing Field Station, Augsburg. By June 1972, FSA was in full swing; the three supplanted stations, one large border site, three smaller sites, and HQ USASA Europe had been closed.
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Reese Barracks, located between Augsburg's districts Pfersee and Kriegshaber, were with 45 ha (= approx. 111 acres) the largest of Augsburg's kasernes with a north-south axis of 900 and an east-west axis of 500 meters. It was named for Medal of Honor Recipient James W. Reese, Private, U.S. Army, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, who. In the 1980s it was renamed 160th Signal Brigade. The unit worked at the telephone and telex centers, the relay towers at Reese Barracks and Sheridan Kaserne, as well as in the forest near Bonstetten. Left: The hospital at Flak Kaserne belonged the 7th Medical Command from 1978 until 1994. With the entrance of the U.S. Forces in the various Augsburg kasernes in 1945, a different history began also for the Luftnachrichtengehöft II, enduring for more than 50 years: Building 116 of the American Sheridan Kaserne. home Contact Flak Kaserne 1956 (2008), Headquarters 11th Airborne Division Special Staff Sections of 511th Airborne Infantry Regiment as shown in the yearbook of the 511thAirborne Div (Angels) in October 1956.
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The runway 09/27 is unpaved, the length is 945 m (3,100 feet) and the width 20 m (65 feet). The site is 227° and 16.5 nautical miles away from the "WLD" (Walda) VOR beacon. Augsburg Flak Kaserne and former Flak Strip landing ground on a US satellite image from Sunday 28 December 1975 - The landscape is snow-covered, the landing site is already. Die Flak-Kaserne im Augsburger Stadtteil Kriegshaber ist eine ehemalige Kaserne, deren Bau von der Wehrmacht vor Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges begonnen, aber nicht mehr beendet wurde. Nach Kriegsende wurde das Gelände von der US-amerikanischen Armee genutzt.
On 1 Oct 1976, the Battalion (155mm SP) deployed from CONUS to Augsburg, Germany and was assigned to VII Corps, 210th Artillery Group. On 22 Aug 1978, the Battalion was reassigned to the newly activated 17th FA Bde.. the 1/36th was NEVER at Flak Kaserne as Flak was where the Army hospital was. The 17th Brigade and the 1/36 were at Reese. The flak barracks in the Augsburg district of Kriegshaber is a former barracks , the construction of which was started by the Wehrmacht before the beginning of the Second World War , but was no longer completed. After the end of the war, the area was used by the US Army . [1]
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Flak Kaserne, Augsburg, late 1970s ( Augsburg Information Guide, Augsburg ACS, 1 August 1981) See list of ID'ed buildings below the map (Sources: Mark Scott, 328th ASA Co, 1976-1979) Please submit additions, corrections or information pertaining to other eras at Flak Kaserne to the! Field Station Augsburg was located on Gablingen Kaserne, near the village of Gablingen just north of Augsburg in Bavaria, West Germany. It was one of nearly 20 field stations positioned strategically around the world by the U.S. Armed Forces during the Cold War. Field Station Augsburg opened in 1970 [1] and closed in 1998, at which time it was.
