Abandoned NATO Airfield

This abandoned airfield was built in WWII and continued to be used throughout the Cold War by British and German air wings. While the runway has been replaced with solar panels and the city is preparing to reuse the whole area for housing and businesses there are still quite a few relics still left to explore and document!

The longest strip of runway still left

ATC

Restricted access

Radar room

Control room inside the ATC

Apron as seen from the ATC

Turbine test facilities

Inside a turbine test hall (the tunnel at the end was used to project hot exhaust gases away from the testing personell)

Exit and blastproof window

Shelter 24

Shelter 30

Aircraft works

Hangar

Loads of support buildings (Firestation, Gas bottle storage, heating plants and repair hangars)

Fuel pump bunker

Cinema

Hallway in the HQ building

PATRIOT radar vehicle (mural in the AA section building)

PATRIOT firecontrol vehicle (mural in the AA section building)

Sign at the entrance to the squadron command bunker

Order of battle

Mission control

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