Tour of Hahn Air Base, Germany 1990 Part 1
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- This is a video I made in 1990 to send back to my parents in the states to show them what it was like on Hahn Air Base. I set the video camera on my dash and drove from my off-base residence in Lotzbeuren to the base and drove throughout the main part of the base pointing out the different points of interest. The video starts as I'm approaching the fence line of the base on B327 and entering the Housing Gate. I hope anybody who was ever stationed at Hahn Air Base before it closed in 1993 will enjoy viewing this and for anyone since then who have only known this as Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
Hahn was my first duty station. I was there from 1990 - 1992. It was toward the end of the bases time, and it had begun closing operations when I left. I met my husband there and we got married and are still married today. We had our first date at that base movie theater! Thanks for sharing this. Wonderful memories.
I was also there , '90-92! A1C Mounce, 50th supply. Some of the best times of my 20yo life. lol
Stationed at HAB 1956-1960 and again 1979-1984. Matador missiles first tour and second tour as Base Food Service Officer. Visited wife's home town Kirchberg in 2009 for 50th wedding aniversary. Oldest "city" in the Hunsrueck. Beautiful!
I was there in 79 and 80. Crew chief, enlisted.
Man thank you for the memories. Hahn was my first duty station fresh out of tech school and it was an amazing experience. Very hard base for an inner city kid to adjust to, but it turned out to be a life-changing experience for the best. That base helped people to grow up in a hurry! I was there from 86-89 and the cold war threat was real hence all of the exercises we were involved in. Was part of 50th CES and it was great to see my old fire truck towards the end and my old dorm as the video ended. I was only in the dorm a few months as I was allowed to move off base in Sohren.
Grew up here, military brat, best memories in the 80s. My mom was Ruth Warren, Crechard after she married, if anyone remembers ♥️♥️♥️ thank you for this
Thank you for the video memory. I was stationed there 80-81, and came back as a contractor 83-85 and 88-91. Some of the best times of my life!
I was there in 80. I was a crew chief, enlisted.
I was there from 86 - 92. Amazing thing is that at 6:30 thats me driving the silver Toyota van (going around the person turning left into the hospital). Such great memories of the best assignment in the USAF for me.
My dad was stationed at Hahn from 91-93. I was in 5th and 6th grade at the time. One thing this video doesn't showcase were the absolutely EPIC playgrounds scattered throughout base housing. At 2:00, in between the two buildings on the left was a structure built to look like a giant pirate ship. Towards the middle of the housing area was a series of interconnecting zip lines and platforms. When we eventually moved on base, just before we left for the US, my friends and I would roam around base housing, hopping from playground to playground. There was a unique sense of unity amongst the kids at that time. The base was about to close and the internet didn't exist, so it was extraordinarily difficult to keep in touch after we were reassigned. It was kind of an unspoken fate that we all shared and it formed a strong camaraderie amongst each other. It was a really magical time for me. I think of it fondly and often. Thanks for posting the video.
This was so cool to see, My brother, his wife and kids were stationed there from 88 till 92, He was a Staff sgt in charge of Supply, Charles H. Thompson. He passed away in August 2007. I liked seeing this video and seeing where he was, he loved it there!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Wow! This video is like going back in a time machine. I was a crew chief assigned to the 10th Fighter Sq. (Blue Zoo) from 84-88. Had a blast! Great TDY's to Zaragoza and Incirlik (The Lick). I lived down on the Mosel in a little town called Wolf next to Traben-Trarbach. Then got married to my Fraulein and moved down B-327 to Morbach. Those times will not be forgotten.
I was there from 85-88. What a great experience. Thank you for sharing.
Wow… this was 10 years after we left… thank you for posting
Hahn was my first station out of tech school too. 1986-1988. I lived in Buchenburen. Amazingly they were letting single airmen live off base because of overcrowding. Thank you for the memories. I recognized a few places. But the memory is getting foggy after so many years.
Hahn was my first assignment after tech school 80 - 82. Wow -- the stuff that was done during those 2 years was amazing. I fell in love with the AF overseas and ended up retiring only to keep staying overseas. Lots of fun! I was part of the AFCC and we ran the communications for the base. Hahn was located in the middle of German farm country but wow did we find lots of fun!
I have a Facebook group for the 2184th comm. Squadron in interested
I can't thank you enough for posting this. I was born at the 50th tactical hospital on Hahn AFB in 1972. I am now 40 years old and I have never seen where I was born-we were only there til I was 9 mths old. This means alot to me
This sure brings back a lot of memories. I was there from June 1988 - Aug 1990 with the 50th EMS ( Blue and Gold cat).
Great video! Was a Crew Chief in the 10th between 87-91. Talk about long work days and sucking rubber.... I do miss it though. It is called a love/hate relationship. Rotate back to the states with either a Shrunk, a Divorce or another child. I returned with a son. Great memories man! Thanks- John C. Sebolt
I was stationed there at this time. (WAS) was my first duty station in Germany then on to HAB when it closed. I was never bothered much by the bad and little parking at the BX. I have all fond memories of (West) Germany. My wife and I never lived in the states together. We got married in November 1989. Moved to Leideneck and here we are happily married 31 years later. Wow. Great video. Both my sons joined up this year. One Army and the other NYANG (AF) as SFS member. How fast the years go by. I was a true GLCM warrior. Not a “GAMMA GUY”. Great video. 🇺🇸😎👍. Jeff Blovat. (Retired F/Sgt 222 CACS).
Thank you for posting this! I know its old but it is great to see! I was born at Hanh in 1986. Its good to see where I am from!
Had my very first apartment, with a car, paid in full; and I was just an A1C! Uncle Sam was most generous. Oh, yes, I lived in Buchenbeuren, from 86-88. I lived with the Buch (sp?) just over a year. Really wonderful, kind family.
Thank you for posting this. Was there an 87 and 88. Great memories.
Great video... so nostalgic! My father was stationed at Hahn from 1955-1958. I was in the 8th and 9th grades at Hahn and went to boarding school in Wiesbaden. It was a great to live in my early teen years. Mr. Swain, Mrs. Steppler, Mr. Gardner, Frau Genthe, Herr Kosmali, Mr. Root, Tom Tebbs, Manfred Nardini, Earl & Farris Mills, Janet Johnson, Sara & Dolly Wanz & Eddy Harris are many of the good people I met there.
I've just came across the video that brings back memories from my childhood in the 80s/90s when we moved from a small town down the B327 behind Morbach to Kirchberg where I still live with my family today. I remember all the low flying F16s and of course all the american families living in Kirchberg. You know what? Me and my family are living in of the former US houses! Over the last decacdes they've been modernized, but at least for me this is part of my life! Thank you all guys for sharing your comments, feelings and memories!
As Rammstein and Spangdahlem airbases are Not too far away from Hahn I saw F35s for the first time in my life a few days ago and former days might become more and more real these weeks.
I find the USAFE of 1980s cool Im not an American nor do i have anyone in USAF but its just fun to live on an air base. I never had the chance to have look but anyone who had the chance i hope im right about it!! Hahn Air Base Probably the F-16s and F-4 base very nice !! Thanks for sharing with us
OMG! I left in 89 and in this video nothing has changed, thanks so much for posting this!!
I was there 75-77. and loved every minute of it.I was the fortunate airman who spoke German and looked it. Toured Europe in my 57 VW Transporter that had a camper shell that I shipped over after driving it from George AFB to Dover to be shipped. Spent my time seeing Europe and visiting relatives while others just sat in the barracks and bought stereos. What a waste of time to not discover where you are
Stationed at Hahn from 83 to 85 . AGE Ranger. Saw my old barracks and old shop , workcenter . Baracks was less than a couple of hundred feet from my shop . I was the Midnight shift supervisor at AGE Servicing / Pickup and Delivery/ Minor Maintenance. Had the privilege of supervising and working with some amazing people on that shift . John McGuire, Dale Dauer , Tony Kniffen and Andy Americh . Our NCOiC of the sector was Tsgt Marion Addison. Awesome individual. Probably made CMsgt .
These are great videos. My wife and I were there from 89-91. Lived in Rhaunen. Worked in the 10th AMU. Went to Desert Storm from there. These videos brought back great memories. Thanks.
genial.... some nice memories of a lot of buildings, streets and installations that have been already removed....
Have been living there since my birth.... and saw the canges after 1991....
Thanks! My husband was the Flight Facilities Officer in the 2184th from '68-'71. We lived off-base in Oberkostenz and loved it. We sent reel-to-reel tapes to our families. Thanks for this video!
Thanks for the memories. I was stationed at Hahn from 1986-88. 50th EMS, AGE. We had F16's then.
Thanks for sharing! I was stationed at Hahn from 1979 - 1982. We initially lived in Buch, and then later moved to Wederath where we remained until we left Hahn. My son was born there in 1980. A lot of good memories from both Hahn AB and living in Germany for 3 years!
My best friend was stationed at Wueschheim AS and lived in Buch in 1989-90. He lived on the second floor of the Gasthaus as your drove into Buch on your left. Another friend of ours lived on the third floor. One moved into Hahn housing and the other moved into Kastellaun military housing shortly before a fire burned down the whole building.
I was there in 80.
Thanks for the video. We were stationed at neubrucke 90 to 92. As of now I'm in hahn by the commissary
I was in the 496th from 86-89. Great years living on the Mosel (Bullay). We worked hard and partied hard.
I used to live about 10 miles facing the other direction. This place was home for 2 years. I was there from 86-88.
Thanks for posting this! I spent nearly 7 years at Hahn (11/84-9/91) and worked in the control tower. For the first year, I lived in Briedel, then Kappel before getting a unit in the off base housing in Rhaunen. 2184CS/2184ISS/50OSS. I hated being taken out of AFCC, because that made us have to give priority to the birds when they decided the weather was clear enough for them to fly instead of First Come, First Served, as we had been doing since ATC began. GREAT VID!!!
I arrived at the 2184th CS on Nov 3rd, 1989, six days before the Berlin Wall came down. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago! We became the 50th CS with the demise of AFCC. Then we became the 583rd CS when the wing was deactivated and we closed the base in 1993.
I served in the Air Force in the 50's and was stationed at Hahn in 1958.
Never got to see it as an air base. I was stationed at Ramstein from 07-09. I used to fly out of Hahn for Ryan Air flights. The Airport still looks like an Air Force base. The shields and emblems are still on a lot of the buildings. The tower still has the shield as well.
Thank you for this.
I was there when they blew up the O Club... it had changed quite a bit since I left.
My first assignment in the USAF was Hahn AB. 84-87. I was back to Rhein-Main in 90-95 and was up on Hahn once in a while, maybe when you were making this video. Thanks for the memory!
Thanks for Sharing again! WOW!
Then opening scene, as you approach the gate to enter the base, is very familiar to me: I pulled gate duty many a time. Ah, yes, the little shacks with the space heaters in the winter. Thanks for the video. I can't believe it has been over twenty years since I was an enlisted man, stationed at Hahn
Brings back crazy memories! Was sent there right out of tech school to basically shut the place down in 92. Thanks for the post!
Thank you for uploading this! I am a police officer in training at the university of police, which is located at the former housing area at Hahn airport. The university occupies about half of the housing area and we are always wondering what the airbase looked like back in the day. The unused part of the housing area is pretty run down but fun to explore. We call that part chernobyl and have to drive through it to reach our main gate.
Consider checking out the area via google earth and thanks again for giving me and my collegues an tour of the base back then!
Dude. Thanks for sharing these videos! I was stationed there from 77-78. I even saw one of the fire trucks I rode on and drove! Awesome.
Worked 2 of my 4 yrs (1973-77) at that Comm bldg at 3:36. Housing in those days was painted tone-downed dark green. Back then was a 304X0 (different AFSC's now.).
Looks a lot different from when I was there '76 - 77. Thanks for the video!!
Cool I was born there in 1987 thanks for posting!
i lived at hahn from 1981-1985. i loved it.
66-68. Just as the Phantoms began arriving. A most memorable 2 years...25 lbs and a beer belly later. I only remember the barracks at the end and the movie theater...movies were 35 cents back then. Spent much time in Lautzenhausen and at the wine fests. Bought a 54 VW for $100, sold it for $50 and the gear shift was a pair of vice grips. Great memories.
I was there from 88-to 90 GLCM 38th TAC. Very nice to see this.
Thanks!
I was there in 75-77 SPS K9 ... some changes mostly paint ... thanks for the stroll
thru memory lane :-)
We were there 74 - 77
Served the U.S.A.F. at Hahn AB from 82-85. Tough duty.
Thanks for posting this! I was there from 86-91. Good job finding a good weather day! Those were few and far between eh? haha. Hmm..1990. I was in Component Repair Squadron - went to TDY to Soesterberg AB in the Netherlands, and later went to the flightline MOC for the rest of my time at Hahn. Basically, a busy year.
I was very briefly there in April 1974 while the bus was dropping off personnel that was being assigned there on my way to Spangdahlem. Glad you uploaded this video of Hahn before it was closed. Really do miss those days in Germany, loved the area and people, and the people I worked with.
I know that bus very well -- the white swan as it was called when I was there in 1980 - 1982
Man, I miss that place.
I was with the 2184th from 85 to 87.
Was stationed there as a fireman, 1985-1987. We didn't do well as a fire department when the bowling alley caught fire. I say that as a county firefighter in Southern California. However, we were excellent at crash fire rescue when it came to in-flight or ground emergency regarding the F-16's. Great times and terrible weather.
I remember the Bowling Alley being burned down when I got there. 1990-1992 I was in Kindergarten, 1st grade.
It has changed quite a bit ..... been there 6 weeks for cabin crew training .... it has got part of my heart now ... always loved to go around and in the abandoned buildings there to try to find out something about it.
I was stationed at Hahn 83-85 (Blue Zoo and Victor), also 90-91 (pukin' puppies). I also remember the bowling alley burning down. They halted all flying because the fire department coundn't support crash recovery and the bowling alley fire. The original bowling alley by the BX also caught on fire twice eventually burning down with the second fire (sometime in the late eighties). Seems Hahn had a problem with bowling alleys.
I was there admin for 38th tmw.
1985-1987 first A1C to PCS in, first to pcs out.
It changed alot between 88 and 90(Back to visit in88.
I visited Hahn the first time I lived in Germany with my sister and parents with some friends of ours who was my dad's football coach in Bittburg and they had friends in Hahn Airbase. Very nice base.
Great Video! I am born in 1993 and live in Bärenbach next to Hahn Airport. I never saw a video like this. My father was a bus driver at the air base. He said it was the best time at the Hunsrück. It makes me sad to see that a lot of buildings are broken und destroyed....
This road brings back so many memories. I left that base in 1983.
Was there in late 71 until early 73....sure has changed a lot.
Saw this post from your facebook posting. I was at the 2184th CS from 1986-1989. Thanks for posting this!
Tim Finer, did you know Charles Morrison? He was in the 218th.
I was there in 78-80ish...
Jim is a grown man by now... Thanks
I grew up there. My father was stationed there twice. I was in elementary school and lived in 1331 B1 in that "crappy housing" 1976-1980. We came back in 1984-1988 and lived in Rhaunen, we left while I was in the 9th grade. I next stopped at Hahn in 2011 on a refueling stop on my way back from a tour in Afghanistan. I was a Master Sergeant in the Army and about to retire. We disinbarked the plane and hung out in what I remember as the MWR building when the base was open. I could almost see what was once the BX. Next door was a Barracks I think and it was run down with a tree growing inside with branches breaking through the window. I could clearly see the communications tower. My dad used to work in Supply near that tower. I had very fond memories growing up at Hahn.
Bill Miller
Wow, this brings back memories of when I was there 1968-1971 but it has changed so much I don't recognize anything. Lived off-base near Blankenroth, then moved on-base until returned to States. Was SMSgt with 50th Supply Sqdn.
I lived here about the time of the filming.. miss the days.
Certainly brings back great memories and lasting relationships. Was stationed at Hahn from Feb 89 to Feb 91. Miss my old Hahn AB Base softball buddies. Great times traveling to Amsterdam and throughout Germany. Thx for posting the videos
I remember this place well old roommate !!! Hope you are well.
Paul England Awesome so hear from you again. How’s life brother?
@@hjosephgilley doing well. wanna catch up sometime?
Paul England Absolutely. My email is 4lostcajuns@gmail.com. Send me your phone number so I can give you a call. Talk to you soon
Army Air Defense 72-74. Sentimental to know my old home is gone.
I went to that school in the 4th grade. My mom's ex-husband was stationed there before going to Bitburg.
I was stationed at Hahn 81-83. I loved it. Best place to have a first tour. Lived off base in Kludenbach.
80-82, 50th EMS; Phase Inspection. First and best PCS ever. Lived in Sohren.
+daubendiek I was stationed at Hahn AFB in 84-85, but also lived in Kludenbach. It was a very small village. I believe the landlord's name was Frau Roehrig. 6911th ESS.
I was stationed there from 78-80 313th AMU 50TH AGS
I was there when this was being made I do believe the army barracks were on the right just as the film quit
I lived in Lotzbeuren right outside the housing gate. I could see Starkenburg off in the distance looking outside my dinning room window to the north west. Starkenburg provided a beautiful view of the Mosel valley below.
This brings back memories. My family and I where stationed there from 1983 to 1987. We lived in the first base housing unit on the 4th floor that you come to and made the left turn. I was assigned to White Section 313th Lucky Puppies TFS.
I was there from 89-91 in the 496th. I remember when the bowling alley burned down. My crew and I were standing outside of the HAS right behind it. We were closer than most of the firefighters. Remember the Burger King wagon out front of the BX?
Was there from 77-81 as a dependent; then from 82-84 as my first duty station when I joined the Air Force. Lots of great memories, although the weather was bad 75 percent of the time.... Lived in base housing first; then Niedersohren.
Stationed at Hahn 79-82. 50th Supply Squadron. F-4's/F-16's
This brings back memories, I was station there in 1976, looks a lot different than I remember it then..progress I guess ..lol :)
I left in 86 - just four years before - and I don't even recognize half the stuff in this video. There was no guard or gate going into base housing, there were zero buildings on the right side headed into base except the small O-Club, there was no gate where the guy went in (the main gate was another 1/2 mile ahead), there was like 1/3 the cars you see here, all the dorms and buildings were redone, plus a bunch of new ones .... four years and a completely different place.
Live there when I was young good time as a teen.
Thanks. Was there 88-90.
I was there from 82-84. I lived in blg. 310 it was the headquarters for the 313th Lucky Puppies.
Rocked the 2184 CS, then 50th CS, then 583rd from 89-93 as a telephone man !!! The stories and drinking and partying etc....
I was there in 1978 to 1980. One of the few women there. Lived in the dorm above the post office. I do remember the bombing at the o club. The club was located just off base. In ten years this base has changed a lot.
I was there as an SP/SS and LE from 82-84. D-Flight! I miss that place.
jtg1961, Thanks for posting these videos! You had big brass ones for taping on base! My hat's off to you! I lived at Hahn from 1987 until 1991. My dad, MSGT Pat Wilson, worked at the 2184th Comm Squad! Perhaps you knew him? Such flash backs seeing these videos!
I was in the 2184th from 1989 until Air Force Communications Command was dissolved in 1992. Then we became the 583rd Comm Sq. What career field was your father in?
I dont know what his career field was. I know he was with the comm squad. As far as I know he was in radio maintenance, but not sure... We were there Oct 1987 until Nov 1990.
This footage is very interesting to watch. I am a local German living only 45 minutes away from it in Bad Kreuznach Area and i flew a few times from that airport wich is now a Low Cost Carrier Base ;(. Sadly the only thing still active there is the Burger King haha. However the Airport is now in very problematic circumstances because the Federal States Goverment messed it up to find a new investor from China and now the future of the Airport is written in the stars :D.
I was born there! So was my brother.
He tells him not to film planes , I worked in the Control Tower for three years and took photos of all kinds of planes and things. Never was an issue.
I also worked in the tower and took photos all the time from the roof - mid 80s.
I was stationed there from 90-92 50th. CES and after the wing left 583rd CES. Plumbing Shop Rules! :-)
I was stationed at a small NATO base AFCENT in Brunssum, the Netherlands US Army in transportation driving a 1967 Chevy US Army car and we stop next to a F 4 fighter jet I ran next to the jet and my buddy took a picture of me. Bet you can't do that now. I was on the Hahn Air force once. That was in 1969. We got to drive all over Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. It was more like a civilian base. The best time of my life.
My wife was born on Hahn in 1975
1982-1990... fun times
I lived on that Base from 88-90. SSG David Patrick Harris was my father. I really would love to refind Briedel. If you have any information please let me know. Nostalgia.
if you would see the place today. i think its a shame
I was not aware that video cameras were available in 1990; especially one that you can place on the dashboard of a vehicle.
+Jose Vee I rented them on base back then.
+Jose Vee I bought a Sony Video 8mm video camera at the Hahn BX in 1989. They were quite expensive for the day $999. I placed the video camera on my dash.
everyone looking for a parking spot... was there 76-80 .. barracks were rebuilt ... and is now a commercial airport