Sembach Airbase (USAF)

 
Germany /W/

General

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!
CoordinatesN493024 E0075154
Elevation1052'
ICAO Location IndicatorEDAS (1990)
OperatorUSAF

Current usage

Closed (new ICAO location indicator ETAS was assigned, but propably not used)

Runways, Taxiways, Aprons

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Runways

Data for the year 1990:

Design.LengthWidthSurfaceRemarks
07/252402 m45 mAsphalt

Radio navigation

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!

Data for the year 1990:

 Station.Freq.IdentPositionRemarks
NDB428SEX245°/7.4 NM to field
TACANCH28SEMat field

Units

1971: 601st TAC

1980: 20th TASS (601st TCW): OV-10A; 601st TASS (601st TCW): CH-53C; 704th TASS (601st TCW): OV-10A

1985: 601st TCW : CH-53C

1990: 43rd ECS (66th ECW): EC-130H; 601st TCW

Images

Landing of a C-130E of the Tennessee Air National Guard (15.08.1980). Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SSGT JAMES R. PEARSON
Members of the 241st Electronic Installation Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, are leaving the base. Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SSGT JAMES R. PEARSON

Pictures from the Exercise UREX '82

22APR1982, Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SUTHERLAND

Road sign
Aerial view of the western part om Sembach (22.04.1982)
A rapid runway repair team of the 601st Civil Engineering Squadron
Filling a simulated bomb crater
Decontamination of a OV-10 Bronco
Preparation of Mark 82 bombs
A-10 in front of the control tower
 

More Pictures

A A-10 Thunderbolt over Sembach during exercise REFORGER '82; Source: Department of Defense, photographer: KEN HACKMAN
Hangars under construction (29.11.1983). Source: Department of Defense, photographer: TSGT ADRIAN DELAINE
A EC-130H "Compass Call" of the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron above Sembach (30.08.1987). Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SSGT FERNANDO SERNA
 
C-141 Starlifter from the 65th MAW (1988). Source: Department of Defense, photographer: A1C KELVIN DAVIS.
Gate 1. Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SRA MICHAEL RICE
A F-16C of the 86th TFW in front of the control tower during Exercise "Central Enterprise '89". Source: Department of Defense, photographer: SSGT JAMES M. HOWARD
 

Links

Sembach Airbase
History of Sembach Airbase (German language only)
http://www.airbase-sembach.de/

Gewerbepark Sembach
Commercial area Sembach
http://www.gewerbepark-sembach.de/