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Schwäbisch Hall
: Hessental Army Airfield AAF
Hessental, Camp Dolan, Dolan Barracks, Adolf Würth Airport
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Coordinates
N490706 E0094702
(WGS84)
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Federal state
Baden-Württemberg
Location indicator
DBSH (195x), EDOP (196x-199x), EDTY (199x-)
Germany during the Cold War
Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Schwäbisch Hall
During World War II
Use
Luftwaffe air base (Fliegerhorst).
Situation
Schwäbisch Hall Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1944
Source: McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA
During the Cold War
Use
US Army airfield.
In the 1970s
Situation
Schwäbisch Hall Hessental Army Airfield (AAF) on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Overview
Schwäbisch Hall Army Airfield on a US satellite image from 13 August 1973
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
In the 1980s and early 1990s
Overview
Radio beacons
NDB
: 482 "SWH", at field
Today
Use
Airfield.
Images
Old runway and construction of the new one in 2004 - Spontaneous snapshot from an airplane approaching Stuttgart :-)
Control tower (2011)
Links
https://www.edty.de/
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Adolf Würth Airport
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Airfields in Baden-Württemberg
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