65 years of advances

A street sign posts on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017. Circa 1940, a construction accident of what is today's autobahn 6 left a section of the autobahn that could not be used. The unused autobahn was repurposed as an airstrip by the advancing U.S. Army Air Forces during the final months of World War II. That same strip of road was later used as the airstrip for Landstuhl Air Base in the 1950s. Now, that same location is home to Kisling Memorial Drive, the main road linking the east and west gates of Ramstein Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning)

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65 years of advances

An F-86 Super Saber lands on the airstrip on Landstuhl Air Base, Germany, circa 1952. Open for air field operations Aug. 5, 1952, the location of the Landstuhl airstrip has now become Ramstein Air Base’s Kisling Memorial Drive. (Courtesy photo)

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65 years of advances

A C-17 Globemaster III lands on a runway on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017. The objective of aircrafts assigned to Ramstein Air Base are to assist United States forces and allies with world-class airlift and expeditionary combat support in both peace and war situations. The 1952 location of Landstuhl Air Base’s airstrip is now Ramstein Air Base’s Kisling Memorial Drive, the main road linking the east and west gates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning)

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65 years of advances

Pedestrians walk down Kisling Memorial Drive on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017. On Aug. 5, 1952, the airstrip of Landstuhl Air Base, what is now Ramstein Air Base, began air field operations. Landstuhl Air Base’s airstrip is now Kisling Memorial Drive, the main road of Ramstein Air Base that links the east and west gates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning)

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65 years of advances

Published Aug. 4, 2017
By Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- A street sign posts on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017. Circa 1940, a construction accident of what is today's autobahn 6 left a section of the autobahn that could not be used. The unused autobahn was repurposed as an airstrip by the advancing U.S. Army Air Forces during the final months of World War II. That same strip of road was later used as the airstrip for Landstuhl Air Base in the 1950s. Now, that same location is home to Kisling Memorial Drive, the main road linking the east and west gates of Ramstein Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class D. Blake Browning)