435th Air Ground Operations Wing
The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. It is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
An air traffic controller assigned to the wing's 435th Contingency Response Squadron observes a C-130 Hercules landing on a highway strip during an exercise in Bulgaria in 2021
Image: 435 troop carrier gp emblem
Curtiss C-46D
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Ramstein Air Base or Ramstein AB is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and also for NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM). Ramstein is located near the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, which stands outside the base's west gate, in the rural district of Kaiserslautern. The base supports forward elements deploying to Eastern Europe and Africa.
Aerial view of Ramstein showing hangars, warehouses and the passenger terminal alongside the flight line
McDonnell Douglas F-4E-55-MC Phantom II, AF Ser. No. 68-0517 and General Dynamics F-16C Block 25E Fighting Falcon, AF Ser. No. 84–0296 of the 526th TFS/86th TFW, flying in formation, 1985.
Lockheed C-130E Hercules of the 37th AS/86th Airlift Wing.
McDonnell RF-4C Phantoms of the 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 26th TRW, AF Serial Numbers 65–0891, 65–0826 and 66–0418. These aircraft were retired to AMARC in the early 1990s.