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With the end of the war, Niedermendig Air Base was closed on 11 May 1945. The ground station was taken over by Army units as part of the occupation force. United States Army forces moved out of
Niedermendig in the late summer of 1945, as French forces moved into the Rhineland as part of their
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fighter-bombers to deny the retreating German forces use of the facility. The airfield was taken about 14 March. Combat engineers from IX Engineer command moved in with the 830th
Engineering Aviation Battalion arriving on 10 March 1945, to repair the field for use by combat aircraft. The
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Thunderbolts attacked German army units, bridges and other ground targets of opportunity throughout Germany. When the 36th moved out on 8 April, Niedermendig was used for combat resupply and casualty evacuation by
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all-weather runway over the bomb-cratered concrete runway, and performed minimal repairs to the facility to make it operational. On 17 March, the airfield was declared ready for Allied use and was designated as
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helicopters. The regiment was disbanded in 2004. The air base was closed on 31 December 2007 with the last personnel leaving the base on 30 June 2008.
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1530:79th Fighter
1525:57th Fighter
1520:50th Fighter
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1510:36th Fighter
1371:303d Fighter
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1194:Wethersfield
1164:Stoney Cross
1119:North Witham
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1049:High Halden
1009:Earls Colne
979:Charmy Down
919:Aldermaston
878:El Haouaria
843:Ben Gardane
663:Ramat David
417:Current use
174: /
149:Coordinates
94:German Army
1901:Categories
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1871:Thirteenth
1272:IX Fighter
1204:Woodchurch
1109:Merryfield
1074:Kingsnorth
1019:Folkingham
1004:Cottesmore
989:Chilbolton
969:Bottesford
825:Sidi Azeiz
696:El Amiriya
658:Muqueibile
455:References
162:07°18′45″E
159:50°21′55″N
121:1930s-2008
1886:Twentieth
1881:Fifteenth
1743:Squadrons
1134:Rivenhall
1094:Lymington
1084:Lashenden
984:Chalgrove
939:Balderton
848:Bou Grara
706:Deversoir
686:Abu Sueir
385:, flying
318:Luftwaffe
237:Direction
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1174:Upottery
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1159:Stansted
1124:Ramsbury
1099:Matching
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949:Beaulieu
888:Medenine
883:Kairouan
795:Hamraiet
755:Belandah
691:Ismailia
637:Stations
547:70605402
443:See also
244:Surface
132:(Closed)
100:Location
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75:Military
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1184:Welford
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835:Tunisia
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805:Martuba
785:El Assa
780:El Adem
775:Darragh
750:Baheira
668:St Jean
312:History
299:Germany
267:Asphalt
241:Length
225:Runways
67:Summary
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1826:Fourth
1816:Second
1410:Groups
1218:Europe
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1129:Raydon
1079:Langar
1069:Ibsley
1014:Exeter
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291:Mendig
283:German
263:1,628
260:5,342
257:08/26
118:In use
104:Mendig
1856:Tenth
1851:Ninth
1836:Sixth
1831:Fifth
1821:Third
1811:First
1301:Wings
1248:Units
1044:Grove
954:Birch
770:Berca
742:Libya
727:Payne
711:Fayid
678:Egypt
653:Lydda
623:USAAF
555:72556
529:(PDF)
113:1930s
110:Built
80:Owner
1064:Hurn
898:Sfax
858:Hani
800:Lete
701:Daba
551:OCLC
543:LCCN
533:ISBN
506:ISBN
287:city
139:AMSL
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