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In addition to the flying unit, Air Force Supply Group 22 was stationed on the air base grounds from 1957 to 1958. In 1959 it was reorganized into Air Force Supply Regiment 6, whose staff moved into the Oldenburg Donnerschwee barracks. The Air Force Medical Squadron of LVR 6 (until 1993), the Saber
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43. From 1981 the Alpha Jet was flown in Oldenburg. In 1991, 18 Alpha Jets from 2nd Squadron were briefly deployed to Turkey due to the Gulf War. On September 30, 1993, JaboG 43 was decommissioned/dissolved; a year later, on November 1, 1994, the airfield was officially de-dedicated.
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From 1968 to 1991, the 3rd battery of the anti-aircraft missile battalion 24 of the Nike air defense force was stationed at the air base, and from 1993 to 2006 (relocation to Bad Sülze) the anti-aircraft missile group 24 of the anti-aircraft missile squadron 2.
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43 due to the change in the mission's mission (the aircraft were no longer day fighters, but the mission of the formation was now to combat ground targets). The association was subordinate to the 4th Air Force Division and the
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F-86 field shipyard (until 1966), the Fiat G-91 field shipyard (from 1966 to 1981) and its successor Air Force Shipyard 61 of LVR 6 (from 1981 to 1993) were on the Stationed on the grounds of the air base.
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was flown. In 1966 it was converted to Fiat G.91, the following year it was renamed to Leichtes Kampfgeschwader 43, and in 1979 it was renamed back to Fighter Bomber
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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from 12 August 1952 until 10 September 1957 when the squadron disbanded. The unit operated Sabre F.4s and Hunter F.4s
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from 28 July 1952 until 23 September 1957. The squadron operated a variety of aircraft including
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reformed here on 1 August 1952 staying until 8 January 1954 when the squadron moved to
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between 23 June 1955 and 26 September 1959 when the squadron moved to
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RAF Oldenburg

Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
Oldenburg Air Base is located in Lower Saxony
53°10′47″N 8°09′56″E / 53.17972°N 8.16556°E / 53.17972; 8.16556
Bundeswehr
German Air Force
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force Germany
Luftwaffe
Lower Saxony
Cold War
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Germany
No. 14 Squadron RAF
RAF Ahlhorn
Hawker Hunter
No. 20 Squadron RAF
de Havilland Vampire
Canadair Sabre
No. 26 Squadron RAF
No. 234 Squadron RAF
RAF Geilenkirchen
West German Luftwaffe
North American F-86 Sabre
Jagdbombergeschwader 43
Jefford 1988
Jefford 1988

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