Spangdahlem Air Base

Spangdahlem Air Base
Spangdahlem Air Base
Near Bitburg, Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany
	A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon of the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spangdahlem.
	Spangdahlem Spangdahlem
Coordinates	49°58′33″N 006°41′50″E / 49.97583°N 6.69722°E
Type	US Air Force base
Area	519 hectares
Site information
Owner	German Federal Government (Bundesregierung)
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Condition	Operational
Website	https://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/
Site history
Built	1951–1953
In use	1952 – present
Garrison information
Current; commander	Colonel Kevin Crofton
Garrison	52nd Fighter Wing
Occupants	480th Fighter Squadron; 726th Air Mobility Squadron; See Based units section for full list.
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, WMO: 10607
Elevation	364.8 metres (1,197 ft) AMSL
Runways
05/23	3,055 metres (10,023 ft) Asphalt
	Source: SkyVector Aeronautical Charts

Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the United States Air Force as a tenant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northeast of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.

^ Klemner & Cunningham 1995, p. 98.
^ Klemner & Cunningham 1995, pp. 10, 46, 56.
^ "Colonel Jason E. Bailey". www.spangdahlem.af.mil. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "ETAD - Spangdahlem-Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[FOOTNOTEKlemnerCunningham199598-1] Klemner & Cunningham 1995, p. 98.

[FOOTNOTEKlemnerCunningham199510,_46,_56-2] Klemner & Cunningham 1995, pp. 10, 46, 56.

[3] "Colonel Jason E. Bailey". www.spangdahlem.af.mil. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[4] "ETAD - Spangdahlem-Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

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