Fliegerhorst Kaserne in Erlensee (formerly Langendiebach), Germany. Was a US Army base and Army airfield in Germany from 1945 to 2007. Among the units stationed there was the HQ and A Company, 122nd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Armor Division.
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I was in “B” company 504th Signal Bn 1965 -1966 Fliegerhorst Kaserne which was resigned to 881st Light Equipment moved to Hutier Kaserne Hanua, duty was Unit Police, the then assigned to the 296th CCS ( collection classification and salvage ) Quartermaster Kaserne Hanau,, dont remember much, always to drunk on that good old Germany Lowenbrau beer and JAGERMEISTER but did get an autographed picture of Sonny and Cher while sharing a few beers, while they were on their 1965 tour from one of the bars either the MOON LITE BAR or the ELBOW ROOM,, to old now to remember which…..
I was assigned to18th Aviation Headquarters company in the late 60s and early 70s this place; about 3 years.
I was Fliegerhorst from 1983-84 HQ 2/75th was the deployment clerk for the battalion. I used to love when giving someone their orders to return home who wanted to go back.
Who could forget augmentation force when it was your turn to help out.
I loved and hated my PAC Supv SFC Alban who served two tours in Vietnam, he helped me get my wife over and a job in the mess hall along with finding a place to live on the strasse with a great older German house.
The bad things aren’t wiorth mentioning for a good man. I did love riding in his big Caddie in the small streets of Germany while he was drunk lol, gives you a sense of how he was lol.
I was in 2/75th from Sept ‘72 until April ‘75 HQ Battery as a medic, was detached to the Dispensary in charge of the pharmacy. Great duty, have wonderful memories!
Does anyone remember Martin’s Apartments? They faced the airfield? Mostly U.S. Military families rented there including my husband, myself and my daughter. We were there from 79 to 80. He was with the 2nd/75th FA.
Spread your inquiry wider. In yr time, were Service Battery billets still facing the mess hall? By ’63-’65, the kaserne (to me) felt like a military garrison turned into a sleepy village, white boy country music following you anywhere you went, the EM Club raking in paychecks. Nobody traded home addresses. The compromises. Must be a million German-Americans out there, don’t forget Bruce Willis.
I was in service battery 2/75 during that time.
What is fascinating, above and beyond “I was there”, is that what – for each – had a beginning-and-end bracketed, by arrival and rotation dates, had many identities, considering the decades and years. My case (63-65) was from S-4 (back room) of 2nd/75th Artillery, billets next to the mess hall, 3rd fl. on the end, opposites noisy C Battery. I was long gone and a confused Boston University grad, before those I now read about, being in the same place, with different sergeants. The EM Club was blazing every night.
Hello Rodney, I was in 205th maintenance from 77/80 was a oh58 mechanic, I re.ember moving into new barracks from the older ones, thought you might remember me, my nick ame was Smitty D,there,havea good day!
Stationed at Fliegerhorst from Fall of 1959 to Feb 1962 D Co 33rd HVY Tank BN. Was anyone there at that time?
I was at 30th Trans from July ‘59 to August ‘61 SP4 Kurt Johnson
Don’t hold your breath on replies from your era; most are waaaaaay behind the wave on computers. I don’t remember tanks on the kaserne. Envied the Transportation walking in from pass, seeing Woody Woodpecker on the spare tires. Were monthly Seventh Army ‘alerts’ shared by other units? Looking back, Army duty at Fleigerhorst seemed like summer camp (Keewaydin, Lake Dunmore, Salisbury, VT). DT 2/75th, 63-65
Tanks were on the Kaserne, I had guard duty one night in the winter and at midnight a company of tanks returned from some sort of training. When they parked and left, I got up onto one of them and stood on a grate over the engine that was warm and spent the remainder of my night tour on it to keep warm!! could see the complete yard from there. 30th Trans was a aviation company.
It took me forever to get a copy of my Dad’s DD 214 from archives. His name is Hans Helmling, and he was stationed there from October 1958 to September 1960. Co D 2nd HTB 33rd Armor, 3d Armd Division. He doesn’t remember much, but he remembers his time there fondly. He and my Mom were born and raised in Hanau, immigrated to the US, and my Dad got drafted and sent back!
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Was your Dad a disc jockey before entering the army? If so, he was our company clerk during that period.
No, I don’t think so. He told me he was an MP and worked the gates? He didn’t know much English; he and my Mom had immigrated to the US, then after he got citizenship, they drafted him and sent him back to Germany LOL.
It took me forever to get a copy of my Dad’s DD 214 from archives. His name is Hans Helmling, and he was stationed there from October 1958 to September 1960. Co D 2nd HTB 33rd Armor, 3d Armd Division. He doesn’t remember much, but he remembers his time there fondly. He and my Mom were born and raised in Hanau, immigrated to the US, and my Dad got drafted and sent back!
I was there from 79-81 B co 205th aviation battalion engine shop
I remember eating there plenty of times I probably ate some of your cooking
Nov 72 to May 74 cook jfk mess hall.
Was with HQ Btry 2/75th building 1367 from 1964 to 1967. First Shirt was Jacob J. Amaro, Btry CO was Capt Jenks. Some of my buddies were Thomas Spitzley (COVID took him home to God last year), Milton Milstead, Msgt Church, Sgt Hoger, an Indian we called DULL KNIFE (cANT REMEMBRER HIS REAL NAME, BEST TIME OF MY ARMY LIFE! I totally loved my time there!!!
2nd Battalion 75th artillery
I remember you. Think you were from Pittsburgh. Remember Spitzley. He made E-6 and not long after that he made E-4.
i was station with the 3/59 Headquarters co. ada from 1972 to 1974 is there anyone else station in that time frame
Hey, Jack, yes I was at Fligerhorst in the 122 maintenance battalion Sept 1972 to Jan 1975. Jim Curtis. Also worked in the GYM.
I was a cook in the mess hall from 71 -74. I remember the Kennedy mess hall but the one I was at, I can’t remember. Does anyone on here remember the name.. I remember the boxing matches in the gym and the drag races at the air field..
My father Jim Patrick was also an NCO cook at that time in the early seventies. We lived there on Fliegerhorst. I really loved that time in my life.
I don’t remember the name of the mess hall. I have thought about it but just can’t remember it.
Sorry. There were so many memories there.
One of the Mess Halls was named JFK MESS and the other was REDLEG INN!! I ate in bother places sometimes but most of the time I ate at the EM CLUB.
EM CLUB back in 64 / 67 was called [ THE MODERNAIR ] I worked there as a MA then as asst. night mgr. with 2 AIr Force guys who were assighned to the 503 rd. as tower and air traffic controllers… a German Named Rudi Brendal was the manager.
I remember well, the EM club. I was assigned to the 503rd, in the Mohawk unit, Feb. ’64 to May ’65 when I rotated out. Draft beer as I remember was 10 cents a glass….Wow! ….and also ate many meals there — good entertainment as I recall.
Was there 70-71 at the 30th trans in v corp in aviation . We had the hanger nextdoor to to the Mohawks.
We wore the red baseball caps
I remember eating there plenty of times I probably ate some of your cooking
I remember the races on the airfield! Really enjoyed them!
My name is Myron Foxworth, served at 1st, with the 18th Aviation Battalion 359 Air Mobile Co. Our colors was deactivated and we received the color and equipment from the 11 Aviation Battalion directly from Vietnam. My company change to the 173rd Air Assault/Air Mobile. I was one of the boxer in the fight jamboree in March of 74. Won wealtherweight title for my division. V Corp. Also remember the drag racing held on the landing strip on weekends during the summer. I sever from May 72 to Dec 74. One mess hall was in 39th transportation area. The other was across the street from my barracks and right next to the EM club. I saw Mahamad Ali defeat George Forman viva short circuit TV in the day room/community center on post. Had friend in 25th maintenance, 2/75th Filed Artillery, the MI Mohawk fix wing unit, 30th transportation, as well as my battalion.
I was there 72/74 assign. To 173rd aviation co. I found it to be a great. place.My first billet was right across from red Square. Em club was to the right. MESS HALL WAS ACROSS FROM EM CLUB.
I was on svc btry 2/75 fa, 1982-1985
I also was in service battery 2/75. 1984/1985. Capt Perkins. I disliked him.
I remember him, black guy, was a pain
Do you guys remember Sargent Terry Really Tall guy and nice in Service battery ,also 1st Sargent Dick
Amazing to think that 2/75 Artillery went on for so many years. Me, S-4 Serv. Bat. 63-65, You’re there…settle in, then 1 by 1 people leave, figuring that you’re own fight with Father Time is the end-all. S-4 on 3rd fl. billets, the entire C (gun) battery (crazy Sat. night drunks) at the other end, right above the mess hall. Their E-8 1st Sgt. busted to E-1 for putting a hand on thigh of PFC.
I was there in the 2/75 FA Chalie Battery 1985-1988
I was there in 71-74. 2/75th B battery. I was a cook in the mess hall right behind the barracks. Do you remember the name of the mess hall. I worked there but don’t remember the name of it. I do remember the Kennedy mess hall.
I was there in 1973 at Fleer horse concern in the motor pool 62nd aviation company then we moved to the 73rd aviation company my name is David fish
Monroe, I was in Bravo ( BIG IRON ) before getting moved to Charlie Btry
I was with SSG Boyd, Baskerville, Baham, Reeves, Smoke Fleming,
My name is Archie.
Is this the Monroe we called “Up North”?
Hey Monroe, did you play basketball for the Hanua team while on Fliegerhorst?
I was there in the 2/75 FA Chalie Battery 1985-1988
Sgt. James Huhn, ncomplus@yahoo.com
I was
I was with FIST 2-75 FA HHB from 86 to 89.
3rd floor, billets near mess hall? Insane noise on Saturday nights from that huge room (’63-’65)
i was 2/75 from April 84 86 . SVC Battery
I remember him, was branded on his arms, send me a friend request on face book, Ed Harper, marshall, missouri
I didn’t like him either, send me a friend request on Facebook. Ed Harper, marshall, Missouri
Hey David I was there at the same time 2/75 i was in service battery and Capt Perkins was a blank blank ,I am with you on that ,I was Battalion Duty Driver for about 1 1/2 years ,I really had some good times there ,I remember 1st Sergeant Dick, i had to go and pick him and his wife up ,that guys was something else funny and his wife was also.
I was stationed with HQ BTRY 2/75 FA from 1977-1978. Anyone out there in that time frame looking for Jimmy Trivett from Tennessee and Rodney Button from Oklahoma
My name is Bruce and I’m trying to help a friend find some information about a couple of accidents that happened around mid summer of 77
His name is Michael Martin
He was in B company 2/75 during that time
There was an accident involving death of civilians during a convoy. He was the 2nd vehicle 110 howitzer
There was a helicopter crash that he witnessed about 77-78 as well
If anyone has information, it would be extremely important for him.
My email is Brucem1382@yahoo.com
Thank you
Wrote a reply to Bruce Cox email, requesting comments on 77-78 and “death of German civilian during a convey. It immediately bounced back on me, like ‘address unknown”.
I was in 2/75th FA 1982-1984. I was the battalion redeployment specialist in HQ.
I was there from 6/83 to 8/85 C-Btry 2nd/75th 3rd Section base piece. I was the battallion guidon carrier and my battery guidon carrier as well. SP4 Coleman. Do you remember SP4 Dodge who worked in Battallion? Hey feel free to reach out.
I was stationed @ Charlie Battery 2nd/75th F.A. from 1983-1985. I shot base piece my Section chief was SSG Meachum. I was the battery and battalion Guidon carrier. My name is Lateef Noordeen now, but it was SP4 Coleman. I have been working on a Field Artillery Reunion for several years attempting to reach fellow comrades and I have been pretty successful. I am planning it for Nov. 17th weekend or on the 17th which is Field Artillery day, for the year of 2025 here in Las Vegas where I reside now. Here’s my number (510) 932-3462 please give me a call. Redleg1 for life.
My Dad, Hans Helmling, was stationed at Fliegerhorst from 1958-1960. Would anyone here remember him? He is 87 now and would love to connect with someone there during that time. Thank you!
My dad was stationed there 59 to 61 his name was John Amorin I don’t know if anybody would remember him
Hi Larry, I’m sorry I didn’t see this until now! I will ask Dad. Do you know what your Dad did at Fliegerhorst?
What company was he in? I was there from 59 to 62
He can’t remember. Same division as you, the 33rd. He worked the gates, I know that. My Dad was born and raised in West Germany, immigrated to the US in the early 50s then got drafted into the Army and sent to Fliegerhorst. He didn’t speak a lot of English LOL. Hans Helmling is his name.
I was in D Co 33rd HVY Tank Bn. Not sure what Company manned the gate but they are usually MP’s. We were strictly a combat company.
That’s what I figured. I wish I could post his picture, you might recognize him.
When I was there 79-81 they were UP (unit police) the 205th transportation battalion (aviation) I was one for 3 months
I was there from 71-74 in B co 122 mt bn ,service section. I went back in 2017 and some of it looked the same .
I was there from 71-74. 2nd Bn 75th FA.. Was a cook in the mess hall.
I was there in A 2/75 75-78
Was this ming who had all the stereo stuff? I was Overby down in commo. I got photos around here somewhere. I was there from 75 to 78. I got to drive the goat in a btry.
Hey man I remember you. We hung around with Tilley and some of they guys from FDC. Had some great times together, remember them well. Hope you are doing well
hey ming, watraski, Butler, foldy, Keyser, & Tilley are some I remember. sgt roeber was said to live south on 35 of ft worth. I will say this, life has been a ride. I can’t forget shey when he came back from leave he had some dry fish. That was better than pretsels. Remember when Jonson put his hand through the window in the door that had the wire mesh in it. Life has been quite a ride. gary.
Hey Ming, are you the same short guy that served in the 2/75th Artillery in 1975 that had a great kick. Fond memories,
If you are love to hear from you T
John, Jim Curtis, I was there 72-75 in 122 mt bn, worked in s2-3 with Roger Stanly and Lt Throgmorton, and the gym Jerry Mathews.
Did you worked in the medical dispensary for a while?
Interested to know if the EM Club was still humming. In my time, 63-65, was packed every night. No Black GI ever stepped foot in it. Hectic or peaceful, it made a ton of money; great live music.
I remember going to the snack bar on the flight line 1966. The best BLT’S in Germany.
Jake, I rotated out of the 503rd Avn. Bat. in May of 1965. The Restaurant on the flight line used to have a “steak night” once a week — I think Mondays. Excellent. I was in the Mohawk group.
I wonder . . .
As a kid I was there 1971-72. There were/are at least 5, maybe SEVEN underground levels below the old hangers. The Germans used to flood the airfield when the allies would fly over so it would look like a lake.
The 7 levels were booby-trapped & flooded when the allies came. No one was ever able to figure out where the water was coming from. The US Army sealed off all but the upper 2 or 3 levels. I remember staring at the big sealed door leading below, its surface beaded with condensation. The story was that right before they flooded it, the Germans moved & mothballed a lot of equipment down there for the coming of the 4th Reich. It still should be there because, as far as I’ve been able to find out, only a few know about those underground levels, much less even tried to open it up. I’ve often wondered what an ROV would find down there. The last German who knew where the boobytraps were died in the hospital, and (again, according to the tale at the time) never gave up his secrets.
The only hint I’ve heard about those lower levels is that a truck “fell” through – dropped a wheel or two – out in the airfield back in the 80’s.
I think even the Germans have forgotten it; or else that’s why they won’t build there anymore.
I was a Radar Tech with ‘C’ Battery, 6th Bn, 59th Arty., a Hawk Anti-Aircraft unit. Time frame, Dec ’66 to Nov 68. Our Battery was located just to the west of the airfield. I think it was in ’68 that they were improving the runway at the airport and in the construction process a huge unexploded bomb was found deep in the ground. I remember several manhole covers in and around our Site that were part of the underground hangar system from WWII. There was also a brass azimuth ring that was set in concrete just outside the gate to our Site. Our barracks was located close to the main gate and it had connecting tunnels to the underground hangar, which had been sealed off sometime after the War ended. That connecting tunnel had to be at least a mile long. I have viewed a video that featured Fliegerhorst and it was so changed that I would never have recognized it.
where can this VIDIO be seen or purchased ???
Go on You Tube and type ‘Revisiting my first duty station, Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau, Germany’. According to the video it was posted 2 yrs ago.
I was there from Feb 67 to Feb 69 assigned to Hq Btry 6th Bn 59th Arty Hawk Missiles DSP. Third echelon support For the CWAR radar and the IFF for all the Hawk Batterys. Was at C Battery many times.
Jerry Carter, I’m sure you are the one to come and assist me when the old WWII Era IFF failed, which was a frequent occurrence. By the way, thanks for your assistance when I needed it, and that was often… even if it was about 56 yrs ago. Great to hear that we are both above ground!
May well have been, there were only two of us at DSP who supported the IFF, myself and Peter Moore. Peter was an E6 and I was an E5. I do recall an incident where I was up all night working on the Radar. I believe the problem was a burn in a section of the wave guide not sure if it was the same incident or not.
I was in that same unit from September of 1968 until April of 1970. I was launch control and sat in the radar/launch duece and a half, 2 – 4 hour shifts a day.We were there a few months at the same time. You might remember another radar tech named Ronnie Brozene. I’m still in touch with him. I married a girl from Frankfurt and we lived outside of Chicago for 50 years before she passed. I have been back to Germany at least 70 times since I got out. I still own a small condo between Hanau and Frankfurt. Germany is so different now! I drive a 911 and the plate is Hanau.
I was in “C” Battery,6th Bn,59 Arty also, from September of 1968 to April of 1970. I was launch control and sat in the radar/launch duece and a half. We were there at the same time for a few months. You might remember another radar tech named Ronnie Brozene. I’m still in touch with him. I married a girl from Frankfurt and we lived outside of Chicago for 50 years before she passed. I have been back to Germany at least 70 times since I got out. I still own a small condo between Hanau and Frankfurt. Germany is so different now! I drive a 911 and the plate is Hanau.
Wild I herd the same exact story. I still tell that story to family and friend until today
I remember when I was there in 1981 with Bco 122 maintenance, our main shop was in some sort of hangar and they told us that there was flooded hangars below us! We used to watch the races on the airfield, which I heard that they would flood during bomb raids!
I believe those tunnels were off limits to US military people back then in 1972-73 I mean I seen the entrance to internals and some of the old buildings there so okay 60 second aviation anybody forever from the 62nd okay thank you