This abandoned airfield was built in WWII and continued to be used throughout the Cold War by British and German air wings. While the runway has been replaced with solar panels and the city is preparing to reuse the whole area for housing and businesses there are still quite a few relics still left to explore and document!
The longest strip of runway still left
ATC
Restricted access
Radar room
Control room inside the ATC
Apron as seen from the ATC
Turbine test facilities
Inside a turbine test hall (the tunnel at the end was used to project hot exhaust gases away from the testing personell)
Exit and blastproof window
Shelter 24
Shelter 30
Aircraft works
Hangar
Loads of support buildings (Firestation, Gas bottle storage, heating plants and repair hangars)
Fuel pump bunker
Cinema
Hallway in the HQ building
PATRIOT radar vehicle (mural in the AA section building)
PATRIOT firecontrol vehicle (mural in the AA section building)
Sign at the entrance to the squadron command bunker
Order of battle
Mission control
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