Sprecht hier über alles, was nicht zu den anderen Themen passt.
Chat about everything off-topic here.
Praat hier over alles wat niet in de andere onderwerpen past.
The good part of it all is that Ramstein will be the place to be
and don't forget Spangdahlem, Ron . As I noticed in Summer there ist much work in progress (doesn't look like that the USAF is withdrawing as the secretary of defense announced some two years ago in connection with the Irak disagreement with the german gouvernment); a new entrance gate is established, and some more major upgrade of the facilities seems to be on the way within the airport area.
.......and on your way to Spangdahlem you will be invited to drop down at Gütersloh anytime in 2006, as our airfield is also making progress regarding military fixed-wing flying. TACAN will be installed within 2005, all approachlights and runwaylights are getting fixed these days, so we are ready to offer some spotterentertainment again in the upcoming year.
I dont wonna promiss too much, but it looks daaaaaam good over here again
well, most of the personnel in the ETUO-Tower is RAFG anyway, which has always been positive, but with the installation of TACAN and all the work being done beside the run-and -taxiways, our hopes do rise high over here.
We all just cant wait to see an VC 10 or Tristar here again, and yes the "bridge" is in perfect shape and is desperatly waiting for some spotters to be their host on a sunny day, when 09 is in use for best shots
I just hope that you share my point of view that TACAN would never be installed to keep some Chopper flying around, as they in particular never needed that kind of navigationhelp in all those years before.
Im Landesentwicklungsplan für Gütersloh wird ausdrücklich festgeschrieben, dass Lärmschutzmaßnahmen aufrecht zu erhalten sind, da "der Flugplatz als 'Sleeping Air Base' von der NATO in Reserve gehalten wird". Gütersloh ist also offiziell NATO-Reserveflugplatz und kann jederzeit reaktiviert werden.
....wobei der neu definierte Status ab 2006 ja auch beinhaltet, das sämtliche Maschinen die aus welchem Grund auch immer einen bestimmten Platz nicht anfliegen können ( Wetter, Technikfailure o.ä.) Gütersloh nützen können, und das gibt der Sache eine ganz neue Qualität. Der "Sleepingbase"-Gedanke kommt da dann noch erleichternd hinzu
. As I noticed in Summer there ist much work in progress (doesn't look like that the USAF is withdrawing as the secretary of defense announced some two years ago in connection with the Irak disagreement with the german gouvernment); a new entrance gate is established, and some more major upgrade of the facilities seems to be on the way within the airport area.
This is good news!! I'm definetly to have a look over there wen a Tristar or VC10 comes in again.... 
