Spangdahlem Air Base

Two Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (99-0169, 00-172 "The Spirit of The Cascades") and one E-3 Sentry (AWACS) aircraft at Spangdahlem on 22 March 2006. Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer Serial 54-0529 and Martin RB-57A-MA Serial 52-1454 of the 19th TRS (B-66) and 1st TRS (B-57), 1957. 529 eventually deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base during the Vietnam War. It was destroyed on 23 December 1972 when due to engine failure, it crashed on landing killing its crew of three. 1454 was retired to AMARC in 1973 and scrapped in 1976. Republic F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief Serial 63-8311 of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing. During the Vietnam War, this aircraft was modified to the F-105G "Wild Weasel" configuration. Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with USAF tennant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 km NNE of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.