Lechfeld Air Base
Lechfeld Air Base (ICAO: ETSL) is a German Air Force (Luftwaffe) base located 1 km east of Lagerlechfeld in Bavaria, about 20 km south of Augsburg on the Bundestrasse 17.
Lechfeld Air Base Fliegerhorst Lechfeld Advanced Landing Ground R-71 | |||||||||||
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A Luftwaffe IDS Tornado | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Unified Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||||||
| Operator | German Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Lagerlechfeld, Germany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,822 ft / 555 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°11′10″N 010°51′42″E | ||||||||||
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ETSL Location of Lechfeld Air Base | |||||||||||
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It was the home of Training Division A of the School of Management Assistance, and of 32 Fighter Bomber Wing (Jagdbombergeschwader 32), part of the Luftwaffe's 1st Air Division. The two squadrons based there flew the Panavia Tornado until 2013. There was a plan to use Lechfeld as Germany's second base for the Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft.
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