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Former USAFE Prüm Air Station

Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz / Scheid /
 invisible, closed / former military
USAFE Prüm Air Station was an important USAFE radar & comms unit (1950-2004)
Key relay station in the ET-A commolink connected to Flobecq (BE) and Feldberg (GE)

Historical web:
www.prumairs.org/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   50°17'5"N   6°23'57"E

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  • Lisa Beaton
    I was station there 86-89. It was a wonderful experience - will never forget.
  • Paul (guest)
    Was there an underground component of the base? (Any bunker(s)?)
  • Renee Lewis
    I was stationed there from 1975 to 1977 with the 612th tcf radar unit.
  • Dwight (guest)
    No, there were no bunkers. Everything was above ground.
  • John Nelms (guest)
    I was stationed there as a 2nd, then 1st, Lieutenant from November 1957 through August 1960. My first C.O. was Lt. Col. John Kersch. I and five classmates fresh from AC&W training at Tyndall AFB arrived within a few weeks of each other. Of the six, four are deceased. I visited Prüm in August 2014, 54 years to the day since I left and stayed at the Hotel Goldenen Stern, in the same room where I stayed my first night there. The base itself is long gone, but Prüm has flourished. The military housing area is still there, but very run down. The beautiful farm, and the demolished Siegfried Line bunker, which used to be visible from my apartment are no longer visible from the housing area or the road to it from town. I'm 82 years old now and will never see it again. Being stationed there is a treasured memory.
  • Bart Lee (guest)
    I was stationed/worked at Prum Post with an AFC 30450, Radio Relay Maintenance from Jan-1967 to Aug-1969. The AF site’s primary mission was to transfer multi-type radio traffic from Europe to the U.S. via Tropo systems. You can still view the tower on Google Earth that supported 60 foot antenna dishes for the systems. Many more types of electronics were supported by the Air Force site. The large building next to the antennas can also be viewed on Google Earth. It was utilized for Autovon switching, a machine that was many years advanced in systems technology compared to civilian equipment. The Air Force site was detachment 2 of the 2139th Com Squadron, Bitburg, Germany. It averaged about thirty airmen, one officer and the rest enlisted. One section was administration, another was Air Force Controllers that maintained systems accuracy & integrity; couple of these was SSGT E. Bichard and SGT Yogi . Another group maintained diesel engines that furnished reliable 24 hour power to the Air Force Complex. This group was lead by TSGT Purvis with SSGT Murphy and SGT Morgan. The last group was my group, Maintenance. We maintained anything from HF, Tropo radio systems, switching, Army Systems and regular telephones. Chief of maintenance was TSGT Earnest Bell and assistant TSGT Herman Meyers. Over all operations coordinator was SMSGT Joseph Bogumill. Down to the last man, each was a true professional in their field, a pleasure to have known and worked with them in a strategic Air Force Assignment. I was fortunate to have my new wife share in the Prum tour. We lived in the small town of Olzheim. We rented from a German Couple that took us in and treated us like family despite losing their son in war when he was just sixteen. We have many good memories of our tour in Germany. Got to travel to several countries plus our oldest son was born in Bitburg. I still would like to visit the area which seems to have thrived, but I’m not sure how I will handle seeing the old Prum Air Force site. Bart Lee
  • Gary Edwards (guest)
    I was stationed there between January 1987 to June 1989 when we moved to Zweibrucken. Gary Edwards.
  • Regina Higgins (guest)
    Gary, I was stationed there at that time too. I was the NCOIC, Mobility. I helped closed down both Prum AS and Zweibrucken AB.
  • Karen (guest)
    I was stationed there in 1975-1976. I was the first woman to be stationed ther. They had no women’s barracks or bathrooms. I stayed in the hotel in town for awhile til I could get an apt. Lots of camaraderie. I was a 31J, teletype repair. Lots of them there but not for long, the rat rigs all had them. Anybody else there during that time?
  • Alton Franklin (guest)
    Alton Franklin, stationed at Pruem from 75-78, Det 23, autovon maintenance. Lived down in pruem
  • William Ernstes (guest)
    William Ernstes (Ernie) Iwas there1963-1965 I have visitedin1997 and 2001 I,worked in wire maintaines we were Det 2 of the 615th AC&W
  • Cindy Garanzini (guest)
    My dad was there around '72-'74? I was there too but not on base.. lived in 1 of the 4 apt bldgs and went to the school at the top of the hill. Know the guys called him "G" because last name so long? He helped out in the theater with the movies. Love to know of anyone who worked with him.
  • Rick Quirk (guest)
    I was at Prum for several months in 1966. I lived in the fire house and worked the switch board and teletype for the U.S. Army. While I was their the mess hall burnt down. We had a new fire truck but no hoses that fit it. So stood and watched it burn. I left Prum to go to Hoek van Holland and left Europe in 1969.
  • Toon en Francis (guest)
    Hello Alton, I am from the Netherlands I have got some times on holiday in Prüm ab 1970 and up , and have a good remember on the USA gays, I meet them in the Disco always , I don t remember the name off the disco in the center., much dancing with music from James Brown.We are there last weekend , if you like i send you Picture from outside Prüm Air Base, you all have make a very good Job tot Europe, thanks all usa women and man.
  • SDixon
    I lived there the same time you did. I climbed the steps to school. My brother worked at the concession stand in the theater for a while his name was David Dixon.
  • SDixon
    Paul. I wondered around as a child stationed there in the early 70’s. There actually were a couple of bunkers. One had fencing around it to keep people out. Another was open and empty but we went inside a few times.
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