Europaviertel (Wiesbaden)
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The Europaviertel in Wiesbaden
is a former barracks area named Gersdorff Kaserne at the edge of the city center of the Hessian state capital.
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USAFE, however, retained a small presence at Lindsey Air Station. Lindsey AS was established as an Army Air Force installation on 13 November 1946. Lindsey achieved its greatest prominence between December 1953 and 14 March 1973 when it was the host base for Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces, Europe (USAFE).
From 1954 to 1973, Lindsey Air Station was among other things home to the 17th Air Force and the 65th Air Division.
From here Wiesbaden Army Airfield and Wiesbaden Army Medical Center were administered. After the transfer of Wiesbaden Air Base to the Army in 1976. Lindsey AS provided A home base for other support activities. One of these was the 7100 Consolidated Equipment Maintenance and Support (CEMS) Squadron (1990 - 1993). Who's role was to consolidate all war readiness materials (WRM) management in the European theater. This group transferred its base of operation to Sembach AB at the close of Lindsey AS. Support for various other Air Force units in the Wiesbaden area continued until it was closed in 1993.
and the Hessen State Police.
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
is a former barracks area named Gersdorff Kaserne at the edge of the city center of the Hessian state capital.
Barracks (1868 - 1945)
Between 1868 and 1945, three different barracks, a military hospital and a laundry occupied the site of today's "European quarter".Lindsey Air Station (1945 - 1993)
After the Second World War the area was occupied by the US Army and renamed Camp Lindsey (after Captain Darrell R. LindseyDarrell R. Lindsey
Darrell Robins Lindsey was a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
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USAFE, however, retained a small presence at Lindsey Air Station. Lindsey AS was established as an Army Air Force installation on 13 November 1946. Lindsey achieved its greatest prominence between December 1953 and 14 March 1973 when it was the host base for Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces, Europe (USAFE).
From 1954 to 1973, Lindsey Air Station was among other things home to the 17th Air Force and the 65th Air Division.
From here Wiesbaden Army Airfield and Wiesbaden Army Medical Center were administered. After the transfer of Wiesbaden Air Base to the Army in 1976. Lindsey AS provided A home base for other support activities. One of these was the 7100 Consolidated Equipment Maintenance and Support (CEMS) Squadron (1990 - 1993). Who's role was to consolidate all war readiness materials (WRM) management in the European theater. This group transferred its base of operation to Sembach AB at the close of Lindsey AS. Support for various other Air Force units in the Wiesbaden area continued until it was closed in 1993.
Europaviertel (since 1993)
In 1993 Lindsey Air Station was returned to the Federal Republic of Germany and renamed Europaviertel. The buildings at Lindsey now house certain offices of the German Federal Investigation Bureau BundeskriminalamtFederal Criminal Police Office (Germany)
The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany is a national investigative police agency in Germany and falls directly under the Federal Ministry of the Interior...
and the Hessen State Police.