Leck Air Base
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Leck Air Base is located in Leck
, Germany
. It was closed as a military airport but it remains open to public use. It was an important base during the Cold War
because it served as an overflow to nearby bases. At Leck, ground and support crews from the United States and West Germany exchanged duties, learning how to perform aircraft maintenance and operational support tasks.
Leck
Leck |Mooring North Frisian]]: Leek) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 30 km north of Husum, and 30 km west of Flensburg.It is also home to the former Leck Air Base....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was closed as a military airport but it remains open to public use. It was an important base during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
because it served as an overflow to nearby bases. At Leck, ground and support crews from the United States and West Germany exchanged duties, learning how to perform aircraft maintenance and operational support tasks.