Hopsten Air Base in World War II on a US map from 1943 - (McMaster University Library Digital Archive, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 CC BY-NC 2.5 CA /MULDA/)
During the Cold War
Use
German Airforce base.
Situation
Hopsten Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972 - (ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin /PCL MC/)
Overview
Hopsten 1977 - Source: GEMILFLIP 1977
Runways
Data for the year 1990:
01/19: 2440 m x 30 m Beton
Radio beacons
Data for the year 1990:
TACAN: CH27 "HOP", am Platz
Radar
ASR/PAR (1990)
Radio communication
Call sign: DHK 40
Maps
NDB approach to Hopsten in 1966 (Source: USAF/USN FLIP).
In 1968, the NDB was no longer at the northern part of the field, instead it is on the extended centerline (Source: DoD FLIP 1968)
Units
Jagdbombergeschwader 36 (JaboG 36) with F-4F (1990), Fluglehrzentrum F-4F (-2005)