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The Rhein-Main Air Base bombing was a terrorist car bomb attack against the American Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt am Main in West Germany on 8 August 1985. Two Americans were killed and more than 20 people were injured. The blast was powerful and caused debris and damage to the base including to 30 vehicles, trees and windows.
Aug 9, 2022 · RHEIN-MAIN AB, Germany — A powerful car bomb exploded early Thursday at Rhein-Main AB, killing two Americans and injuring more than 20 people. The blast occurred at 7:15 a.m. as...
1949–1959. Although originally envisioned as a bomber base by USAFE, as a result of the Berlin Airlift, Rhein-Main became a principal European air transport terminal. With the end of the blockade, the 513th TCG was inactivated on 16 October 1949.
- 1945–2005
- United States Air Force
The New York Times (front-page story on Aug. 9, 1985) By John Tagliabue. Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, Aug. 8, 1985 - A car bomb exploded today outside the headquarters building at this United States military base, killing two Americans and wounding about 20 people, both Americans and West Germans.
Aug 8, 1985 · A terrorist car bomb exploded today at the U.S. Air Force’s Rhein-Main Air Base as servicemen arrived for work, killing an American airman and an American woman civilian and injuring 17...
Aug 9, 1985 · Aug. 9, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. BONN — A car bomb exploded Thursday in a parking lot at the huge U.S. Air Force’s Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt, killing two Americans...
Aug 9, 2022 · Rhein-Main Air Base bombing, 1985. Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 1985: Investigators sift through rubble and wrecked automobiles following a car-bomb explosion in a...
