Ramstein air base in Germany experiences potential incoming missile scare

Re:Ramstein air base in Germany experiences potential incomi... by hodgesrm on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:59PM (#25413396)

Interesting. Are you on the west side of town? I was stationed on Ramstein and lived in downtown Kaiserslautern. My place was about 15 km from the main base, which is pretty far to pick up sounds. I don't recall hearing many aircraft, even though we were only 12km from the east end of the runway.

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Re:Ramstein air base in Germany experiences potential incomi... by wbhart on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:57AM (#25416125)

I'm on the west yes. But you don't hear planes? It's a constant conveyor belt, even across the city!

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Re:Ramstein air base in Germany experiences potential incomi... by hodgesrm on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:39PM (#25420462)

Not sure why we didn't hear them--maybe just tuned them out at some point because it was already so loud on base. What I do remember is seeing lots of C-5s landing at night. I used to ride my bike home via Einsiedlerhof, and the road goes right under the flight path. It was like seeing a lit-up piece of the sky break off and and return to earth.

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