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 Terrorism Update | The German Way
While Germany has had its home-grown terrorists, most notably the RAF (Red Army Faction, see below), terrorism in Germany is not always “German.” When the Americans still had a large military presence in Germany, they sometimes became the target of terrorists.
In recent years, incidents like a police shoot-out with suspected RAF terrorist Wolfgang Grams, and the assassinations of prominent Germans such as banker Alfred Herrhausen (1989) and Treuhand head Detlev Rohweder (1991) have kept the memories all too fresh.
The possible release or parole of imprisoned RAF members was particularly disturbing to many Germans in the late 1990s.
www.german-way.com /terrorupd.html   (1037 words)

  
 207 Squadron RAF Association - Boxbergheide RAF Provincial Memorial
During a visit by 207 Squadron RAF Association in May 2005, Mr Timmermans, curator of the Memorial, explained that the concrete cross was repeatedly removed by the Germans and a new one put in place by the miners, but eventually the Germans gave up and it stayed in place.
It was for a memorial using moelonstone with a wall length of 6.80m (22ft 4") and a height of 2.20m (7ft 4") in an area of 42m² (160 square feet).
The memorial was inaugurated on September 27th 1970, in the presence of a delegate of King Baudouin, a delegate of the British Embassy, the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, the Commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Germany and Central Europe, and the RAF's Commander-in-chief in Germany.
www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk /belgium0505/Boxbergheide_070505.htm   (1889 words)

  
 United Kingdom: Royal Air Force   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The RAF flag/Ensign was flown by the various launches and tenders that were part of seaplane squadrons in the 1920s and 1930s, and then by the vessels of the Air Sea Rescue Service, formed in 1939.
The QC's of the RAF and Royal Marines are the only two sets which use the standard 'Admiralty pattern' of Union Flag, whereas those of the Royal Navy and Army each have their own unique variation.
The idea for RAF colours originated in 1943 (see note below on the significance of 1943), on the 25th anniversary of the service, but because of wartime austerity measures, it was not possible to present any until after the War's end.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-raf.html   (4502 words)

  
 RAF Schleswig | Schleswig Germany | Schleswig Jagel | RAF Schleswig Land
When the glaciers that had come down across Northern Germany began to melt back, large amounts of water attempted to find a way back to the sea.
At the end of the war, the airfield at Jagel near Schleswig became home ground for a squadron of RAF Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers, who moved to the airfield on 4th may 1945.
From now on the RAF were owners of the airfield and it was known as RAF Schleswigland.
adenairways.com /schleswig   (267 words)

  
 MILAVIA - Aircraft - Panavia Tornado IDS/ECR/ADV
The ECR (electronic combat and reconnaissance) version was a Tornado variant developed by the Germans for the reconnaissance role and suppression of enemy air defense with the AGM-88A HARM anti-radar missile.
Germany's Mid Life Update (MLU) for the Tornado is in progress.
AMI Tornado F.3s that were leased from the RAF have been returned to the UK recently, and will be replaced by leased F-16s until the arrival of the Eurofighter Typhoon.
www.milavia.net /aircraft/tornado/tornado.htm   (302 words)

  
 Exhibit Takes German Terror Stain Public | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 29.01.2005
One of Germany's most controversial post-war episodes returns to the fore as the subject of a major exhibition on Saturday when the "Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition" opens at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.
The story of the RAF is one of the major blemishes on the years of Germany's economic miracle.
Baum said the era which gave birth to the RAF was one where the public was more aware of the social issues and problems that gave rise to armed struggle.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1469002,00.html   (1055 words)

  
 149 Squadron RAF
This was during the rushed expansion of the RAF to be ready for the war that was clearly imminent.
This enabled the squadron to put in greater efforts in the final stages of the Battle of Germany, and its aircraft remained on the offensive all through the autumn and winter of 1944-5 and right up to the end of the war in Europe.
It formed the spearhead of RAF Germany's strike force there until 31 August 1956, when No.149 was disbanded at Gutersloh.
freespace.virgin.net /paul.hunt3/units/149Sq.html   (1068 words)

  
 RAF Watton Picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the early part of the year, one of 527 Squadron’s Meteor NF11 aircraft, ostensibly on a calibration sortie in RAF Germany, due to a navigational error strayed over the East German border.
Being unaware of their situation and because of fuel shortage, the crew elected to land at the nearest airfield.
At the end of the exercise the official version was ‘the Station defences were well tested and many lessons were learnt from the exercise.
www.rafwatton.info /timeline/1954/pl1954.html   (457 words)

  
 History of the RAF Signals Service, 1945-1975
I joined the RAF in 1952 as one of the first entry of Technical Cadets to enter RAF Technical College.
I was a student at the RAF Staff College in 1969 and was then appointed to 'exchange' duties with the USAF.
I left the RAF in 1986 at the age of 52 and spent 10 years with GEC-Marconi before joining the Air Historical Branch to write this history.
members.aol.com /DenReader/RAF_History.html   (1904 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Germany in Autumn: Video: Heinz Bennent,Wolf Biermann,Joachim Bissmeier,Wolfgang Bächler,Caroline ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Plot Synopsis: Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s.
The directors' intent is to re-create the tense atmosphere in Germany during the autumn of 1977.
The crew and the passengers were held hostage while the RAF demanded the release of jailed terrorists--fellow RAF members--including Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan Carl Raspe who were being held under top security in Stammheim prison in Germany.
www.amazon.com /Germany-Autumn-Heinz-Bennent/dp/1566870941   (1361 words)

  
 RAF Squadron Crests and Badges Gallery Index - Squadrons, Units and Stations - RAF Marham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a gallery of Squadron, Station, Section and Unit crests and RAF badges available for personal use only, to anyone interested in crests and badges, they are not to be used for commercial gain, without permission.
The RAF crests depicted were initally RAF Marham orientated, however due to popular request this section of the website has been drastically increased, howevever it is not a comprehensive RAF crest listing.
If you have any crests that would enhance the current selection please forward them to the Graphics Office at RAF Marham, where they may be redrawn to the current standard, the larger the better, (jpeg files only please - no word documents) or via e-mail to : webmaster@rafmarham.co.uk.
www.rafmarham.co.uk /gallery/crests-index.htm   (627 words)

  
 Hine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After study at RAF Air Warfare College, he served 18 months on Headquarters Strike Command staff and then returned to the continent.
Hine was Senior Air Staff Officer at HQ RAF Germany in 1979 and, promoted to air vice-marshal, then returned to MoD as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy).
Leaving the RAF in 1991, Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine became Military Advisor to British Aerospace until his retirement in April 1999.
www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/99bios/hine99.htm   (474 words)

  
 Gloster Javelin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It entered service with the RAF in May 1957 and was allocated to 151 Squadron based at RAF Leuchars.
Its final flight was on the 13th November 1962, after which it was dismantled for transportation and moved initially to RAF Locking and then to RAF Cosford for use as an instructional airframe.
XA699 was acquired by the Midland Air Museum in 1983 and is displayed in the markings of 5 Squadron, RAF Germany 1961-62.
plane-crazy.purplecloud.net /Aircraft/Jets/Javeline/gloster_javelin.htm   (533 words)

  
 Harvard Film Archive: The RAF’s Germany: Terrorism, Politics, Protest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Left-wing terrorism, culminating in the abduction of industrial leader Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the Lufthansa airplane Landshut, paralyzed public life and initiated an identity crisis that brought a young West German democracy to its breaking point.
The country is polarized due to the power struggle between the German state and the Red Army Faction; society is torn, the fronts are irreconcilable.
When the movement begins to fall apart, she goes underground, hiding out in East Germany where she assumes a new identity with the help of a Stasi Secret Service agent and makes a new friend.
www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/03marapr/raf.htm   (862 words)

  
 Harrier
The two RAF Germany squadrons transferred to Cottesmore in Rutland during 1999 in anticipation of the implementation of the Joint Force Harrier concept on 1 April 2000.
By the end of 2000, all three RAF Harrier operational squadrons were based at Cottesmore and were to be joined by the RN's Sea Harrier units in 2003.
The RAF established a 1 Squadron detachment at Port Stanley (later renamed 1453 Flight) to help ensure the security of the islands, this remaining in place until May 1985 when Phantoms were sent as replacements.
home.planet.nl /~alder010/Landen/land.html   (3076 words)

  
 RAF Germany since 1945
That was the case of the RAF in Germany as the last squadrons departed in 2001, some 55 years after first being deployed.
Bill Taylor's book provides a detailed survey of RAF operations within Germany that takes the reader through the Berlin airlift, the formation of NATO, the Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Czech invasion of 1968.
Everything that the RAF placed in the forefront of what it expected to be the main route of Soviet invasion, an event that thankfully, never happened.
modelingmadness.com /scotts/books/rafg.htm   (256 words)

  
 Alfred Herrhausen | The German Way
The terrorists also had to account for the bodyguards’ lead vehicle, and precisely place the bomb-laden bicycle in such a manner that the blast would do the most damage when it struck the side of Herrhausen’s car.
The German terrorist group Rote Armee Faktion (RAF) later claimed responsibility for the assassination and released a bizarre anti-imperialist statement (signed “Kommando Wolfgang Beer”) blaming Deutsche Bank for just about all that the RAF felt was bad or unfair in Germany and Europe.
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. by al Qaeda, a radical Islamist terror cell in Hamburg was linked to the plot.
www.german-way.com /aherrhsn.html   (630 words)

  
 The Royal Air Force - Squadron Page
One famous aircraft flown by XV Squadron was named 'MacRobert's Reply', an aircraft donated by Lady MacRobert in memory of her three sons killed in RAF service.
With the withdrawal of some Tornado units from Germany under 'Options for Change', the XV Squadron numberplate was assigned to the Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit at Lossiemouth shortly after disbanding at Laarbruch in April 1992.
The badge was a modification of the hart emblem used previously, changed to highlight the fact that the Hind aircraft was in service when the badge was authorised.
www.raf.mod.uk /squadrons/h15.html   (537 words)

  
 BAe Harrier GR3 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
Famous throughout the world as the first jet fighter capable of vertical take off and landing, the Harrier GR3 was utilised by the Royal Air Force as a ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft in the Close Air Support role (CAS).
RAF Harriers were deployed to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, as part of the Task Force sent to recapture the Falklands Islands.
In addition to operations with RAF Germany, the Harrier GR3 has also seen service with the Royal Air Force in Norway and Belize.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk /bae-harrier-gr3.htm   (224 words)

  
 Photographs of RAF Police Flights
On the 15 Oct 81 the then CPM RAF Germany Gp Capt Jim Sharpe died in his staff car on the way to RAG Bruggen to present the prizes for the RAF Police Germany Golf Championships.
His widow, Mrs Elizabeth (Betty) Sharpe, asked that a Soccer Memorial Trophy in his name be contested for annually between the RAF Police (Germany) and the RAF Regiment (Germany) due to the fact that he had served with both branches during his career.
That match took place on 12 Mar 82 and the photo shows the team, and yours truly the RAFP (Germany) Manager, who competed for and won that inaugral match 2 - 0.
www.rafpa.com /photos.htm   (659 words)

  
 Cybermodeler Online - Revell-Monogram 1/32 Tornado GR.1
The Panavia Tornado was initially known as the Multi-Role-Combat-Aircraft (MRCA) and was designed to be a replacement for the F-104G Starfighter by the air forces of Belgium, West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
In August of 1974, MRCA made its maiden flight in Germany, the next month the name MRCA was given the title of TORNADO, under which name it made its maiden flight in the UK from Warton on 31 October.
Soon after they were delivered to the RAF to under go test and evaluation before entering service in the late 1970’s.
www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/builds/rm/build_rm_tornado.shtml   (1606 words)

  
 Movies Other| Collateral damage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
That’s one of the lessons to be learned in " The RAF’s Germany, " a series of films screening at the Harvard Film Archive in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut.
They saw the upheaval as a manifestation of that smallest unit of political violence: the family.
with an introduction by the director and April 14 at 9 p.m.), an account of two of the last-known RAF incidents, the murder of Deutsche Bank CEO Alfred Herrhausen in 1989 and the death of his alleged assassin, Wolfgang Grams, four years later in a police shootout.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/movies/reviews/documents/02811270.htm   (625 words)

  
 RAF Germany - Wikipedia
RAF Germany ist die Bezeichnung für die obere Kommandobehörde der Luftwaffe des Vereinigten Königreiches Royal Air Force (RAF) in der Zeit des Kalten Krieges in Nordwestdeutschland.
Nach Gründung der NATO blieb die RAF in Westdeutschland stationiert.
Zu Beginn der 50er Jahre wurden entlang der deutsch-niederländischen Grenze die Flugplätze Laarbruch, Brüggen, Wildenrath und Geilenkirchen neu erbaut, um die fliegenden Einheiten möglichst weit von der innerdeutschen Grenze entfernt stationieren zu können.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Germany   (247 words)

  
 Germany's Top Five | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 24.01.2005
Soulful New Yorker Adam Green, a dreamy Dutch violinist and poignant exhibitions on terrorists and the firebombing of Dresden at the end of WWII.
The RAF, Germany's notorious leftist guerrilla movement came to prominence during the fattest years of the West German economic miracle in the late 1960s.
The award-winning soloist sparked a waltz mania of sorts in Germany in recent years with his Johann Strauss Orchestra.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1468074,00.html   (668 words)

  
 The Royal Air Force - History Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After almost 50 years, the RAF is withdrawing from Bruggen and, indeed, from stationing in Germany as a UK national formation.
The six fast jets, led by Wing Commander Paddy Teakle, departed the base on the German-Dutch border at lunchtime and, as a final tribute, flew over a number of the former RAF Germany bases as well as bases of the German Air Force.
Following the decision in 1996 to withdraw the RAF from Germany and close the last remaining flying bases, the drawdown of RAF Bruggen began in April 1999 when No 17(Fighter) Squadron was disbanded.
www.raf.mod.uk /history/31bruggen.html   (516 words)

  
 Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
Forty-six were new aircraft; the balance came from the Fleet Air Arm, as aircraft carriers were phased out in the 1970s.
From 1972 two squadrons of Buccaneers served in RAF Germany until replaced by Tornados in 1984.
Maritime strike/attack and reconnaissance then became the aircraft's primary role, along with the secondary task of carrying laser designator equipment for precision attacks.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk /hawker-siddeley-buccaneer-s2b.htm   (211 words)

  
 Military Photos Images Pictures Discussion - RAF Phantom - Powered by PhotoPost
On the 31th December 1976 19 Sqn obtained Phantom FGR Mk2s and were stationed at RAF Wildenrath in Germany.
This was a result of the Lightning squadron equipping 19 disbanding at RAF Gutersloh (Northern Germany).
It continued to operated as part of RAF Germany wing until disbanded on 9 January 1992.
www.militaryimages.net /photopost/showphoto.php/photo/8448   (211 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Germany since 1945
Forcibly divided at the end of the war, with Berlin further subdivided, Germany became a major front in the Cold War.
Taylor joined the RAF in 1967, so he carries with him a personal experience of the RAF during at least part of the period covered by this book.
Additionally, there are several detailed appendices, including sections detailing the aircraft used by the RAF in Germany, a breakdown of units that operated in Germany, and an index of airfields and landing grounds.
www.internetmodeler.com /2004/april/new-releases/book_raf-germany.php   (376 words)

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