DCS: Cold War Germany FAQ

[Volator]

On 11/2/2025 at 9:39 PM, Bremspropeller said:

I can't believe you're not mentioning Alhorn as a JG 71 base. 

JG 71 was established at Alhorn and got their "Richthofen" name there. When they were flying proper fighters. Sabres.

With proper leaders.
Erich Hartmann.

You know and I know, but let's not irritate people with these tiny historical details 

It also seems unfair to the people of HTG64 who occupied the base for about 25 years, while JG71 was only there for about three years. 

Fun fact, we actually started as a Sabre squadron. The interest of the community back then was... less than stellar. So much for proper fighters, the wider community does not care about it very much 

Edited Tuesday at 11:18 AM by Volator

[Rick Mave]

I mentioned Wittmund because it wasn't even mentioned in the planned airfields for Phase 3 in the original FAQ post about the map.

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/372012-dcs-cold-war-germany-faq/

[birkenmoped]

If Ahlhorn needed a pitch, then that could be it:

- The Ahlhorn Air Base was an important part of NATO air logistics, as it served as a transshipment point (HLUP B) Flight route section “Hohn → Ahlhorn → Cologne-Bonn → Stuttgart-Echterdingen → Landsberg”

- The stationing of the 81st TFW Detachment with 18x A-10s provided a concrete component of frontline proximity and operational readiness.

- HTG 64 provided mobility, training, and rescue capabilities with helicopters Bell UH-1D – just as relevant for alliance operations as for everyday life.

- Air defense systems (Flugabwehrraketenbataillon 25 (FlaRakBtl 25) – Stellung Varrelbusch), fuel (NATO pipeline (Line 09 as a branch of Line 05 Bramsche - Oldenburg)) and material infrastructure, and training facilities made the site multifunctional.

Overall, Ahlhorn was not just “any military airport,” but a connecting element in NATO's air superiority, mobility, and logistics-oriented strategy in northwestern Germany.

[Bremspropeller]

On 11/2/2025 at 10:19 PM, Volator said:

You know and I know, but let's not irritate people with these tiny historical details 

It also seems unfair to the people of HTG64 who occupied the base for about 25 years, while JG71 was only there for about three years. 

Fun fact, we actually started as a Sabre squadron. The interest of the community back then was... less than stellar. So much for proper fighters, the wider community does not care about it very much 

Wow, starting as a Sabre squadron must be tough - I mean it's a great jet, but it's fairly specifc.
Plus, it's a phat F-86F, not a sleek Sabre 6. 

Here's to having more Sabres!

@birkenmopedwas that HLUP B component a part of LUTRANS, or were those flights a different matter altogether?

Here's to having a Transall!

[birkenmoped]

It was indeed part of LUTRANS — specifically HLUP B within the Bundeswehr’s Lufttransportkonzept 74. The LUTRANS network defined a chain of Haupt-Luftumschlagpunkte (main air transshipment points) across West Germany — Ahlhorn sat right between Hohn and Köln-Bonn in that system.

So those flights weren’t a separate operation; they were integrated NATO/Bundeswehr logistics runs, using aircraft like the Transall C-160 to shuttle materiel and troops between the designated HLUP bases.