Planes taking of from the Autobahn
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In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular airbases were taken out by a Soviet attack.
The first highway airfields were constructed near the end of World War II in Nazi Germany, where the well developed Reichsautobahn system allowed aircraft to use the motorways.
none of this is made by me,i stole it from here www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/1984-testing-the-autobahn-airfield.html
In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular airbases were taken out by a Soviet attack.
A purposely build 2600 meter stretch of highway of the A-29 was tested as A-10 Thunderbolts, C-130 Hercules transports and F-15 and F-16 fighters landed on the makeshift runway. After landing, the planes were refueled from dispatched trucks and then took off from the highway.
In the 1980s, there were 29 stretches of highway that could be turned into makeshift airfields within 24 hours. There were no above-ground power cables and no streetlights, all highway signs and crash barriers were fully removable.
Rear view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft as it takes off from the autobahn A29 near city of Ahlhorn during NATO-exercise “Highway 84”.
C-130 Hercules aircraft on taxidrive on the autobahn A29 near city of Ahlhorn during NATO-exercise “Highway 84”.
The first highway airfields were constructed near the end of World War II in Nazi Germany, where the well developed Reichsautobahn system allowed aircraft to use the motorways.
The German airbases were under constant air attack and mostly unusable thus new airfields had to be improvised.
none of this is made by me,i stole it from here www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/1984-testing-the-autobahn-airfield.html
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