Trier Air Base

Trier Air Base
Advanced Landing Ground Y-57
Located Near Trier, Germany
RF-80 Shooting Stars of the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing over Trier Air Base, 1955.
Trier Air Base is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Trier Air Base
Trier Air Base
Coordinates49°43′26″N 006°36′10″E / 49.72389°N 6.60278°E / 49.72389; 6.60278 (Trier Air Base)
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled by  Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte, 1914-1918

  Air Service, United States Army, 1918-1919
  Deutsche Luftwaffe, 1936-1945
  United States Army Air Forces, 1945

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949-1977
Site history
In use1910–1977
Battles/warsWestern Front (World War I)
World War II

Trier Air Base, also known as Trier Euren Airfield, is a former military airfield located in the southwest of Trier, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was established in 1910. During World War I it was used by the Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte as both a Zeppelin and military airfield. Later, it was used by the Air Service, United States Army, Deutsche Luftwaffe, the United States Army Air Forces, and NATO forces until being closed in 1977, when the airfield was converted into an industrial park.