| Storck Barracks/Illesheim Kaserne Illesheim Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) R-10 | |
|---|---|
 Main gate at Storck Barracks, 1968 | |
| Coordinates | 49°28′24″N 010°23′11″E / 49.47333°N 10.38639°E |
| Type | Military Garrison |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by |  Luftwaffe |
| In use | 1936-1945 (Luftwaffe) April 1945-May 1947 (USAAF) May 1947-Current (United States Army) |
Storck Barracks/Illesheim Kaserne is a United States Army facility adjacent to Illesheim, Germany, located about 15 miles northwest of Ansbach (Bavaria), about 240 miles south-southwest of Berlin.
Storck Barracks is part of the United States Army Garrison (USAG) Ansbach. It is named after Colonel Louis J. Storck, who served as Executive Officer for the 4th Armored Division, Commander of Combat Command A and the 37th Armor Regiment, and S-3 and Commander of the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion in World War II. Colonel Storck was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his gallantry in action near Raids, France from July 17 to 25, 1944.
It is the home of the 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, and the 3rd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, both equipped with the Boeing AH-64 Apache; D Co 412th Aviation Support Battalion (all units part of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade) and the 3rd of the 58th Airfield Operations Battalion (AOB). It has a commissary (to be closed in March 2016), gas station, and shoppette. It also has an elementary school and family housing.