Jever Air Base

Jever Air Base RAF Jever Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-117
Fliegerhorst Jever in 1986
Coordinates	53°32′02″N 007°53′05″E / 53.53389°N 7.88472°E
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Bundeswehr (Air Force)
Site history
In use	1936–Present
Battles/wars	World War II
Garrison information
Occupants	Luftwaffe (National Socialist), 1936–1945   Royal Air Force, 1945–1961 German Air Force (FRG), 1961–Present

Airfield information
IATA: none – ICAO: ETNJ
Summary
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	53°32′02″N 007°53′05″E / 53.53389°N 7.88472°ECoordinates: 53°32′02″N 007°53′05″E / 53.53389°N 7.88472°E
Map
ETNJ Location of Jever Air Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 8,184 2,480 Concrete

Jever Air Base is a German Air Force military air base, located 4.3 km west-southwest of Schortens in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Overview

Jever AB is the home of parts of the German Air Force Regiment.

History

The airfield was originally opened in 1936 for the Luftwaffe. It was seized during World War II by the British Army in April 1945 and taken over by the Royal Air Force. It was designated as Advanced Landing Ground B-117 Jever.

It was later designated RAF Jever and used by the Royal Air Force beginning in 1952 as part of the Cold War British Forces in West Germany. RAF units assigned were:

• 1952: 20 Sq
• 1952–1953: 112 Sq with Vampire FB 5
• 1952–1961: 4 Sq, 93 Sq with Vampire FB 5, later FB 9, later Sabre F 4, later Hunter F 4, later F 6
• 1955–1957: 98 Sq, 118 Sq with Hunter F 4
• 1957–1961: 2 Sq with Swift FR 5

In 1961 the base was returned to the control of the German Air Force and became a NATO Air Base.

References

• Military Airfield Directory Jever Airbase
• Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

External links

• Airport information for ETNJ at Great Circle Mapper.
• Airport information for ETNJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.