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IMG_1179 * Driving along the ridge of the Hunsrückhölenstrasse, we pass an old Roman grain solo...

IMG_1181 * through the village of Lautzenhausen...

IMG_1183 * a tiny village which leads to...

IMG_1184 * the old main gate of Hahn Airbase where I lived in 1956-57.

IMG_1222 * Many of the original buildings are still in place...

IMG_1223 * althought not in use...

IMG_1224 * and sometimes not well maitained...

IMG_1186 * including the old beverage store. But some buildings are in service...

IMG_1185 * especially the old control tower as this is now a branch of the Frankfrurt airport specializing in low cost carriers and charters...

IMG_1227 * including the Russian carrier Aeroflot... who would have envisioned this in 1957 at the height of the cold war...

IMG_1231 * when our F100 Super Sabers were housed in hardened shelters...

IMG_1229 * and we had our nuclear missiles aimed toward the USSR.

IMG_1225 * Heading back to the main gate, we turn toward the housing area.

IMG_1188 * Building 1311, our home in 1956-57...

IMG_1191 * where I proudly display the patch of the Hahn Group at http://groups.msn.com/HahnAirBase/

IMG_1195 * First, looking left, I cross the street...

IMG_1193 * in the direction of the old school...

IMG_1205 * which is now used by Lufthansa cargo operations...

IMG_1213 * where once again I display the Hahn Club patch.

IMG_1208 * Looking around, I see the housing areas where many of my school friend played...

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