The “News”

Submitted by Bill Schneider (October 6, 2020) I am submitting photos of a training “Pit Fire” staged for Sembach locals (circa 1963), where we doused …

From: James DutcherSubject: Were you married while stationed at Sembach AB?Date: October 3, 2020To: Sembach Missileers Not sure if the following news is appropriate for our site, but wanted …

When the Cold War was a bit warmer… ©By Fred Horky Is it one of ours …. ….or one of theirs? This anecdote recalls a not-really-very-significant …

Moving a Mace missile by the BACK roads to Grünstadt ©By Fred Horky In 1959, “C” Flight was the 3rd and last element of the …

The “Missile on a Stick” © – Fred Horky, Sembach 1959-1962 – In my never-ending reverie of all the great times from long ago and …

The Missileer story below is only slightly related to our old “Site 3” (Grunstadt).  It developed as a result of surfing which had found the forgotten …

From: Fred HorkySubject: A question for Grunstadt missileers…Date: July 27, 2020To: Russ Reston Russ, A question posed for your Sembach Missileers website, to those who served at Site 3 …

Missileer – 38th TAC Missile Wing’s Magazine (May 1959) [gview file=”http://russ.opalstacked.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nangle.pdf”] Courtesy of Edward Nangle – 822nd TMS

Extract from Holloman AFB News – February 1959 [gview file=”http://russ.opalstacked.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/operational.pdf”] Courtesy of Edward Nangle – 822nd TMS

July 25, 2017 Over the last week I’ve been updating the Sembach Missileers website to improve its responsiveness across the myriad of display screen resolutions …

(video copyright owner Louis Wheeler & Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution)   Note: Sadly, Louis Wheeler passed away on …

Brenda Falconer Harris, the daughter of Capt. James E. Falconer is trying to identify / locate people shown in a 1960 photo of what appears …

USAF PHOTOS AND CLIPPINGS OF THE SEMBACH PISTOL, RIFLE AND JUDO TEAMS (1960-1962) Dedicated to the memory of CMSGT James E. Cazel, Sr.(1929-1998) photos scanned and …

All videos on the website have recently been updated so that they can be viewed on IOS and Android devices, as well as PCs. If …

Local German Sembach residents were given the opportunity last year to take a guided bus tour of Sembach Kaserne (aka Heuberg). As part of the …

Horst Himbacher, a history buff and a member of the special interest group IG Area One eV lives in Mehlingen and enjoys cycling. During a …

March 25,2014 There are two pieces of Matador memorabilia currently for sale on eBay.  If you are interested, you need to act quickly. From: Robert …

SEMBACH, Germany – The very streets of Sembach Kaserne now bear the names of fallen heroes from the 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment …

From Hot Rod Magazine – March 1960 (courtesy of Nick Nicholson) Note the pictured missile – a Mace A Bird Click on image to enlarge.

In December 2012, the Navy’s Warrior Transition Program (WTP) was moved from Kuwait to Sembach, to better serve Sailors completing their IA assignments in Afghanistan, …

January 21, 2013 We’ve received a query about some 38th TMW Photographic Laboratory photos taken circa 1963.  Please contact Russ Reston if you provide any …

December 30, 2012 Just received an update regarding an anecdote that was posted on the website back in February, 2008 that described a lightning strike …

Navy program arrives at Sembach Kaserne December 14, 2012 By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern http://www.army.mil/article/93018/Navy_program_arrives_at_Sembach_Kaserne/ SEMBACH, Germany – The U.S. Navy has opened …

U.S. Army NATO Brigade Story by Sgt. 1st Class John Wollaston September 7, 2012 SEMBACH, Germany – The U.S. Army NATO Brigade has completed its …

August 16, 2012 By Capt. Daniëlle Hamer, 30th MEDCOM Public Affairs http://www.army.mil/article/85642/Sembach_Soldiers__Kick_Back__at_New_Warrior_Zone/ Sembach, Germany — The smell of new leather embraces Soldiers who walk into …

July 5, 2012 By: Mr. Mark Heeter (IMCOM) KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Throughout the remainder of this fiscal year, Sembach Kaserne will become the new workplace …

May 9, 2012 Submitted by Jim Gale Sembach AB – June 1956 through June 1959 11th TMS – 587th Support Squadron (armament section) When I …

May 2012 Sembach Air Base’s former Mace Missile Site II in Enkenbach will soon become a solar energy ‘farm’. The land is currently being cleared, …