It is borne on the upward swing of two contrails, symbolizing the amalgamation of former Headquarters AIRNORTHWEST and AIRCENT into Allied Command Europe's Northern Region Air Component Command, Headquarters AIRNORTH. The one stylized aircraft in the upper left-hand corner portrays air power. In the upper right corner the NATO compass rose is depicted, marking Allied Air Command as a unit of the NATO Command Structure. The center of the crest features the sword of Emperor Charlemagne (Charles the Great, 747 - 814), who first united the greater part of Europe in his days. The light blue background signifies the blue sky as the domain of Air Power. The upper left corner features the NATO Compass Rose. On 1 July 2004, Headquarters AIRNORTH was renamed Component Command-Air Headquarters Ramstein and with effect from 1 March 2010, the Headquarters was again renamed to Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein.Īgainst a light blue background the headquarters' crest prominently features a sword in its center, around which two white trails spiral upward, headed by an arrow shape. When in March 2004 another seven new members acceded to NATO, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Slovakia joined the Headquarters' staff. In March 2000, Headquarters AIRNORTH was officially inaugurated with a structure that included personnel from Norway, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain. Ramstein AB is located in Germany, in the Rheinland Pfalz region near the city of. With the accession of three new members to NATO in March 1999, Poland and the Czech Republic have since contributed to AIRCENT's task and mission. Welcome to Ramstein AB and the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). On July 1, 1993, the new AIRCENT headquarters was officially formed.Ī further consequence of NATO's reorganisation was an increased area of responsibility for NATO Europe's Central Region by the addition, on January 1, 1994, of Denmark and northern Germany, which had previously been under the Northern Region.
Given decreasing numbers of Allied aircraft in Europe, a downsizing of Central Region Air Force headquarters occurred during 1993 Allied Air Forces Central Europe was expanded to absorb their functions. Its task was to provide central direction and control for the air forces in the European Central Region through the co-ordination of the headquarters of Second Allied Tactical Air Force based at Rheindahlen and Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force based at Heidelberg.ĭuring the early 1990s, tensions between East and West relaxed and a major reorganisation of the NATO command and control structure was initiated. The dining hall reopened after more than two years following a major renovation project. On June, 28 1974, the first NATO Air Headquarters – Allied Air Forces Central Europe – was established at Ramstein Air Base with staff from Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. A crowd gathers outside the Rheinland Inn Dining Facility at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on July 18, 2022.
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