States Army control Now: Katterbach Kaserne United States Army Located: Captured: 23 April 1945 Opened: 29 April 1945 Runway: 4000/120, PAP, (07/25) Used by: 354th Fighter Group, 30 April – 18 May 1945 R-50 Stuttgart/Echterdingen, Germany Later: AAF Station Stuttgart/Echterdingen Now: Stuttgart Airport Located: Captured 25 April 1945, Opened 7 May 1945 324th Fighter Group, 8 May – 20 October 1945 404th Fighter Group, 23 June – 2 August 1945 27th Fighter Group, 15 September – 20 October 1945 371st Fighter Group, September – October 1945 474th Fighter Group, 25 October – 21 November 1945 Closed 30 November 1945 (Remains as USAF transport auxiliary airfield used occasionally by Air Mobility Command) R-54 Landsberg/East, Germany Later: AAF Station Landsberg Now: Landsberg-Lech Air Base Located: Opened: 1 June – 31 August 1945 Runway: 3800x150 SOD (13/31) Use: Military Storage Airfield R-56 Nordholz, Germany Later: AAF Station Nordholz Now: Nordholz Naval Airbase Located: Occupied 16 May 1945, Opened 5 June 1945 406th Fighter Group, 5 June 1945 – 20 August 1946 86th Fighter Group, 20 August – 1 December 1946 86th FG squadrons remained deployed to Nordholz AB on rotating basis until 31 December 1947 providing air defence of Bremen area. Closed 31 December 1947 (Remains in use as host to deployed USAF ACC/ANG fighter units to Germany) R-57 Bremerhaven, Germany Later: AAF Station Bremerhaven; Bremerhaven Army Airfield Located: Opened: 16 May – 31 August 1945 Closed: 1993 Runway: 3200x250 SOD (06/24) Use: Liaison Airfield R-67 Memmingen, Germany Later AAF Station Memmingen; Memmingen Air Base Now: Memmingen Airport Located: Opened: 29 April – 15 June 1945 Runway: 4089x250 CCN (06/24) Use: Supply and Evacuation Airfield R-68 Straubing, Germany Later: AAF Station Straubing Transferred to United States Army, 31 August 1946 (Mansfield Kaserne) Now: Straubing Wallmuhle Airport Located: Captured 30 April 1945 Wartime use: S&E Field 405th Fighter Group, 8 May – July 1945 362d Fighter Group, 12 May – August 1945 368th Fighter Group, 13 August 1945 – 20 August 1946 R-70 Kaufbeuren, Germany Later: AAF Station Kaufbeuren; Kaufbeuren Air Base Turned over to the German Air Force, 16 December 1957 Now: Fliegerhorst Kaufbeuren Located: Opened: 1 May 1945 Runway: 5000x120 PSP (02/20) Use: Supply & Evacuation/Fighter Bomber Airfield 60th Troop Carrier Wing 7320th Air Force Wing 7330th Flying Training Wing R-71 Lechfeld, Germany Later: AAF Station Lechfeld Closed 1 June 1947, placed in standby status. Turned over to the German Air Force,