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| Dec 7, 2023 at 14:17 | comment | added | Astor Florida | @Machavity The question is why does the US still maintain so many facilities in Western Europe. --- I think Europe's economy has recovered sufficiently since 1948 that it could afford to run this base in support for its ally. Fact is, the US needs to maintain this base so that it is not beholden to popular support in Europe during military operations. If not this, then there are other strategic reasons why the US needs to maintain these bases. | |
| Dec 7, 2023 at 13:50 | comment | added | Machavity | @AstorFlorida That sounds like a separate question. The question here is "Why does the US need them" and it's a bit of a reach to ask why US allies don't run them instead. You might want to post your question separately | |
| Dec 7, 2023 at 12:42 | comment | added | Dreamer | @AstorFlorida why do you think it would be cheaper to have Germany run Ramstein for the US than the US running the base themselves? | |
| Dec 6, 2023 at 23:22 | comment | added | Astor Florida | This doesn't answer the question. Germany could run and own Ramstein. Why must the US operate overseas bases, instead of relying on an ally? Please add a paragraph to explain this. | |
| S Dec 6, 2023 at 15:37 | history | suggested | Null | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
It's just "Air Base" (seen in the linked Wikipedia article's title). See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations#Background for the naming convention for overseas bases.
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| Dec 5, 2023 at 0:06 | comment | added | WPNSGuy | Actually, NATO HQ is in Brussels. Ramstein is USAFE HQ, and HQ for the air component of NATO. nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49284.htm | |
| Dec 4, 2023 at 14:10 | history | answered | Machavity | CC BY-SA 4.0 |