Jever Air Base

Luftwaffe (National Socialist), 1936–1945
Royal Air Force, 1945–1961
German Air Force (FRG), 1961–Present

Site historyBuilt1936 (1936)In use1936-presentAirfield informationIdentifiersICAO: ETNJElevation7 metres (23 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
10/28	2,480 metres (8,136 ft) Concrete

Jever Air Base is a former German Air Force military air base, located 4.3 km west-southwest of Schortens in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was the home of parts of the German Air Force Regiment. Military flying ceased in September 2013.

History

The airfield was originally opened in 1936 for the Luftwaffe. It was seized during World War II by the British Army in April 1945 and taken over by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designated as Advanced Landing Ground B-117 Jever.

It was later designated RAF Jever and used by the RAF beginning in 1952 as part of the Cold War British Forces in West Germany. RAF units assigned were:

1952: 20 Squadron reformed with de Havilland Vampire FB.9^[1]
1952–1953: 112 Squadron with Vampire FB.5^[2]
1952–1961: 4 Squadron & 93 Squadron with Vampire FB.5 (replaced with FB.9), later Canadair Sabre F.4, later Hawker Hunter F.4 (replaced with F.6)^[3]^[4]
1955–1957: 98 Squadron & 118 Squadron with Hunter F.4^[5]^[6]
1957–1961: 2 Squadron with Supermarine Swift FR.5 and Hunter FR.10^[7]

In 1961 the base was returned to the control of the German Air Force and became a NATO Air Base.

In September 1979 NATO's Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) moved to Jever. TLP prepares NATO allied coalition forces for worldwide tactical air operations. In March 1989 TLP subsequently relocated to Florennes Air Base in Belgium.^[8]

References

Citations

^ Jefford 1988, p. 31.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 56.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 24.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 52.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 53.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 57.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 23.
^ "HISTORY OF TLP". www.tlp-info.org. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

Bibliography

Military Airfield Directory Jever Airbase
Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

External links

Airport information for ETNJ at Great Circle Mapper.

Royal Air Force flying squadrons

Currently active

Inactive

Australian Flying Corps units
attached to the RAF
during the First World War

67 (1 Sqn AFC)
68 (2 Sqn AFC)
69 (3 Sqn AFC)
71 (4 Sqn AFC)

Article XV (Commonwealth) air force units attached to the RAF during the Second World War

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)	400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)	450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 466 467
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)	485 486 487 488 489 490

Squadrons formed from
non-Commonwealth personnel
during the Second World War

Argentine	164
Belgian	349 350
Czechoslovak	310 311 312 313
Dutch	320 (Netherlands) 321 (Netherlands) 322 (Dutch)
French	326 327 328 329 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347

Greek	13 335 336
Norwegian	330 331 332 333 334
Polish	300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 315 316 317 318 663
United States	71 121 133
Yugoslav	351 352

Royal Auxiliary Air Force

Special Reserve	500 501 502 503 504
Auxiliary Air Force	600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 622

Fleet Air Arm of the RAF
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