Comments on: USAREUR Communication Facility Lohnsfeld

By: Florian

Florian — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:06:33 +0000

It’s a shame that they demolished the station, but I guess it was outdated and they couldn’t find another purpose.
I hope you had a good year in Lohnsfeld! (5 years before I was born…)

By: Bob Stone - Boston, MA

Bob Stone - Boston, MA — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:47:20 +0000

I was stationed at the Lohnsfeld Receiver Station from Feb 1971 to Jan 1972. The command center in Pirmasens was a USASTRATCOM-facility.
There was a barracks and Kitchen at the site for those of us (20-25 men) who were not married.

Just over the hill from the antenna towers and cables was an olympic size pool at Winnweiler.

http://www.winnweiler-vgwerke.de/vg_werke_winnweiler/Schwimmbad/

By: raymond Fodge

raymond Fodge — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:26:51 +0000

I was stationed there 1980 thru 1986.

By: Florian

Florian — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:07:04 +0000

Thanks a lot for the additional infos! Rather small places that were abandoned before the age of the internet are always tough to do research on – especially military facilities.

By: Mike Haas - Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan

Mike Haas - Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:12:39 +0000

I was stationed at the Lohnsfeld Receiver Station from 1968 to 1970. It was the High Frequency Radio Receiver station that received the transmissions from the US, Turkey, Iran, Greece & Ethiopia and relayed them to the command center in Pirmasens. The surrounding farmers fields were full of antenna towers and cables. There were usually 20 – 25 men stationed there