Title

US soldiers land in Germany for the participation in the manoeuvre REFORGER I

Caption

Soldiers of the US army during their arrival at the airport in Frankfurt on the Main with a plane of the type Starlifter C-141 on 6 January 1969. They participate in the manoeuvre "REFORGER I" - "Return of Forces to Germany". Altogether around 17.000 soldiers participated in the manoeuvre, many of them were brought from the USA to Germany via air bridge. The equipment of the soldiers has already been in depots in Germany for the most part.

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Date

Jan 06, 1969

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A03_467

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,6Mb (2,8Mb) / 18,5in x 13,9in / 5563 x 4183 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ankunft Besatzung Besatzung USA Deutschland Flughafen Flugzeug Gruppe Historisch Kapelle Landung Manöver Militär Militärkapelle Musik Nachkriegszeit Politik REFORGER REFORGER I Rollfeld Salutieren Soldaten Starlifter Starlifter C-141 Training Transport US Air Force US Army US-Armee US-Luftwaffe Willkommen europhotodb ganze Figur Übung arrival arrivals occupation Germany airport plane airplane aircraft aeroplane full_length group historic historical chapel landing maneuver Manöver manoeuvre manoeuvre maneuver operation military Armed_Forces music post-war_era post-war period after-war period politics POL soldiers troops training practise transport course exercise practice USA historic_archive