“Pit Fire” Gone Wrong

Submitted by Bill Schneider (October 6, 2020) I am submitting photos of a training “Pit Fire” staged for Sembach locals (circa 1963), where we doused an airframe carcass with jet fuel, set it alight and moved in our crash rescue trucks to demonstrate our firefighting skills. When crash truck #1555 …

Were you married while at Sembach?

From: James DutcherSubject: Were you married while stationed at Sembach AB?Date: October 3, 2020To: Sembach Missileers Not sure if the following news is appropriate for our site, but wanted to pass it along: Throughout the Matador and Mace days at Sembach, the Sembach Bürgermeister, Herr Anspach, presided over several hundred marriages involving US Air …

The “Missile on a Stick”

The “Missile on a Stick” © – Fred Horky, Sembach 1959-1962 – In my never-ending reverie of all the great times from long ago and far away, all around the world; I’ve about decided that Sembach was THE best time of my life.  (After all, it’s where I met, courted, …

Did you ever visit Schloss Neuleiningen?

From: Fred HorkySubject: A question for Grunstadt missileers…Date: July 27, 2020To: Russ Reston Russ, A question posed for your Sembach Missileers website, to those who served at Site 3 (Grunstadt):  I was wondering how many had even just once visited the Schloss Neuleiningen…”our” castle, just down the hill and across the autobahn! (“Neuleiningen” of course …

Website Updates

July 25, 2017 Over the last week I’ve been updating the Sembach Missileers website to improve its responsiveness across the myriad of display screen resolutions and devices (e.g., computers, tablets, phones, etc.) that can be used for internet access. If you encounter any problems with the updates, please let me …

Website Videos

All videos on the website have recently been updated so that they can be viewed on IOS and Android devices, as well as PCs. If you encounter any problems viewing the videos, send me an email. Thanks, Russ  

Sembach Kaserne Windshield Tour

Local German Sembach residents were given the opportunity last year to take a guided bus tour of Sembach Kaserne (aka Heuberg). As part of the tour, they they were given this informational document. [gview file=”https://www.sembachmissileers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Heuberg001.pdf” height=”850px” width=”650px” save=”1″]

Sembach Flightline 2014

Horst Himbacher, a history buff and a member of the special interest group IG Area One eV lives in Mehlingen and enjoys cycling. During a recent outing he took some photos of what formerly was the Sembach Air Base Flightline and has kindly shared his photos.  Thanks, Horst! Note:   …

Lightning Strikes Site #2

December 30, 2012 Just received an update regarding an anecdote that was posted on the website back in February, 2008 that described a lightning strike at Site #2 back in the mid 1960s…  (see below) Russ February, 2008 From an email received from Lt. Nix Adams (823rd TMS, Crew 2-15) …

Navy Warrior Transition Program

Navy program arrives at Sembach Kaserne December 14, 2012 By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern http://www.army.mil/article/93018/Navy_program_arrives_at_Sembach_Kaserne/ SEMBACH, Germany – The U.S. Navy has opened a Warrior Transition Program at U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, a step that leaders say will continue to support Sailors returning to naval duties after serving …

Sembach Soldiers ‘Kick Back’ at New Warrior Zone

August 16, 2012 By Capt. Daniëlle Hamer, 30th MEDCOM Public Affairs http://www.army.mil/article/85642/Sembach_Soldiers__Kick_Back__at_New_Warrior_Zone/ Sembach, Germany — The smell of new leather embraces Soldiers who walk into the renovated Warrior Zone in the bowling alley on Sembach Kaserne. Soldiers entering the Warrior Zone are welcomed by tall coffee-shop style tables, magazines to …