Ramstein

Ramstein is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, also, but not only known for being the home of Ramstein Air Base, a United States military airfield. In the Ramstein airshow disaster of 1988, 70 people died at this airbase after an Aermacchi 339 trainer aircraft of the Italian aerobatic team the Frecce Tricolori collided with the tail of another similar aircraft and careened onwards into spectators during an airshow. It has been reported that the pressure setting on the aircraft had been incorrectly input so that the altimeter gave an inaccurate reading to the pilot flying towards the crowd-line.

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The metal rock band Rammstein is named after the airbase.

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Ramstein Air Base: Ramstein Air Base (located at ) is a U.S. Air Force / NATO military airbase near the town of Ramstein, Germany....

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Ramstein airshow disaster: In one of the world's worst airshow disasters on August 28, 1988, three jets from the Italian Air Force display team, Frecce Tricolori, collided in mid-air and one crashed into the crowd during an airshow at Ramstein Air Base near Ramstein, Germany. Sixty seven spectators (as well as all three pilot...