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(1971) Base Visit Rheine-Hopsten (Germany) , July 29th , 1971

On behalf of the editorial team of Flash Aviation Magazine and invited by JagdBomberGeschwader 36 , Frank and Hans visited the German Fliegerhorst Rheine-Hopsten , which is situated some sixty kilometres from Almelo (NL) , on July 29th , 1971.
Although many of the resident F-104 Starfighters of JBG36 were on deployment to Beja in Portugal at the time , they managed to make some interesting pictures of the remaining aircraft , which you will find in this gallery.
An article on this visit appeared in the August 1971-issue of Flash Aviation Magazine.