Quartier La Horie

Quartier La Horie
Phalsbourg-Bourscheid Air Base
  
Part of Armée de Terre
United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Located near: Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
Phalsbourg Air Base - 1956
Site information
Controlled byArmée de Terre
Location
Phalsbourg AB
Location of Quartier La Horie, France
Coordinates48°45′57″N 007°12′10″E / 48.76583°N 7.20278°E / 48.76583; 7.20278 (Phalsbourg-Bourscheid AB)
Site history
Built1952
In use1955-Present
Garrison information
Garrison1er Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (1e RHC)
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL1,016 ft / 310 m
Interactive map of Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 9,900 4,677 Concrete

Quartier La Horie is a French Army base. It is located in the Moselle département, about 2 miles(3 km) west of the town of Phalsbourg, on the north side of the Route nationale 4 (N4) Highway adjacent to the village Saint-Jean-Kourtzerode; 29 miles (47 km) northwest of Strasbourg.

During the Cold War, Phalsbourg-Bourscheid Air Base was a front-line base for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).