Beirut Air Bridge

Beirut Air Bridge 1984-1998 - Provided administrative and logistical support the US Embassy in Beirut.[1] The Air Bridge provided the only safe mode of transportation for US diplomats between Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus, and several landing zones in the greater Beirut area.

UH-60 "Blackhawks" from C Co 7/158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, V Corps, from Wiesbaden Air Base and Giebelstadt Army Airfield, Germany, provided the "Air Bridge" to the US Embassy in the war-torn city of Beirut, Lebanon. Elements of this unit continued to perform this mission until July 1998.[2]

Communication

The Tactical Satellite Radios were provided and maintained by the 1st Combat Communication Group, Lindsey Air Station, Wiesbaden, Germany.[3] and the Signal Detachment, Support Company of the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group(Airborne); initially out of Bad Tölz and then Bublingen Germany.

UH-60 Blackhawk at Beirut TOS LZ
UH-60 Blackhawk at Beirut TOS LZ

References
  1. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/ops-eucom.htm
  2. http://www.raydon.com/48ahc/html/lane1.htm Archived November 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine />
  3. 1st Combat Communications Squadron
  • Charles E. Kirkpatrick, "Ruck it Up!": The Post-Cold War Transformation of V Corps, 1990–2001, Department of the Army, Washington DC., 2006.
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