Rhein-Main Is Really Gone: US Air Force officials delivered the keys to Rhein-Main AB, Germany, to officials with the Frankfurt International Airport on Dec. 30, the day before the base formally reverted to Germany. US military flight operations had ended in September. According to the Associated Press news service, the airport plans to demolish the base’s buildings to make way for a third terminal for the sprawling Frankfurt civilian airport.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.