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((Short description|Former Army air base in Germany))
((more citations needed|date=February 2010))
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'''Rheine-Bentlage Air Base''' (((lang-de|Heeresflugplatz Rheine-Bentlage))) ((airport codes||ETHE)) was an air base of the [[Bundeswehr|German Armed Forces]] and located near the village of Bentlage, 2&nbsp;km northwest of the city of [[Rheine]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]].

==History==
In 1939 work to build an air base for the [[Luftwaffe]] began. These preparations were completed in 1940. During [[World War II]] extensive use was made of the air base, particularly by night and day fighter squadrons. After the war the air base was abandoned.

In 1960, following the founding of the Bundeswehr in 1955 and the establishing of a new branch within the [[German Army]], the [[Army Aviation Corps (Germany)|Aviation Corps]], completely new military installations, hangars and a small [[runway]] made of [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]], were constructed on the grounds of the former German Air Force base.

Since 1960 various units of the German Army Aviation Corps have been stationed at Rheine Air Base. Initially, these units flew [[Sikorsky H-34]] helicopters, which were used extensively during relief operations following the disastrous [[North Sea flood of 1962]]. Another type of helicopter stationed at Rheine-Bentlage was the [[Aérospatiale Alouette II|Alouette II]].

In 1974, the [[Sikorsky CH-53]] replaced the by now obsolete H-34 and has been in service at Rheine-Bentlage ever since, along with a small number of [[MBB Bo 105|Bo 105VBH]]. In 1975, the air base was officially named ''[[Theodor Blank]] Barracks'' after the first [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence]] of Germany.

Helicopters from Rheine-Bentlage have carried out humanitarian operations in [[Italy]], [[Greece]] and the [[Pyrenees]], offering help and logistic support after natural disasters.

Since unification of Germany in 1990, units from Rheine-Bentlage were deployed in as various part as the [[Balkans]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]] under the auspices of either [[NATO]], the [[United Nations]] or the [[European Union]].

All units stationed at Rheine-Bentlage were incorporated into [[Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15]] in 2003. In 2004, after a further restructuring of the Bundeswehr, during which many bases were closed, Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15 was given the honorary name ''Münsterland'', this being the result of the German Army's continuing commitment to the base at the time.

Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15 was part of [[Airmobile Operations Division]].

===Closure and further use===
In October 2011 the German [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Defence]] announced a reorganisation/reduction of the German Armed Forces. As a consequence, Army Aviation Medium Transport Regiment 15 and all auxiliary units were formally disbanded on 31 December 2012.<ref>((cite web | title = Luft(waffen)transport der Zukunft | publisher = Federal Ministry of Defence | date = 7 January 2013| language = de | url = http://www.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/luftwaffe/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9nHL9cJBsSqpecn5eagmILEnNK8kEkulFiSX5RXoF-UUlOSCZ0qIioIxeZop-pIGhi5OBmQEMGNZYGpu5mftZGJu4eDoF6Rfk5joCAIKJdkY!/ | access-date = 25 March 2013 ))</ref> The remaining military personnel are employed at the defence depot. The number of military personnel at the base will be reduced by almost 94 per cent to 120.<ref>Quoted from ((Citation | last = Bundesministerium der Verteidigung | title = Neues Stationierungskonzept der Bundeswehr | date = 26 October 2011 | language = de | url = http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/!ut/p/c4/HYtBDoAgDATf4gfo3Zu_UG9FV9JAqilFvi8xc5pMhnYaKL-S2OVWLrTSdsgce4j9RKhuEM_GuBxB0RKqc_GmabT_EdgwevIyfYHQCw4!/ | access-date = 5 November 2011 )), PDF-file "Die Stationierung der Bundeswehr in Deutschland", p. 103</ref> A number of helicopters stationed at Rheine-Bentlage were relocated to either [[Laupheim Air Base]] in Southern Germany or [[Holzdorf Air Base]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]] where they were integrated into [[Helicopter Wing 64]]. The rest were decommissioned.<ref>((Citation | last = Kampferbeck | first = Jens | last2 = Polke | first2 = Frank | title = Bundeswehr macht Rheine dicht - Münster wird verkleinert | newspaper = Münsterländische Volkszeitung | language = de | date = 26 October 2011 | url = http://www.mv-online.de/aktuelles/top_thema_1/1747034_Bundeswehr_macht_Rheine_dicht_Muenster_wird_verkleinert.html | access-date = 5 November 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111029211704/http://www.mv-online.de/aktuelles/top_thema_1/1747034_Bundeswehr_macht_Rheine_dicht_Muenster_wird_verkleinert.html | archive-date = 29 October 2011 ))</ref><ref>((Citation | last = Keblat| first = Jens | title = Bundeswehr schließt Standort - Ende der Heeresflieger in Rheine | newspaper = Münstersche Zeitung | language = de | date = 7 March 2013 | url = http://www.muensterschezeitung.de/lokales/kreissteinfurt/Bundeswehr-schliesst-Standort-Ende-der-Heeresflieger-in-Rheine;art15703,1932406 | access-date = 17 March 2013))</ref>

On 31 December 2017, the last military personnel left the air base which was subsequently closed.<ref>((Citation | title = Zapfenstreich in Rheine: Letztes Militär geht | newspaper = Grafschafter Nachrichten | language = de | date = 28 December 2017| url = https://www.gn-online.de/westfalen/zapfenstreich-in-rheine-letztes-militaer-geht-219856.html| access-date = 24 March 2018))</ref>

Some of the air base's facilities are used by amateur Aeroclub Rheine.<ref>((cite web | url = https://aeroclub-rheine.de/ | title = Aeroclub Rheine |language= de | access-date = 24 November 2019 ))</ref> [[Emergency management|Civil protection]] organisation [[Technisches Hilfswerk]] (Federal Agency for Technical Relief) provisionally utilises buildings on the former air base while their dilapidated buildings in Rheine are being renovated.<ref>((Citation | last = Arndt-Brauer | first = Ingrid | title = Licht am Ende des Tunnels | publisher = Technisches Hilfswerk |language= de | date = 10 July 2019 | url = https://www.thw-rheine.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-meldungen/artikel/licht-am-ende-des-tunnels-1/ | access-date = 24 November 2019))</ref>

In July 2019 the Federal Ministry of Defence announced that the former air base's [[barracks]] will be home to Medical Regiment 4 which is to be established and planned to be operational in April 2020. Approximately 350 military personnel will be stationed at Rheine-Bentlage.<ref>((Citation | last = Stöhr | first = Florian | title = Sanitäter kommen nach Rheine | publisher = Federal Ministry of Defence |language= de | date = 10 July 2019 | url = https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/sanitaeter-kommen-nach-rheine-60260| access-date = 24 November 2019))</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Army Aviation Corps (Germany)|German Army Aviation Corps]]
*[[History of the Army Aviation Corps (Germany)|History of the German Army Aviation Corps]]
*[[German Army]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.bundeswehr.de Official site of the German Armed Forces] ((in lang|de))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010927183633/http://deutschesheer.de/ Official site of the German Army] ((in lang|de))
* [https://archive.today/20121209024824/http://www.hubschraubermuseum.de/museum/general-information?set_language=en&cl=en Helicopter museum in Bückeburg]

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