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Fliegerhorst Brumowski is an Austrian Air Force base located approximately 5km east-southeast of Tulln; about 30km northwest of Vienna.Units currently based there are the Short SC-7-3M-400 Skyvan and Pilatus PC-6 B2H2 Turbo Porter of 4th Air Squadron, Flight Regiment 1; the Sikorsky S-70A-42 Black Hawk of 1st Helicopter Squadron, Flight Regiment 1, the Agusta Bell AB206A Jet Ranger of 2nd Helicopter Squadron, Flight Regiment 1; and the Agusta Bell AB206A Jet Ranger and Bell OH-58B Kiowa of 3rd Helicopter Squadron, Flight Regiment 1.In addition, the base is the headquarters of the Luftstreifkräfte; it also houses the "Bundesfachschule für Flugtechnik" and "Fliegerwerft 1", responsible for overhauls and maintenance.HistoryLuftwaffeThe construction of Fliegerhorst Brumowski was started in June 1938 for the German Air Force and on 1 October 1939, the first military personnel arrived.When the war with Yugoslavia started in 1941, the airfield served as a jumping off point for aerial attacks against that country. The Air-war School VII, commanded by Major General Volkmann, was established in the summer of 1942. Base strength was about 2000 personnel, including 120 cadets and about 60 officers. The Germans were trained only in light aircraft as part of Primary and Basic flight training. Aircraft assigned included Klemm Kl 35s and Gotha Go 145s; biplane Arado Ar 66s, Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann, Heinkel He 72s; monoplane Focke Wulf FW 140s and Junkers Ju 87 Stukas; 2 and 3 engine Junkers W34s, Junkers Ju 52s, Junkers Ju 88s, and Heinkel He 111s. In the first week of April 1945, the Russians were moving into Austria and the German forces started pulling out.