Editing Ramstein Air Base (section)

== In popular culture ==
=== Fictional entities ===
* [[Lois Lane]] was born at Ramstein Air Base despite the base opening in 1948 and Lane debuting in 1938.{{refn|{{Cite comic |writer=[[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] |penciller=Byrne, John |inker=[[John Beatty (illustrator)|Beatty, John]] |story=The Power That Failed! |title=[[Superman vol. 2|Superman]] |volume=2 |issue=19 |date=July 1988 |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |page=2 |panel=6}}}}

=== In films ===
* Ramstein was the location where Colonel Masters is taken after being rescued by his son in ''[[Iron Eagle]]'' ([[1986 in film|1986]]).
* Ramstein was the location of the aborted landing of [[Air Force One]] when it is hijacked by a group of terrorists in ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]]). [[Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base]] stood in for Ramstein as the film was shot mostly in the state of [[Ohio]].
*Ramstein was the location where Ethan Hunt and his team are given a second chance to retrieve stolen plutonium in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Fallout]]'' ([[2018 in film|2018]])

=== In games ===
*Ramstein Air Base appears in the video game ''[[Tom Clancy's EndWar]]'' as a possible battlefield. In the game, [[NATO]] has since collapsed, and the base is controlled by the [[federal Europe|European Federation]].{{refn|{{Cite news |year=2008 |title=Locations |language=en-US |work=[[Ubisoft]] |url=http://endwargame.us.ubi.com/locations.php |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017181704/http://endwargame.us.ubi.com/locations.php |archive-date=2008-10-17}}}}
*In ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3]]'', Ramstein Air Base suffers a surprise invasion by [[Russian Ground Forces]] after a [[gas attack]].
*In ''[[Wargame: European Escalation]]'', one mission of the NATO campaign takes place in the base.

=== In literature ===
*Both Ramstein Air Force Base and the Ramstein air disaster figure as plot points in [[Donna Leon]]'s second Guido Brunetti novel, ''[[Death in a Strange Country]]'' (1993)
* The base was mentioned in [[Walter Dean Myers]]' book ''Sunrise over Fallujah''.

=== In music ===
*[[Rammstein]], a German metal band formed in 1994, have stated that they take their name from the [[Ramstein air show disaster]]; in turn, the asteroid [[110393 Rammstein]] is named after the band. The band's [[Rammstein (song)|self-titled song]] (on the album ''[[Herzeleid]]'' (1995)) refers to the event.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions: Band |url=http://herzeleid.com/en/faq/band#faq3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115025903/http://herzeleid.com/en/faq/band |archive-date=2021-11-15 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Herzeleid |language=en-US}}}}

=== In television ===
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "Memorial Day", [[Donna Moss]] is flown to Ramstein to be treated at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center nearby.
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "Red Haven's on Fire", Air Force Veteran [[Leo McGarry]] refers to "Ramstein Air Force Base".
* In the [[Pilot (Homeland)|pilot]] of ''[[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]'', Marine Sergeant [[Nicholas Brody]] is debriefed in Ramstein after being rescued from an al-Qaeda base in Iraq.
* In the ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'' episode "The Seventh Floor", journalist Colin Mitchell is flown to Ramstein after being released by the Sudanese government.
* In ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', chief medical examiner [[List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters#Melinda Warner|Melinda Warner]] reveals in season 7's "[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7)#Episodes|Blast]]" that she served on the base in the [[U.S. Air Force]] during the [[Gulf War]].
* In the ''[[Pantheon (TV series)|Pantheon]]'' episode "Joey Coupet", businessman-turned-[[Mind uploading|uploaded intelligence]] Stephen Holstrom breaches the U.S. military internet through Ramstein Air Base, ramming a [[self-driving car]] through a checkpoint so that a hard drive with him on it can be found and analysed by security.