Editing Ramstein Air Base (section)

===Operational history===
The 86th Air Base Group was activated as the main base support unit for Landstuhl, while the 7030th HQ Support Group was the main base support unit for Ramstein. On {{date2|1|December|1957}}, the two bases were consolidated into the largest NATO-controlled air base in service on the [[Europe|continent]]. It was called "Ramstein–Landstuhl Air Base", but later, after the West German government continued construction of the A6 autobahn from Kaiserslautern to Saarbrücken, the autobahn cut off access at the south of the base, which is where the main gate was within the city limits of Landstuhl. The main gate was moved to the west side of the base which was located in the town of Ramstein. The two bases were joined and the current Kisling Memorial Drive cut off to the public which unified the bases. In 1961, the base was officially named "Ramstein Air Base."

One legacy of the two separate air bases is that the north side of Ramstein retained a separate APO from the south side. The north side (Ramstein AB) is APO{{nbsp}}AE{{nbsp}}09012, while the south side (Landstuhl{{nbsp}}AB) is APO{{nbsp}}AE{{nbsp}}09009. There existed separate Combat Support Groups, the 7030th for the north side, and the 86th for the south side until their consolidation in the 1980s, when both were merged into the 377th Combat Support Wing. There is still a north and south side [[health club|Fitness Center]]. The current northside Community Center previously housed the WAF NCO Club. As well, there were two [[Movie Theater]]s on the North side and two on the South side. Currently, only two still stand on the north side: a remodeled Nightingale Theater (known before as the Four Corners Theater) on the corner across from the Base gas Station, and the north side AAFES dry cleaners that was known as the Ramstein Rocket Theater.

Near the Ramstein Air Base is the [[Landstuhl Regional Medical Center]] (LRMC), operated by the [[United States Army]]. Although part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community, LRMC has a separate history and was never a part of Ramstein or Landstuhl Air Bases, although both facilities have utilized the medical facilities at LRMC, since they were established in 1953. Currently there are plans on the drawing board from the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] to build a new Medical Center on the current U.S. Army Weilerbach Storage Installation just to the east of Ramstein{{nbsp}}AB. Construction is to be completed in and around 2024.{{update after|2024}} It will be a twelve-story facility to house all departments of LRMC and the current Ramstein AB Clinic along with Dental Clinic facilities for the whole KMC. In turn, the East Gate to Ramstein{{nbsp}}AB will be extended from its current location to just off the Autobahn 6 Einsiedlerhof exit to the base at what is known as the Elvis Gate.

From 2004 to 2006, Ramstein Air Base underwent an extensive expansion with a major construction project – including an all-new [[airport terminal]], among other new facilities, through the so-called Rhein-Main Transition Program which was initiated in support of the total closure of [[Rhein-Main Air Base]] on {{date2|30|December|2005}} and transferring all its former capacities to Ramstein Air Base (70%) and [[Spangdahlem Air Base]] (30%).

Ramstein served as temporary housing for the [[United States men's national soccer team]] during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006{{nbsp}}World Cup]].{{refn|{{Cite news |last=Mraz |first=Steve |date=2006-06-16 |title=U.S. soccer team at Ramstein as match with Italy draws near |language=en-US |work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=https://www.stripes.com/sports/u-s-soccer-team-at-ramstein-as-match-with-italy-draws-near-1.50860 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220521181804/https://www.stripes.com/sports/u-s-soccer-team-at-ramstein-as-match-with-italy-draws-near-1.50860 |archive-date=2022-05-21}}}}