The inside of the hangar was converted into a tropical leasure park in 2004 ( Tropical Islands) They actually managed to build prototypes, but a year and a half later the company went bankrupt. The hall and 500 hectares of ground surrounding it were sold to a Malaysian company in June 2003 who converted it into a leasure park called " My Tropical Islands". While the northern of the main runways was being torn up, CargoLlifter began building the largest freebearing hall in the world just north of that position, where they intended to set up production of airships. Construction of the 360x210m hall was complete in November 2000, at a cost of 78 million Euro.Īirfield Brand-Briesen in 2000 (Google Earth)Ĭargolifter Skyship on the former parallel (then main) runway at airfield Brand-Briesen 2000 (Google Earth)Ĭargolifter CL75 prototype at airfield Brand-Briesen and Skyship moored on the runway in 2001. In 1996 the CargoLifter company was founded in Wiesbaden. They announced they would develop and build airships in East Germany. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russians ('heirs' of the Soviets) left the base in 1992 and transferred control of the airfield to Germany. An agreement was struck with the Soviet Union on the gradual withdrawal of their forces from eastern Germany. Two An-22 airlifters during the Russian withdrawal at airfield Brand-Briesen in 1992.Īfter the end of the Cold War in 1989 the two Germanies were united in 1990, leaving no room for the post World War II Allied "occupying forces". Gradually 24 more HASs were built in the late 1970s, and a nuclear alert shelter was built in the early 1980s.Īirfield Brand-Briesen in 1991 ( via Vimudeap) In 1970 10 HASs were built and two years later the parallel emeregncy runway was constructed. When the Soviet forces took over the airfield it was steadily expanded to house a fighter-bomber regiment. In 1951 the runway was lenghtened to 2,500meters, followed by an expansion with a 2000meters emergency runway and a dispersal area.
It was constructed between 19 as a Feldflugplatz (fielded airfield) of the Luftwaffe. At the time it had a single 1,000meters runway. Runway 16/34 - 2000x30m - concrete (wartime emergency use only - CLOSED)Īirfield Brand-Briesen (german: flugplatz Brand-Briesen) was an airfield 60 kilometer southeast of Berlin. Runway 09L/27R - 2500x50m - concrete (wartime emergency use only - CLOSED) With the assistance of an airlift undertaken by Antonov An-22 aircraft, the airfield was handed back to the Federal Government of Germany in 1992.Runway 09R/27L - 2500x50m - concrete (CLOSED) With the reunification of Germany from 1989/1990, the Soviet Army agreed to return all military bases by the end of 1994.
In the late 1970s additional HAS's were added bringing their numbers to 24, with a nuclear alert bunker built in the early 1980s. This allowed the base to house a fighter regiment, which was equipped with air superiority fighter aircraft, requiring the construction, in 1970, of 10 Hardened aircraft shelters (HAS), and in 1972 a second parallel 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) main runway. After extending the runway to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the early 1950s, a 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) emergency runway and dispersal area were also added. From this point forward, several units of the Soviet Air Force were stationed here. The airfield was occupied by the Red Army in May 1945. When opened it had a single 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) runway. The airfield was built by the Luftwaffe during the expansion of the military by Nazi Germany, between 19. Note the two people at the lower left for scale
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