Geilenkirchen squadrons •
No 2 Squadron RAF – 1955–1957; operated the
Gloster Meteor FR.9 and later the
Supermarine Swift FR.5. •
No. 3 Squadron RAF – 1953–1957 and 1959–1961, 1961–68; operated the
Hawker Hunter F.4, the
Gloster Javelin FAW.4 and the
English Electric Canberra B(I).8 (1961–68). •
No. 5 Squadron RAF – 1962–1965; operated the Gloster Javelin FAW.9. •
No. 11 Squadron RAF – 1959–1965; operated the Gloster Meteor NF.11 and later the Gloster Javelin FAW.4, FAW.5, FAW.9. •
No. 59 Squadron RAF – 1957–1961; operated the Canberra B.2 and B(I).8 (1957–61). •
No. 92 Squadron RAF – 1965–1968; operated the
English Electric Lightning F.2, F.2A. •
No. 96 Squadron RAF – 1958–1959; operated the Gloster Javelin FAW.4. •
No. 234 Squadron RAF – 1954–1957; operated the
Canadair Sabre F.4 and later the Hawker Hunter F.4. •
No. 256 Squadron RAF – 1958-1958; operated the Gloster Meteor NF.11.
Post RAF history The RAF handed over the station to the
West German Luftwaffe in March 1968. The Germans used the airfield as home for a
surface-to-surface missile wing equipped with
Pershing missiles with support from the
United States Army. ==Current use==