Word: furstenfeldbruck
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...terrorists demanded the release of some 200 Arab prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. Israel rejected the prisoner releases but authorized West Germany to take whatever measures might be necessary to free the hostages. The terrorists and their captives were taken by bus and helicopter to Furstenfeldbruck air base, where a Lufthansa jet was set to fly them to Cairo. Then to the world's horror, the police assault intended to stop them went tragically awry...
...West German airbase 16 miles outside Munich. No crew could be found that was willing to take the plane out again loaded with Arabs and Israelis; that scarcely mattered, since the Germans did not intend to let them leave. Already, plans were under way to transfer sharpshooters to Furstenfeldbruck. The Germans hoped that if the intransigent white-capped leader of the Arabs could be killed, his followers might surrender. The Arabs, as it turned out, were equally misleading about Cairo. When they finally did reach the airfield, they demanded a crew of eight to take them to a destination that...
...ring's favorite airfield, Furstenfeldbruck (Fursty, to G.I.s), had stained glass windows in the officers' club, special leather chairs, 40 in. broad in the seat, for the Reichsmarschall's personal use. Its enlisted men were housed in the Kilometer Building, a single building 3,280-ft.-long, which is now the most comfortable barracks in the U.S. Air Force...
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