As someone who was stationed at Ramstein, and loved it...and loved Kaiserslaurtern, my home and friends left behind in Hohenecken, Vogelweh, Einsiedlerhof, and Landstuhl, I say it is time to close them also. We need a large airbase in Europe, but I'm not sure Germany is the place. The weather around Ramstein and Spangdehlem is very poor in winter and IFR's apply for most of Nov-March. We should go southeast, to Romania or Bulgaria. Those countries are closer to the Middle East and old Soviet Asia anyway.
It's time to let go of the Germans and Germany. They can fend for themselves. I'm very sorry to say this, but I am an Amercian first and foremost.
Just came back. I was born in K-Town