Brumowski Air Base Fliegerhorst Brumowski ( Brumowski Air Base ) is an Austrian Air Force ( ) base located approximately east - southeast of Tulln ; about northwest of Vienna . Units currently based there are the Short SC - 7 - 3M - 400 Skyvan ( scheduled for retirement ) and Pilatus PC - 6 B2H2 Turbo Porter of 4th Air Squadron , Flight Regiment 1 ; the Sikorsky S - 70A - 42 Black Hawk of 1st Helicopter Squadron , Flight Regiment 1 , the Agusta Bell AB206A Jet Ranger of 2nd Helicopter Squadron , Flight Regiment 1 ; and the Agusta Bell AB206A Jet Ranger and Bell OH - 58B Kiowa of 3rd Helicopter Squadron , Flight Regiment 1 . In addition , the base is the headquarters of the Luftstreifkräfte ; it also houses the " Bundesfachschule für Flugtechnik " ( Federal School for Aeronatical Engineering ) and " Fliegerwerft 1 " , responsible for overhauls and maintenance . History . Luftwaffe . The construction of Fliegerhorst Brumowski was started in June 1938 for the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ) and on 1 October 1939 , the first military personnel arrived . When the war with Yugoslavia started in 1941 , the airfield served as a jumping off point for aerial attacks against that country . The Air - war School VII , commanded by Major General Volkmann , was established in the summer of 1942 . Base strength was about 2000 personnel , including 120 cadets and about 60 officers . The Germans were trained only in light aircraft as part of Primary and Basic flight training . Aircraft assigned included Klemm Kl 35 s and Gotha Go 145 s ; biplane Arado Ar 66 s , Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann , Heinkel He 72 s ; monoplane Focke Wulf FW 140s and Junkers Ju 87 Stukas ; 2 and 3 engine Junkers W34 s , Junkers Ju 52 s , Junkers Ju 88 s , and Heinkel He 111 s . In the first week of April 1945 , the Russians were moving into Austria and the German forces started pulling out . American Operation . As part of the Four - Power agreement and the establishment of occupation zones in Austria , the Russians occupied the base until 26 July 1945 . The Americans took command of the Base on the 27th . Under United States control , the facility was called Tulln Air Base and was under the command of the United States Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) ' s XII Tactical Air Command . Upon the arrival of American troops at Tulln , the cadre found Russian troops billeted on the Base . The field was a mess . The German demolition crews had done their job well . One hangar was in pretty good shape except for the windows and other minor damage . All others were demolished . Bomber and fighter planes were scattered all over the field and all salvageable parts were removed . The major portion of the Base was blown to rubble , but one barracks , the headquarters building , the vehicle garages and repair shop and a few other buildings were intact . The usable buildings were a mess with rats , vermin , excrement , and bullet holes everywhere . POW SS troops , guarded by the Rainbow Division , were brought in to do the cleaning up of rubble and house keeping duties . The first occupation troops at Tulln were assigned to the 10th and 81st Airdrome Squadrons . The major USAAF units assigned to Tulln Air Base were the troop carrier units from 1946 on , which flew C - 47 Skytrain s under European Air Transport Service . Until 1947 , the individual squadrons were detached to other locations in Germany and Italy . Other American units assigned were : In addition , Pan American World Airways operated commercial airline service from the airfield ( known as Tulln Airport ) from May 1946 - May 1955 . In December 1947 , USAFE activated the 7909th AAF Base Unit to augment the 81st Airdrome Squadron in operating Tulln . On 1 July 1948 , all USAFE personnel at Tulln were transferred to the 7360th Base Complement Squadron . During the late 1940s and early 1950s , the mission of the 7360th was to maintain an aerial port of entry in support of Headquarters , USAFE ; to include maintenance of a pool of aircraft to be used in the mission of the U . S . High Commissioner , Austria . and to maintain an aerial port of entry for American International air carriers as may be designated by competent authority . Detachments of the 21st Weather Squadron , then the 19th , and finally the 18th Weather Squadron provided weather observation and forecasting service . This unit had Austrian weather civilian personnel in training to reestablish the Austrian Weather Service , which had been disoranized by the war . These trainees continued to work in conjunction with Air Force weather personnel until relieved in early 1950 . Return to Austrian Control . The 7360th Base Complement Squadron was inactivated on 15 March 1954 and control of the base was turned over to the U . S . , Allied Commission for Austria ( USACA ) . Abstract , History of 7351st Air Base Squadron , Jan - Jun 1954 ( accessed 18 June 2012 ) < / ref > Remaining USAF Personnel were assigned to Detachment 1 , 7351st Air Base Squadron until transfer was complete . < / ref > After signing of the Peace Treaty between Austria and the Four Powers , Great Britain , France , Soviet Union , and the United States in 1955 , Tulln Air Base was handed over to the Austrian police ( B - Gendarmerie ) , because there were no Austrian military services at that time . The first Austrian aircraft to arrive were Yakovlev Yak - 11 " Moose " and Yakovlev Yak - 18 " Max - A " trainers donated by the Soviet Union and Agusta Bell AB47G2 helicopters in late 1955 . The base was named for Captain Godwin Brumowski in 1967 .