On September 12, 1999, an open day took place at Holzdorf air base, which allowed the author to visit this airfield – something he had not managed when it was still the base of fighter wing JG-1 of the East German Air Force. Particularly pleasing was that for the occasion a MiG-21 was displayed in one of the hardened aircraft shelters from the time when the NVA used this airfield – even if this MiG-21PF, the former heritage aircraft of JG-1, now carried a Bundeswehr serial that it had never officially received. In the flying programme, the new hosts of airlift wing LTG 62 showed their skills with Transall and UH-1. In addition, numerous guests had flown in – here are the pictures:
