In
1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the
Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular
airbases were taken out by a Soviet attack.
A
purposely build 2600 meter stretch of highway of the A-29 was tested as
A-10 Thunderbolts, C-130 Hercules transports and F-15 and F-16 fighters
landed on the makeshift runway. After landing, the planes were refueled
from dispatched trucks and then took off from the highway. C-130 Hercules aircraft on taxidrive on the autobahn A29 near city of Ahlhorn during NATO-exercise “Highway 84”.
