Air Base Karup

The air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area marked by a 17 km long fence, Midtjyllands Airport share its runway's .

Following the British advance into Denmark in May 1945, during which the airfield was surrendered to Captain Eric Brown RN of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), a group of nine Arado Ar 234B reconnaissance bombers were found at the base and subsequently transferred by Brown and his colleagues to Farnborough.

In 1947 the Danish Army Air Corps established a flying school, maintenance centre and logistics office at Karup, preparing for Gloster Meteor, Airspeed Oxford and Supermarine Spitfire military aircraft.

During the post-war years, Karup Air Base became a central part of Denmark's NATO defence plan and played a major role in the establishment of the RDAF.

Several American produced planes were stationed at the base in the 1950s and 1960s, among them the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, Republic F-84 Thunderjet, RF-84F and F-100 Super Sabre.