Ayers Kaserne

Ayers Kaserne at Kirch-Göns, Germany (coordinates: 50° 28' 46.08" N 8° 38' 41.83" E) was a U.S. Army installation built in 1952 as part of the major construction efforts under the U.S. Army troop augmentation program of the early 1950s, occupied by the 22nd Regimental Combat Team of the Fourth infantry Division until May, 1956, and by the Third U.S. Armored Division in 1956 and then home to Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division was stationed at Ayers Kaserne beginning 12 May 1956.

Originally, Ayers Kaserne was used as a recovery field for the German Luftwaffe during World War II.

[1] President Ford was accompanied by General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (the seventh Supreme Allied Commander, Europe), Colonel Louis C. Wagner, Jr. (Commander, 1st Brigade, 3AD); and Georg Leber (German Minister of Defense).

Units of the 1st Armored Division (forward) occupied the kaserne until its closing and return to the German government in 1998.

Today, the former military kaserne has been redeveloped as a business/industrial park, chiefly occupied by a transport company named "Bork".