[2] Since 1985, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 tactical Air Force Wing 33 has been operating German Panavia Tornado airplanes, which are capable of delivering the twenty B61 nuclear bombs, which are stored and maintained by the 702 Munitions Support Squadron (702 MUNSS) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

Under the NATO nuclear sharing arrangement, these twenty B61 bombs require a dual key system, with the simultaneous authorizations of Germany and the United States, before any action is taken.

[5] In 2009, a coalition agreement between CDU and FDP at the initiative of foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, contained the withdrawal of nuclear weapons as a goal, reaffirmed by the Bundestag in 2010.

[13] One peace activist named Rüdiger Lancelle, a former teacher,[13] has been protesting every week since 2002 "that the weapons lying in Büchel get removed and be scrapped".

[9] There are traditional annual peace protests at Easter by numerous groups, including the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.