In January 1955, the school moved from Lahnstrasse to its present location on Texasstraße just outside the Wiesbaden city limits.

[3] At the end of the 1980s the school's population was over 850 and nearly all students were either Air Force or Army dependents, few others were children of DoD civilians or expatriates.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and subsequent collapse of the Iron Curtain and Soviet Union, the Cold War effectively ended December 25, 1991.

By 1993, the student population dropped below 500 with the closure of numerous regional installations, including the USAF Wiesbaden Hospital, Lindsey Air Station, Mainz Army Depot, Lee Barracks, and Camp Pieri.

Immediately after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the school heightened its security, erecting fencing and posting armed US soldiers on its perimeter.

Despite the change, its historical name of 57 years, Gen. H. H. Arnold High School, is still widely used by tens of thousands of alumni, former faculty and community members.

This reality led to a change of the school's JROTC program, which transitioned from Air Force to Army in 2011.

Demolition began with the iconic space station-like Dependent Youth Activities (DYA) building, whose futuristic profile stood prominently next to the football field.

Sports activities include Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Air Rifle Team.

Graduates have had the privilege of celebrating their milestone within the Kurhaus' palace-like splendor almost as long as the school has existed.

The well-attended spectacle made an impression upon author, Larry Collins, who included a description of the event in his 1989 fictional spy novel, Maze.