Report from Germany - Stopp Ramstein! and Anti-Bases Meeting

	Report from Germany - Stopp Ramstein! and Anti-Bases Meeting From: Dave WebbSeptember 8 - 10 2017
I arrived at Frankfurt airport on the 7th September and took a train to Kaiserslautern where I was met by Amela from IPB and the organising team. After booking in to the hotel I went along to visit the peace camp site and met up with Konni who had visitied us in Yorkshire for Keep Space for Peace Week last year. I was also told about a visit to Büchel Air Base the next day with the group "Atomwaffenfrei jetzt" (Nuclear Weapons Free Now) to blockade the entrance. So I signed up for that and the next day a coach full of protestors left the peace camp earlyish for the 2 hour journey to Büchel. Büchel is the military air base near the city of Cochem and about 45 miles from Spangdahlem Air Base. It is now the only location in Germany with US/NATO nuclear weapons. Blockade at Büchel Büchel is home to the Tactical Air Force Wing 33 (TaktLwG 33) of the German Air Force and the 702 Munitions Support Squadron (702 MUNSS) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Since 1985, the TaktLwG 33 operates German Panavia Tornado airplanes, which are capable of delivering the twenty B61 nuclear bombs, which are stored and maintained by the 702 MUNSS of the USAF. Under the NATO agreement, these B61 bombs require a dual key system, with the simultaneous authorization of Germany and the US. At the main entrance to Büchel