Except for C Co 7th Battalion 158th Aviation Regiment which remained on active duty attached to 5th Battalion 158th Aviation Regiment12th Aviation Brigade stationed in Giebelstadt AAF Germany Supporting Operation Beirut Air Bridge.
The town is the birthplace of Florian Geyer (1490-1525), also known as "Florian Geier from Giebelstadt", a Franconian nobleman who led the Black Company during the German Peasants' War resulting from the Protestant Reformation in Germany in the 16th century.
Giebelstadt Army Airfield is a closed military airfield located in Germany southwest of Giebelstadt (Bavaria); approximately 250 miles southwest of Berlin.
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In addition to the airfield construction, in the village of Giebelstadt many housing units were built for both officers and enlisted men assigned to the airfield.
The group ended operations at Giebelstadt, Germany in May 1945, and returned to the United States in August.
In 2000 the company bought SSI Schaefer Noell GmbH (Giebelstadt), a supplier of solutions for intralogistics.