Ramstein Air Base BAH Rates 2026
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BAH rates: Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO), effective January 1, 2026. Rates set annually by DoD based on rental survey data.
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About Ramstein Air Base
Welcome to Ramstein Air Base, the premier power projection platform for the U.S. Department of Defense and the centerpiece of the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC). Situated in the scenic Rhineland-Palatinate region of southwestern Germany, Ramstein is the largest American military community outside the United States.
If you are PCSing here, you are joining a massive, dynamic, and historic mission. Ramstein serves as the headquarters for United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and NATO Allied Air Command. The host unit, the 86th Airlift Wing, conducts airlift, airdrop, and aeromedical evacuation operations worldwide.
The KMC consists of more than 50,000 U.S. service members, dependents, DoD civilians, and contractors spread across Ramstein, Vogelweh,...
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