Located in northern Germany near the Baltic Coast and the harbour of Rostock, the small town of Laage was chosen in the late 70th to house the most modern Air Base of the former East German Luftstreitkräfte, LSK (Air Force) of the Nationale Volksarmee, NVA (National Peoples Army). In 1978, the construction works were started and three years later, the runway was completed followed by the taxiways in the northern and southern part of the base within the next year.

The first unit to arrive at the brand new air base in 1983 was a small part of a new Wing to be formed at Laage as the Jagdbombenfliegergeschwader 77 “Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher“ (Fighter-bomber Wing 77). It was officially establish on 1st of October 1984 at Laage ...