--- title: "2 airmen found dead in dorms at Spangdahlem Air Base" description: "Two airmen were found unresponsive in a dorm room at around 6:30 on Thursday night at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the Air Force said in a press release" date: "2020-01-10" modified: "2020-01-10" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/airmen-found-dead-spangdahlem-germany/" categories: - "Air Force" - "Around the World" - "Europe" - "Military Branches" - "News" tags: - "European Command" --- # 2 airmen found dead in dorms at Spangdahlem Air Base ![]() Two airmen were found unresponsive in a dorm room at around 6:30 on Thursday night at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the Air Force said in a [press release](). - Emergency responders pronounced the airmen deceased on the scene at around 6:50 p.m., the Air Force said. - The incident is under investigation, the Air Force said, and further details will be provided when they become available. - The Air Force directed all questions to the 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office. On Friday morning, the 52nd Fighter Wing Command Team shared [a Facebook post]() mourning the loss of the airmen. "It is difficult to lose valued members of our team," wrote unit leadership, which encouraged airmen in need to reach out to its mental health teams, chaplains and the Airman and Family Readiness Center for help. ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()