Practice landing on Germany's autobahn during the Cold War

In 1980, a NATO military exercise called “Highway 84” turned a section of the Autobahn into a landing strip.
Such capabilities were apparently fairly common during the cold war. This particular exercise was on the A29 at Kreuz Ahlhorn - but many other locations exist where you could theoretically create an airstrip.
The idea is, in the case that the Soviets bombed existing NATO air bases, pre-defined sections of road could be rapidly converted into a serviceable strip.

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