Hohenfels Army Airfield dedicates conference room to late airfield manager

Staff of Hohenfels Army Airfield held a dedication Nov. 4, 2026 of their base operations building conference room to honor their late airfield manager. USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany – Staff of Hohenfels Army Airfield held a dedication Nov. 4, 2026 of their base operations building conference room to honor their late airfield manager, who died December 2025. The room is now named after Quentin E. Young, whose official Army portrait looks out over the tiered seating from a newly installed corner shelf. “It was just a real blessing to have been able to work besides such a professionally accomplished and competent person but also a friend,” said Robert A. Elam, the airfield tower chief and interim manager.

“I just admired him in so many different ways. He had such technical knowledge in a lot of areas.” Elam met Young, whom he and others affectionately call “Q,” in 1996 air traffic control school at Fort Rucker, Alabama. When Elam joined the team at Hohenfels, Young acted as a mentor. “Though he was confident and steadfast in a lot of his decisions, he was willing to listen and hear you out if you had a difference of opinion,” Elam said. “He really, really cared for everybody. Everybody that was on the team, he really, really wanted to get the best for