RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany — The Air Force Recruiting office on Rhein-Main Air Base is moving shop, heading down a road the rest of the base will be taking in a year.

The recruiting office is relocating to Kapaun Air Station, near Vogelweh Casern, Germany, in Building 2787, Room 111.

Aspiring Air Force recruits will not have service interrupted during the move since phone numbers and e-mail will still be working, according to Staff Sgt. Mike Asdel.

However, the recruiter did ask for some community patience while he got settled in his new office, about three hours away from his old Frankfurt home.

Asdel said the Kapaun Recruiting Station should be completely up and running by the first week of December.

The rest of the base is scheduled to follow suit next summer and fall with the installation emptied by Dec. 31, 2005, according to 1st Lt. Uriah Orland, Rhein-Main spokesman.

“There have been some other offices that have already left, but we’re still in the early stages,” Orland said.

When the majority of the base starts picking up and moving out, the 469th Air Base Group will be deactivated, while support personnel and the Air Mobility Command mission will be split mostly between Spangdahlem Air Base, in northern Germany, and Ramstein Air Base, in southern Germany, according to Staff Sgt. Matt Summers, another base spokesman.

Ramstein will become the new passenger hub of Europe, taking on Rhein-Main’s motto as the “Gateway to Europe,” he said.

U.S. citizens from the ages of 18 to 27 can call the recruiting office during duty hours at DSN 489-7669 or 489-7575 or at civilian 0631-5367669 or 0631-5367575.

Also, Asdel can be reached throughout the move by e-mail at michael.asdel@ramstein.af.mil or michael.asdel@rs.af.mil.