 Major General Albert Kesselring inspected the base in February 1937 and presented the unit with its colors.Later that year, the people of Giebelstadt held a festival on the airbase as part of the celebration commemorating the town's 1100th year of existence.Fliegergruppe Giebelstadt was later redesignated as "Kampfgeschwader 155" (KG 155) and was equipped with an early version of the Heinkel He 111 Bomber (He 111A-0).