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HQ Air Command Europe was created to replace the Third and Sixteenth Numbered Air Forces as headquarters for United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) wings. Third Air Force inactivated and Sixteenth Air Force assumed the new role as the Warfighting Headquarters for USAFE. Most USAFE wings were reassigned to this new headquarters on 18 November 2005.

31st Fighter Wing - Aviano Air Base, Italy
- F-16
38th Combat Support Wing (CSW) - Ramstein Air Base, Germany
- Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) advocacy and support
39th Air Base Wing - Incirlik AB, Turkey
48th Fighter Wing - RAF Lakenheath, UK^[1]
- F-15 Eagle
- F-15E Strike Eagle
52d Fighter Wing - Spangdahlem AB, Germany
- F-16 Fighting Falcon
- A-10/OA-10
65th Air Base Wing - Lajes Air Base, Azores
- En route transient aircraft support
86th Airlift Wing - Ramstein AB, Germany
- C-130 Hercules
- C-20A
- C-21A
- C-37A
100th Air Refueling Wing - RAF Mildenhall, UK
- KC-135R
435th Air Base Wing - Ramstein Air Base, Germany
501st Combat Support Wing - RAF Mildenhall, UK

References

↑ "Pilot dies as jet crashes in the Fens". Ely News. No. 2015–43. 22 October 2015. p. 1. ISSN 2053-4647. Lakenheath is home to the USAF 48th Fighter Wing, which is assigned to Headquarters Air Command Europe and has taken part in campaigns in the first Gulf War and Kosovo.

United States Air Force in the United Kingdom

Bases

Active

USAFE-AFAFRICA	RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall
Other	RAF Menwith Hill (AFISR) RAF Digby

Inactive

USAFE	RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield RAF Upwood
SAC / USAFE	RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton
Other	RAF Burtonwood (AFMC) RAF Chicksands (USAFSS)

Organizations

Active	United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) 48th Fighter Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 501st Combat Support Wing Headquarters Air Command Europe Third Air Force
Former	Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom Sixteenth Air Force

Part of the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)

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