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USAFE 

U.S. Air Forces in Europe, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is the air component of the U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command and the U.S. component of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Beginning with the Berlin Airlift, USAFE was a major part of the cold war deterrence. Designed as a fight in place force, the USAF had bases all over western europe at the height of the cold war. 

In the 1970's and 80's the USAF deployed tactical nuclear weapons at bases to provide a more active deterrent. The Ground Launch Cruise Missile program was based at six locations throughout Europe; in the United Kingdom (at RAF Greenham Common and RAF Molesworth), Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Comiso Air Station in Italy beginning in 1983. GLCM was removed from Europe in 1988 after the INF Treaty was signed. Despite initial fears of greater instability, the deployment of GLCM ultimately caused Soviet leaders to enter into negotiations for, and finally signature of, the INF treaty.

At the height of the cold war there were more than 50 bases within USAFE. 

  • Third Air Force, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
  • 10th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Alconbury
  • 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Upper Heyford
  • 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath
  • 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Bentwaters
  • 303d Tactical Missile Wing, RAF Molesworth
  • 501st Tactical Missile Wing, RAF Greenham Common
  • 513th Aircraft Command and Control Wing, RAF Mildenhall
  • 7020th Air Base Group, RAF Fairford
  • 7247th Air Base Group, RAF Chicksands
  • 527th Aggressor Squadron, RAF Bentwaters
  • Sixteenth Air Force, Torrejón Air Base, Spain
  • 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejón Air Base, Spain
  • 406th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain
  • 487th Tactical Missile Wing, Comiso Air Base, Italy
  • United States Logistics Group (TUSLOG), Ankara Air Station, Turkey
  • 39th Tactical Group, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
  • 40th Tactical Group, Aviano Air Base, Italy
  • Detachment 2, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Moron Air Base, Spain
  • 7206th Air Base Group, Hellenikon Air Base, Greece
  • 7217th Air Base Group, Ankara Air Station, Turkey
  • 7241st Air Base Group, Izmir Air Station, Turkey
  • 7275th Air Base Group, San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy
  • 7276th Air Base Group, Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Greece
  • Direct Headquarters, USAFE Reporting Units
  • 7455th Tactical Intelligence Wing, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 497th Reconnaissance Technical Group, Schierstein Kaserne, Wiesbaden, West Germany
  • 7350th Air Base Group, Tempelhof Central Airport, West Berlin
  • Seventeenth Air Force, Sembach Air Base, West Germany
  • 65th Air Division, Sembach Air Base, West Germany
  • 316th Air Division, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Zweibrücken Air Base, West Germany
  • 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany
  • 38th Tactical Missile Wing, Wueschheim AB, West Germany
  • 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, West Germany
  • 52d Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany
  • 66th Electronic Combat Wing, Sembach Air Base, West Germany
  • 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 377th Combat Support Wing, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 485th Tactical Missile Wing, Florennes Air Base, Belgium
  • 7100st Combat Support Wing, Lindsey Air Station, West Germany
  • 7575th Operations Group, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany
  • 32d Tactical Fighter Squadron, Soesterberg Royal Netherlands Air Force Base, The Netherlands
  • 7104th Air Base Squadron, Chièvres Air Base, Belgium
  • Assigned to Headquarters, USAFE
  • 7th Air Division (Strategic Air Command), Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 306th Strategic Wing, RAF Mildenhall, UK
  • 11th Strategic Group, RAF Fairford, UK
  • 34th Strategic Squadron, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain
  • 322d Airlift Division (Military Airlift Command), Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany
  • 313th Tactical Airlift Group, RAF Mildenhall, England
  • 608th Military Airlift Group, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany
  • 6917th Electronic Security Group and 7275 Air Base Group San Vito AS, Italy
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