Talk:United States Air Forces in Europe

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Neither the article on the U2, nor the RAF Akrotiri article confirms that US U2 planes are based there. Is there any evidence ? Otherwise this USAFE article requires amending in this respect. JRL 07:29, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

They are there. HQ USAFE still has to deal with their presence. They are assigned to 9 RW at Beale AFB and attached to 401 AEW at Aviano, Italy in support of the Balkans. As soon as the operations in the Balkans are suspended. It is a deployed, rotational unit 1 ERS. ELH50

[edit] Structure

Would be great if someone could add the 1950s,1970s,etc structure too

... working on it - bwmoll3

good article!. now we just need the aircraft type of each unit --Jor70 12:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] illigal flight

The illigal use of austrian air space during the irak operation should be mentioned. Without UN permission for the operation austria and swiz do not allow the use of their air space. [1]--134.76.234.75 15:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The article says "USAFE In Spain Although not a NATO member, the USAF has for many years, used Spanish air bases." Since when is Spain not a NATO member. They have been since the beginning if I remember correctly. Regardless, they are currently a member of NATO, If you go to the NATO site there is a list of member countries.


Spain joined NATO in 1982. The US had bases there since the 50's.. I'll update the article to reflect that. - bwmoll3

[edit] Current Operations corrections

  • 352 SOG is an AFSOC tenant unit, not a USAFE unit. (added)
  • 401 AEW was redesignated as the 401 AEG (changed)
  • 16 AEW has been inactivated, likewise Istres is no longer active (removed)
  • Stavanger is a Det of the 426 ABS (changed)
  • 4-digit unit designations are no longer approved for usage by USAF units (removed all)
  • 57 Wing is not a USAFE unit (removed)
  • 85 Group has been inactivated, as has Keflavik (removed)
  • -th, -d, etc are not to be used with abbreviated unit names (i.e. 86th AW), proper form is with out abbreviated bumber suffix (i.e. 86 AW) (changed all)
  • All UK ABGs are subordinates of the 501 CSW based at RAF Mildenhall (added)

ELH50 09:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

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