HQ Air Command Europe

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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
  • 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
  • Enroute 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

	United States Air Force in the United Kingdom v • d • e
ACTIVE BASES:	RAF Alconbury (USAFE) • RAF Barford St John (USAFE) • RAF Blenheim Crescent (USAFE) • RAF Croughton (USAFE) • RAF Fairford (USAFE) • RAF Feltwell (USAFE) • RAF Lakenheath (SAC/USAFE) • RAF Menwith Hill (USAFE) • RAF Mildenhall (SAC/USAFE/AMC) • RAF Molesworth (SAC/USAFE) • RAF Upwood (USAFE) • RAF Welford (USAFE)
INACTIVE BASES:	RAF Bentwaters (USAFE) • RAF Burtonwood (AFMC) • RAF Chelveston (SAC/USAFE) • RAF Chicksands (USAFSS) • RAF Daws Hill (SAC) • RAF Greenham Common (SAC/USAFE) • RAF Manston (USAFE) • RAF Sculthorpe (SAC) • RAF Shepherds Grove (USAFE) • RAF Upper Heyford (SAC/USAFE) • RAF Wethersfield (USAFE) • RAF Woodbridge (USAFE)
ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS:	United States Air Forces in Europe • HQ Air Command Europe • Third Air Force • 48th Fighter Wing (USAFE) • 100th Air Refueling Wing (USAFE) • 501st Combat Support Wing (USAFE)
PAST ORGANIZATIONS:	Sixteenth Air Force