Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force, the Glossary

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1. 99 relations: Air Force Historical Research Agency, AN/TPS-43, Arba Minch, BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile, Bitburg Airport, Brigadier general, Camp Lemonnier, Chièvres Air Base, Cold War, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, Europaviertel (Wiesbaden), Florennes Air Base, Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force, Frankfurt, French protectorate in Morocco, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Germany, Guidon (United States), Hahn Air Base, Kaiserslautern, Kleine Brogel Air Base, Libya, Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call, Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Margaret H. Woodward, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Michigan Air National Guard, Morocco, NATO, Netherlands, Numbered Air Force, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Pydna (missile base), Rabat, RAF Upper Heyford, Ramstein Air Base, Rhineland-Palatinate, Sembach Kaserne, Soesterberg Air Base, Spangdahlem Air Base, Staff (military), Stuttgart, Third Air Force, United Kingdom, United States Africa Command, United States Agency for International Development, United States Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, United States Department of State, ... Expand index (49 more) »

2. Numbered air forces of the United States Air Force

Air Force Historical Research Agency

The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) the Department of the Air Force's central repository for physical and digital documentation.

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AN/TPS-43

The AN/TPS-43 is a transportable air search 3D radar produced in the United States originally by Westinghouse Defense and Electronic Division, which was later purchased by Northrop-Grumman.

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Arba Minch

Arba Minch (Ganta Garo) is a city and separate woreda in the southern part of Ethiopia.

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BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile

The Ground Launched Cruise Missile, or GLCM, (officially designated BGM-109G Gryphon) was a ground-launched cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last decade of the Cold War and disarmed under the INF Treaty.

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Bitburg Airport

Bitburg Airport (Flugplatz Bitburg) is a commercial airport serving Bitburg, a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Camp Lemonnier

Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City, and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM).

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Chièvres Air Base

Chièvres Air Base, also referred to as SHAPE Airfield at Chievres Air Base, is a NATO airfield operated by the United States Air Force.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa

Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) is a joint task force of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).

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Europaviertel (Wiesbaden)

The Europaviertel (European quarter) in Wiesbaden is a former barracks area named Gersdorff Kaserne at the edge of the city center of the Hessian state capital, approximately 2 kilometers southwest of the Marktkirche.

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Florennes Air Base

Florennes Air Base, also known as Base Jean Offenberg, is a Belgian Air Component (formerly the Belgian Air Force) military airbase, compliant to STANAG 3712 category 8 (and category 5 during quick reaction alert operations), located east-south-east of Florennes, in the Walloon municipality of Belgium.

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Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force

Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) was a NATO military formation under Allied Air Forces Central Europe tasked with providing air support to NATO's Central Army Group (CENTAG) in the southern portion of West Germany.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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French protectorate in Morocco

The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Guidon (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a guidon is a military standard or flag that company/battery/troop or platoon-sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it.

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Hahn Air Base

Hahn Air Base was a United States Air Force installation near Lautzenhausen in Germany for over 40 years.

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Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (Palatinate German: Lautre) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest.

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Kleine Brogel Air Base

Kleine Brogel Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located east of Kleine-Brogel, in the municipality of Peer, Belgium.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call

The EC-130H Compass Call is an electronic attack aircraft flown by the United States Air Force.

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Lucius D. Clay Kaserne

Lucius D. Clay Kaserne (Flugplatz Wiesbaden-Erbenheim), commonly known as Clay Kaserne, formerly known as Wiesbaden Air Base and later as Wiesbaden Army Airfield, is an installation of the United States Army in Hesse, Germany.

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Margaret H. Woodward

Margaret H. Woodward (born 1960) is an American former military officer and major general in the United States Air Force.

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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Michigan Air National Guard

The Michigan Air National Guard (MI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Michigan, United States of America.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Numbered Air Force

A Numbered Air Force (NAF) is a type of organization in the United States Air Force that is subordinate to a major command (MAJCOM) and has assigned to it operational units such as wings, squadrons, and groups. Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force and Numbered Air Force are numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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Operation Odyssey Dawn

Operation Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. code name for the American role in the international military operation in Libya to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 during the initial period of 19–31 March 2011, which continued afterwards under NATO command as Operation Unified Protector.

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Pydna (missile base)

Pydna is a former American missile base in Kastellaun, Germany named Wueschheim Air Station.

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Rabat

Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.

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RAF Upper Heyford

Royal Air Force Upper Heyford or more simply RAF Upper Heyford is a former Royal Air Force station located north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England.

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Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base located in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.

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Sembach Kaserne

Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army post in Donnersbergkreis, Germany, near Kaiserslautern.

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Soesterberg Air Base

Soesterberg Air Base was a Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) military air base located in Soesterberg, east-northeast of Utrecht.

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Spangdahlem Air Base

Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the United States Air Force as a tenant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately north-northeast of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Staff (military)

A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the execution of their plans and orders, especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Third Air Force

The Third Air Force (Air Forces Europe) (3 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA). Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force and Third Air Force are numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Africa Command

The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM, U.S. AFRICOM, and AFRICOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense, headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa

The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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United States European Command

The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

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V Corps (United States)

V Corps, formerly known as the Fifth Corps, is a regular corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Camp Kościuszko, Poland.

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VII Corps (United States)

The VII Army Corps of the United States Army was one of the two principal corps of the United States Army Europe during the Cold War.

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Volkel Air Base

Volkel Air Base (Vliegbasis Volkel) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), located near the village of Volkel, Netherlands.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Wheelus Air Base

Wheelus Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in British-occupied Libya and the Kingdom of Libya from 1943 to 1970.

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Wild Weasel

Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force (USAF) to an aircraft of any type equipped with anti-radiation missiles and tasked with the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD): destroying the radar and surface-to-air missile (SAM) installations of enemy air defense systems.

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William E. Ward

William E. "Kip" Ward (born June 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army three-star general who served as the inaugural Commander of United States Africa Command from October 1, 2007 to March 8, 2011.

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Woensdrecht Air Base

Woensdrecht Air Base (Vliegbasis Woensdrecht) is a military airport between the villages of Woensdrecht and Huijbergen, about south of the city of Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands.

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Zweibrücken Air Base

Zweibrücken Air Base was a NATO military air base in West Germany.

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10th Flight Test Squadron

The 10th Flight Test Squadron is part of the 413th Flight Test Group of Air Force Materiel Command based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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2011 military intervention in Libya

On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (UNSCR 1973), in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War.

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22nd Fighter Squadron

The 22nd Fighter Squadron, sometimes written as 22d Fighter Squadron, (22 FS) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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23rd Fighter Squadron

The 23d Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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26th Information Operations Wing

The 26th Information Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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313th Tactical Fighter Squadron

The 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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316th Air Division

The 316th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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32nd Air Operations Squadron

The 32nd Air Operations Squadron, nicknamed the Wolfhounds, is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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36th Wing

The United States Air Force's 36th Wing is the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

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377th Air Base Wing

The 377th Air Base Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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38th Combat Support Wing

The 38th Combat Support Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.

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38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

The 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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404th Air Expeditionary Group

The 404th Air Expeditionary Group (404 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.

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409th Air Expeditionary Group

The 409th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), which may activate or inactivate the group as needed at any time.

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42nd Electronic Combat Squadron

The 42d Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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43rd Electronic Combat Squadron

The 43d Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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449th Air Expeditionary Group

The 449th Air Expeditionary Group (449 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force supporting United States Africa Command.

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480th Fighter Squadron

The 480th Fighter Squadron (480th FS), nicknamed the "Warhawks", is an active United States Air Force unit operating the General Dynamics F-16CJ Fighting Falcon.

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485th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 485th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command.

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486th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 486th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command.

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496th Tactical Fighter Squadron

The 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, being stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany.

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4th Air Support Operations Group

The 4th Air Support Operations Group (4 ASOG) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

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50th Space Wing

The 50th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing.

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512th Fighter Squadron

The 512th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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525th Fighter Squadron

The 525th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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526th Fighter Squadron

The 526th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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52nd Fighter Wing

The 52nd Fighter Wing (52 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

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53rd Fighter Squadron

The 53rd Fighter Squadron (53 FS) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

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601st Tactical Control Wing

The 601st Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force organization.

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65th Air Division

The 65th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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66th Air Base Wing

The 66th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing that was last active in September 2010 at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it had served as the host organization since 1994.

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71st Tactical Missile Squadron

The 71st Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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7217th Air Division

The 7217th Air Division is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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81st Fighter Squadron

The 81st Fighter Squadron (81 FS) is an inactive squadron of the United States Air Force.

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82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron

The 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (82 ERQS) is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force (USAF), assigned to the 449th Air Expeditionary Group.

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86th Airlift Wing

The 86th Airlift Wing (86 AW) is a United States Air Force wing, currently assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa.

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89th Tactical Missile Squadron

The 89th Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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8th Air Support Operations Squadron

The 8th Air Support Operations Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy.

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See also

Numbered air forces of the United States Air Force

• Eastern Air Defense Force
• Eighteenth Air Force
• Eighth Air Force
• Eleventh Air Force
• Fifteenth Air Force
• Fifth Air Force
• First Air Force
• Fourteenth Air Force
• Fourth Air Force
• Nineteenth Air Force
• Ninth Air Force (2009–2020)
• Numbered Air Force
• Second Air Force
• Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force
• Seventh Air Force
• Sixteenth Air Force
• Tenth Air Force
• Third Air Force
• Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force
• Twelfth Air Force
• Twentieth Air Force
• Twenty-Fifth Air Force
• Twenty-First Air Force
• Twenty-Fourth Air Force
• Twenty-Second Air Force
• Twenty-Third Air Force
• Western Air Defense Force

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force

Also known as 17 EAF, 17th Air Force, Seventeenth Air Force, Seventeenth Expiditionary Air Force.

, United States European Command, V Corps (United States), VII Corps (United States), Volkel Air Base, Warsaw Pact, West Germany, Wheelus Air Base, Wild Weasel, William E. Ward, Woensdrecht Air Base, Zweibrücken Air Base, 10th Flight Test Squadron, 2011 military intervention in Libya, 22nd Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Squadron, 26th Information Operations Wing, 313th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 316th Air Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron, 36th Wing, 377th Air Base Wing, 38th Combat Support Wing, 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 404th Air Expeditionary Group, 409th Air Expeditionary Group, 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron, 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, 449th Air Expeditionary Group, 480th Fighter Squadron, 485th Air Expeditionary Wing, 486th Air Expeditionary Wing, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 4th Air Support Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, 512th Fighter Squadron, 525th Fighter Squadron, 526th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 601st Tactical Control Wing, 65th Air Division, 66th Air Base Wing, 71st Tactical Missile Squadron, 7217th Air Division, 81st Fighter Squadron, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, 89th Tactical Missile Squadron, 8th Air Support Operations Squadron.