![]() ![]() However at the time of their arrival in Europe, the F-102 was already being replaced by the McDonnell F-101B Voodoo and the Convair F-106 Delta Dart in the Aerospace Defense Command as an interceptor, and by much more versatile McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. With this change, the 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing was redesignated the 86th Air Division (Defense) on 18 November 1960. HQ USAFE decided to upgrade the 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing and centralize command of all the European Air Defense squadrons in USAFE to it. In January 1959 the 525th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Bitburg received its first Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, designed to upgrade the air defense capabilities of Western Europe. 514th FIS to Ramstein (Blue tail stripes).513th FIS to Phalsbourg-Bourscheid Air Base France.These squadrons were detached to the following bases: Its three F-86D squadrons, the 512th, 513th and 514th were reassigned to bases on the continent and were also assigned to the 86th. In May, the 406th FIW at RAF Manston, England was inactivated. In March 1958 the 86th Fighter-Bomber Group was inactivated and its operational squadrons were assigned to the Wing. The 86th Wing (under various designations) has been assigned to Ramstein for almost 60 years, with a brief period (1966–1973) being inactive or assigned to Zweibrücken Air Base. In late 1952, enough construction was completed at Landstuhl and the 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing was reassigned to the new base. In February 1951, the United States and France signed an agreement in which USAF bases in their German occupation zone would be built and made available to USAFE. ![]() With the arrival of the jet age in Europe, USAFE wanted to move its units west of the Rhine River, as its bases in the Munich area were just a few minutes flying time from Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bases in Czechoslovakia. In June 1948, the 86th Fighter Wing was stationed at Neubiberg Air Base, near Munich when tensions with the Soviet Union culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Over the next several years, the 86th underwent several redesignations and several station assignments in occupied Germany. į-47D's of the 526th Fighter Squadron at Neubiberg Air BaseĮquipped with P (later F-47) Thunderbolts, the 86th was one of two active USAF fighter units in Germany (the other being the 36th FG) during the immediate postwar years. Its initial mission was to provide air defense, primarily in West Germany with its operational component, the 86th Fighter Group. The 86th Fighter Wing was established and activated on 1 July 1948 at Neubiberg AB, Germany. 65th Air Base Group (65 ABG) ( Lajes Field, Portugal) Ħ5th Air Base Squadron (65 ABS) 65th Civil Engineer Squadron (65 CES) 65th Communications Squadron (65 CS) 65th Comptroller Squadron (65 CPTS) 65th Force Support Squadron (65 FSS) 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron (65 LRS) 65th Operations Support Squadron (65 OSS) 65th Security Forces Squadron (65 SFS) 496th Air Base Squadron (496 ABS) ( Morón Air Base, Spain) History.86th Mission Support Group (86 MSG) Ĩ6th Communications Squadron (86 CS) 86th Force Support Squadron (86 FSS) 86th Security Forces Squadron (86 SFS) 569th US Forces Police Squadron (569 USFPS) 700th Contracting Squadron (700 CONS) 786th Force Support Squadron (786 FSS) Ĩ6th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (86 OMRS 86th Dental Squadron (86 DS) 86th Healthcare Operations Squadron (86 HCOS) 86th Medical Support Squadron (86 MDSS) 86th Medical Squadron (86 MDS) Ĩ6th Civil Engineer Squadron (86 CES) 786th Civil Engineer Squadron (786 CES).86th Logistics Readiness Group (86 LRG) Ĩ6th Logistics Readiness Squadron (86 LRS) 86th Material Maintenance Squadron (86 MMS) 86th Munitions Squadron (86 MUNS) 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron (86 VRS).The 86th Airlift Wing is currently made up of:ģ7th Airlift Squadron (37 AS) 76th Airlift Squadron (76 AS) 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (86 AES) 86th Operations Support Squadron (86 OSS) 424th Air Base Squadron (424 ABS) ( Chièvres Air Base, Belgium) Ĩ6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (86 AMXS) 86th Maintenance Squadron (86 MXS) Originally the 86th Fighter Wing was established and activated on 1 July 1948 at Neubiberg AB, Germany. The 86th Airlift Wing commander also serves as the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) commander, leading the largest American community outside the United States. The wing's primary mission is to conduct airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation operations flying the C-21A, C-37A and C-130J aircraft. The 86th AW is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. 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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