USAFE December 1962
USAFE order of battle December 1962
1962 was a year after the Berlin Wall crisis, the Cuban Missile crisis had just been addressed and the US was entering Indo-China, albeit covertly.
| Wing | Squadron(s) | Type | Base |
| USAFE (17th AF*) | |||
| 86 AD | 496, 525, 526 FIS | F-102A Delta Dagger | Ramstein, Ge |
| 32 FIS | F-102A Delta Dagger | Soesterburg, Nl | |
| 20 TFW | 55, 77, 79 TFS | F-100D, F Super Sabre | Wethersfield, UK |
| 79 TFS | F-100D, F Super Sabre | Woodbridge, UK | |
| 36 TFW | 22, 23, 53 TFS | F-105D, F Thunderchief | Bitburg, Ge |
| 48 TFW | 492, 493, 494 TFS | F-100D, F Super Sabre | Lakenheath, UK |
| 48 OS | C-47A, T-33A | Lakenheath, UK | |
| 49 TFW | 7 ,8, 9 TFS | F-105D, F Thunderchief | Spangdahlem, Ge |
| 50 TFW | 417 TFS | F-100D, F Super Sabre | Ramstein, Ge |
| 10, 81 TFS | F-100D, F Super Sabre | Hahn, Ge | |
| 81 TFW | 91, 92 TFS | F-101C Voodoo | Bentwaters, UK |
| 78 TFS | F-101C Voodoo | Woodbridge, UK | |
| 366 TFW | 389, 480 TFS | F-84F Thunderstreak | Chaumont, Fr |
| 390 TFS | F-84F Thunderstreak | Chambley, Fr | |
| 391 TFS | F-84F Thunderstreak | Etain, Fr | |
| 10 TRW | 1, 30 TRS | RB-66A Destroyer | Alconbury, UK |
| 19, 42 TRS | RB-66A Destroyer | Toul-Rosiers, Fr | |
| 10 OS | C-47A, T-33A, L-20A | Alconbury, UK | |
| 66 TRW | 17, 18, 32 TRS | RF-101C Voodoo | Laon, Fr |
| 38 TRS | RF-101C Voodoo | Ramstein, Ge | |
| 322 AD | 39, 40, 41 TCS | C-130A Hercules | Dreux, Fr |
| 23 HS det 1 | H-21B Workhorse | Phalsbourg, Fr | |
| 23 HS det 2 | H-21B Workhorse | Wethersfield, UK | |
| 38 TMW | 823, 887 TMS | TM-76 Mace | Sembach. Ge |
| 89, 405 TMS | TM-76 Mace | Hahn, Ge | |
| 71, 822,TMS | TM-76 Mace | Bitburg, Ge | |
| USAFE (16th AF) | |||
| 65 AD Moron, Sp | 431 FIS | F-102A Delta Dagger | Zaragoza, Sp |
| 497 FIS | F-102A Delta Dagger | Torrejon, Sp | |
| USAF | |||
| -- | 420 ARS | KB-50J | Sculthorpe, UK |
| -- | 67 ARS | SC-54, HU-16, SH-19B | Prestwick, UK |
| -- | 7120 ACCS | C-118A | Chatereaux, Fr |
| 7499 SG | 7405 SS | EC-97G | Wiesbaden, Ge |
| 7406 SS | C-130A-II | Rhein-Main, Ge | |
| 7407 SS | RB-57D, F | Rhein-Main, Ge |
* Note - Units based in the UK were transferred from 3rd AF to 17th AF in 1961 during the Berlin Wall crisis. In 1963 they reverted to 3rd AF control.
Thanks to Joe McCusker, Gerhard Moroff and Mike Salmon for corrections.