assigned to TAC's 49th Air Division) 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing Reassigned to: RAF Wethersfield, United Kingdom 406th Fighter-Bomber Wing Reassigned to: RAF Manston, United Kingdom 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Reassigned to: Sembach Air Base, West Germany 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Reassigned to: Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany 50th Fighter-Bomber Wing Reassigned to: Hahn Air Base, West Germany 21st Fighter Bomber Wing Reassigned to: Chambley-Bussieres Air Base, France 48th Fighter Bomber Wing Activated at: Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France (Replaced ANG 137th Fighter-Bomber Wing) 388th Fighter Bomber Wing Reassigned to: Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France 60th Troop Carrier Wing Reassigned to: Dreux-Louvillier Air Base, France 465th Troop Carrier Wing Reassigned to: Toul-Rosières Air Base, France 38th Tactical Bombardment Wing (Light) Reassigned to: Laon-Couvron Air Base, France These wings gave USAFE and NATO approximately 500 fighters, 100 light bombers, 100 tactical reconnaissance aircraft, 100 tactical airlift transports, and 18,000 USAF personnel. Rotational Deployments to Mediterranean Bases With the phase-out of the B-47 Stratojet from SAC in the mid-1960s, the need for Strategic Air Command "Reflex" European bases diminished and the Sixteenth Air Force (16AF) was turned over to the USAFE on 15 April 1966. Prior to 1966, TAC routinely deployed CONUS-based North American F-100 Super Sabre wings to 16AF bases in Spain, as well as to Aviano Air Base, Italy. With USAFE taking possession of these bases from SAC, Tactical Air Command reassigned the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing from England Air Force Base, Louisiana to USAFE on a permanent basis to Torrejon Air Base, Spain on 27 April to perform host functions at the base and to support rotational temporary duty (TDY) to Italy and Turkey for NATO alerts. However, when the 401st's fighter squadrons deployed to South Vietnam in the 1960s for the Vietnam War, squadrons from Homestead AFB, Florida and Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina were utilized to fill the need in Spain. These squadrons remained in Europe until 1970, when the drawdown in Vietnam allowed the squadrons from the 401st, which were deployed to Southeast Asia, to rejoin their home unit. Composite Air Strike Force see: Nineteenth Air Force In the aftermath of the Korean War, TAC developed the Composite Air Strike Force (CASF) concept, a mobile rapid-deployment strike concept designed to respond to "brush fire" conflicts around the world. A CASF included fighter bomber aircraft for both conventional and nuclear attack missions, as well as troop carrier, tanker, and tactical reconnaissance