Air Force, 15 November 1959 Third Air Force, 15 January 1960 Seventeenth Air Force, 1 July 1961 Third Air Force, 1 September 1963 United States Air Forces in Europe, 1 November 2005 Third Air Force, 1 December 2006– Components Groups 48th Fighter-Bomber (later, 48th Operations) Group: 10 July 1952 – 8 December 1957; 31 March 1992– Squadrons 492d Fighter-Bomber (later, 492d Tactical Fighter, 492d Fighter) Squadron: attached 15 March – 7 December 1957, assigned 8 December 1957 – 31 March 1992 (detached 20 November 1990 – 10 May 1991; December 1991 – March 1992) 493d Fighter-Bomber (later, 493d Tactical Fighter, 493d Fighter) Squadron: attached 15 March – 7 December 1957, assigned 8 December 1957 – 18 December 1992 (detached 25 August 1990 – 11 March 1991; March– June 1992) 494th Fighter-Bomber (later, 494th Tactical Fighter, 494th Fighter) Squadron: attached 15 March – 7 December 1957, assigned 8 December 1957 – 31 March 1992 (detached 2 September 1990 – 15 March 1991; September– December 1991) 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 1 April 1977 – 13 December 1991 509th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: attached 5 October 1957 – 15 January 1958. Bases assigned Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France, 10 July 1952 – 15 January 1960 RAF Lakenheath, England, since 15 January 1960 Aircraft Republic F-84G Thunderjet North American F-86F Sabre North American F-100D Super Sabre McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark McDonnell Douglas F-15C/D Eagle McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II (From December 2021) References This article includes content from United States Air Forces In Europe website, which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource. That information was supplemented by: Endicott, Judy G. (1999) Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. CD-ROM. Fletcher, Harry R. (1989) Air Force Bases Volume II, Active Air Force Bases outside the United States of America on 17 September 1982. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. McAuliffe, Jerome J (2005) U.S. Air Force in France 1950–1967, Chapter 9, Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base. Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. . External links 48th Fighter