2010 the wing's strength was reduced by one third. Twenty F-16Cs were flown to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, one F-16 was transferred to Edwards Air Force Base, California. All aircraft were from the 22nd Fighter Squadron. As a result of the drawdown of F-16s, the 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons were inactivated on 13 August 2010 and formed a single "new" squadron, the 480th Fighter Squadron. On 18 June 2013, the 81st Fighter Squadron was inactivated at Spangdahlem Air Force Base in Germany. The inactivation marked the end of A-10 operations in Europe at that time. In December 2014, the wing commander, Col. Peter Bilodeau, who had commanded the wing for six months, was relieved of his command for "a loss of faith and confidence in his leadership." His deputy served as commander until Col. McFall took command. On 1 April 2017, the 606th Air Control Squadron, Detachment 1 was inactivated at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany following the relocation to Aviano Air Base, Italy. Lineage Established as 52nd Fighter Wing, All Weather, on 10 May 1948 Activated on 9 June 1948 Redesignated 52nd Fighter-All Weather Wing on 20 January 1950 Redesignated 52nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 1 May 1951 Inactivated on 6 February 1952, personnel and subordinate units assigned to 4709th Air Defense Wing. Redesignated 52nd Fighter Wing (Air Defense), and activated, on 11 April 1963 Organized on 1 July 1963 Inactivated on 30 September 1968 Redesignated 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing on 12 November 1971 Activated on 31 December 1971 Redesignated: 52nd Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991. Assignments First Air Force, 9 June 1948 Attached to Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 November 1949 – 31 August 1950 Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 September 1950 – 6 February 1952 Air Defense Command, 11 April 1963 New York Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1963 21st Air Division, 1 April 1966 35th Air Division, 1 December 1967 – 30 September 1968 Seventeenth Air Force, 31 December 1971 65th Air Division, 1 June 1985 Seventeenth Air Force, 30 June 1991 Third Air Force, 31 July 1996 United States Air Forces in Europe, 1 November 2005 Air Command Europe, 18 November 2005 Third Air Force (Air Forces Europe), 1 December 2006 − present Components Wing 84th Fighter Wing (All Weather): attached 1 June 1949 – 2 June 1951 Group 52nd Fighter (later, 52nd Operations): 9 June 1948 – 6 February