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General Dynamics F-16CJ/DJ Fighting Falcons of the 480th Fighter Squadron on deployment at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, September 2012.. The 52d Operations Group is the flying component of the 52d Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA).
General Dynamics F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon 91-0361 taxiing out from at Tab-Vee at Spangdahlem on 20 March 2011 in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The 52nd Fighter Wing (52 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. It flies the F-16CJ fighter aircraft.
Spangdahlem Air Base (IATA: SPM, ICAO: ETAD, former code EDAD) is a NATO air base with the United States Air Force as a tenant constructed between 1951 and 1953 and located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northeast of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.
On 25 August 1959, the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing moved to Spangdahlem AB from the Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France, and assumed host unit duties. [7] On 8 July 1958 the name of the wing was changed to the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing as a result of an Air Force wide redesignation. Its squadrons were renamed Tactical Fighter Squadrons.
The 480th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Warhawks", is an active United States Air Force unit operating the General Dynamics F-16CJ Fighting Falcon.The 480th, assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany is the only United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa flying unit performing the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses mission.
Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 1 April 1969 – 1 January 1973 [17] Aircraft. Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 [3] ... Office of Air Force History.
Spangdahlem is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Speicher . The USAF Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby.
Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, May 1953 – 8 December 1957. Aircraft. A-20/F-3 Havoc, 1943–1945; ... Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.