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A crew from the 420th Munitions Squadron at RAF Welford in 2012. Munition Support Squadrons (MUNS) are geographically separated units which are located over Europe.They are co-located on several main operating NATO bases and they are working together with their host nation wing.
A support squadron supplies all the necessary manpower and equipment needed to continue numerous tasks. An operations support squadron may dictate policy, train aircrews , and maintain airfields based on the missions of the units it supports.
Büchel Air Base formerly was the home of the 7501 MUNSS. [2]Since 1985, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 tactical Air Force Wing 33 has been operating German Panavia Tornado airplanes, which are capable of delivering the twenty B61 nuclear bombs, which are stored and maintained by the 702 Munitions Support Squadron (702 MUNSS) of the United States Air Force (USAF).
Kleine Brogel Air Base is also the home of the United States Air Force's 701st Munitions Support Squadron which is the unit in charge of looking after the nuclear bombs. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] As of 2023, Kleine Brogel is one of six active air bases in five European countries with B61 nuclear bombs in underground WS3 Weapon Storage and Security System ...
52nd Munitions Maintenance Group (52 MMG) [8] 701st Munitions Support Squadron (701 MUNSS) Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium; 702nd Munitions Support Squadron (702 MUNSS) Büchel Air Base, Germany; 703rd Munitions Support Squadron (703 MUNSS) Volkel Air Base, Netherlands; 704th Munitions Support Squadron (704 MUNSS) Ghedi Air Base, Italy
Located in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, the air base is home to one F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron, No 312 and a F-35 squadron No 313 and a maintenance, logistical, base Squadron for the RNLAF. Volkel also houses the 703rd Munitions Support Squadron, part of the 52nd Fighter Wing from the United States Air Force.
The State Department said Friday that it approved $6.75 billion in munitions, guidance kits, fuzes and munitions support, including 2,166 GBU-39/B small-diameter bombs, for sale to Israel. In the ...
7361st Munitions Support Squadron – Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium (special weapons storage and maintenance) 7362d Munitions Support Squadron – Volkel Air Base, Netherlands (special weapons storage and maintenance) 7501st Munitions Support Squadron – Alflen (GE), Fliegerhorst Büchel (special weapons storage and maintenance)