52nd Fighter Wing

The wing provides logistics support for C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Galaxy aircraft, crew, passengers and cargo to sustain air mobility operations throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia.

It operated with other NATO forces in frequent "squadron exchange" programs and hosted US-based units on temporary duty in Europe.

It deployed aircraft and personnel to strategic locations in Saudi Arabia and Turkey in support of the liberation of Kuwait from September 1990 – March 1993.

In January and December 1999, the wing supported Operations Northern Watch, Allied Force, and Decisive Forge with numerous deployments to Italy and Turkey.

Following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States on 11 September 2001, the 52nd Fighter Wing began preparations for possible combat tasking.

The 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron began flying operations at a deployed location in support of the war on terrorism within 100 hours of tasking notification.

Wing Group Squadrons This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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
52nd TFW Wild Weasel -team in the late 1980s fly by Hohenzollern Castle .
2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron McDonnell F-101B-100-MC Voodoo Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 1965 firing an MB-1 Genie air-to-air missile.