UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN EUROPE

Operation Copper Arrow 2022
Operation Copper Arrow, a new air-to-air refueling mission, combines Operation Atlantic Resolve missions from NATO AB, Geilenkirchen, and RAF Mildenhall, England, into a single mission with one staff overseen by USAFE – AFAFRICA Tanker Operations.

Operation Copper Arrow 2023

Operation Copper Arrow 2023 Mk2 “Polish Flag”

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Special Mission Silver Arrow
Special Mission Silver Arrow is a rotation mission meant to plus up intratheater airlift capability. The personnel will operate in the US EUROPEAN COMMAND (USEUCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR) to support European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) activities while also augmenting USEUCOM airlift capacity with C-130 aircraft out of Ramstein Air Base

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USAFE A3XW
United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School / Graduate
A3 = Air Force Operations Division
X = Training
W = Weapons

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USAFE stationed in Germany

37th Airlift Squadron
Based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, operating the C-130J Super Hercules
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52nd Operations Support Squadron (52d OSS)
Based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

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52d Maintenance Squadron MXS
Based at Spangdahlem AB GER

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76th Airlift Squadron (76th AS)
Based at Ramstein Airbase Germany, operating Learjet C-21A and Gulfstream C-37A Gulfstream V, operating executive airlift aircraft
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86 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron AMXS
Based at Ramstein Air Base GER, maintaining the C130-J Super Hercules

Mk2 Versions

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480th Fighter Squadron (480th FS) The Warhawks
The first Ghost!
Based at Spangdahlem Air Base Germany, operating the F-16J Fighting Falcon
The squadron ordered a second batch with the new NATO border

The squadron also ordered a 5cm Challenge Coin, limited and numbered to 100 pieces

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480th Fighter Squadron (480th FS) The Warhawks Wild Weasel YGBSM Special

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480th Fighter Generation Squadron (FGS)
On April 8, 2023 52 AMXS became the 480th FGS and of course the team had to join the WBIG cult.
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702 Munition Support Squadron MUNSS “Partners In Peace”
Based at the German Air Force Base Buechel. Since 1985, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 33 tactical Air Force Wing 33 has been operating German Panavia Tornado airplanes, which are capable of delivering the B61 nuclear bombs, which are stored and maintained by the 702 Munitions Support Squadron (702 MUNSS) of the United States Air Force (USAF). Under the NATO nuclear sharing arrangement, these twenty B61 bombs are secured and maintained by USAF personnel.
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