HQ Air Command Europe was created to replace the Third and Sixteenth Numbered Air Forces as headquarters for United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) wings. Third Air Force inactivated and Sixteenth Air Force assumed the new role as the Warfighting Headquarters for USAFE. Most USAFE wings were reassigned to this new headquarters on 18 November 2005.

• 31st Fighter Wing - Aviano Air Base, Italy
  • F-16
• 38th Combat Support Wing (CSW) - Ramstein Air Base, Germany
  • Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) advocacy and support
• 39th Air Base Wing - Incirlik AB, Turkey
• 48th Fighter Wing - RAF Lakenheath, UK
  • F-15 Eagle
  • F-15E Strike Eagle
• 52d Fighter Wing - Spangdahlem AB, Germany
  • F-16 Fighting Falcon
  • A-10/OA-10
• 65th Air Base Wing - Lajes Air Base, Azores
  • En route transient aircraft support
• 86th Airlift Wing - Ramstein AB, Germany
  • C-130 Hercules
  • C-20A
  • C-21A
  • C-37A
• 100th Air Refueling Wing - RAF Mildenhall, UK
  • KC-135R
• 435th Air Base Wing - Ramstein Air Base, Germany
• 501st Combat Support Wing - RAF Mildenhall, UK

v t e United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
bases	active USAFE RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall other RAF Menwith Hill (AFISR) RAF Digby inactive USAFE RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield RAF Upwood SAC / USAFE RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton other RAF Burtonwood (AFMC) RAF Chicksands (USAFSS)
organizations	active United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) 48th Fighter Wing 100th Air Refueling Wing 501st Combat Support Wing Headquarters Air Command Europe Third Air Force former Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom Sixteenth Air Force
Part of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)