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History: Established as Joint United States Military Group, Air Administration (Spain) and activated on 20 May 1954. Redesignated as Sixteenth Air Force on 15 July 1956. Inactivated on 29 August 2014. Redesignated Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) on 30 September 2019. Activated on 11 October 2019. Oversaw and managed the construction of bases in Spain, 1954-1957, for US strategic bombers and aerial tankers. Had responsibility for the air defense of Spain, 1957-1960. Supported and conducted Strategic Air Command operations from bases in Spain and Morocco until 1965. With assignment to US Air Forces in Europe in 1966, gained responsibility for US Air Force bases in the Mediterranean region and controlled permanent and rotational forces in support of NATO's Southern Region. After moving to Aviano AB in 1992, Italy, served as the operational command for air expeditionary units established to conduct US Air Force operations in the Balkans, 1994-95 (Operations DENY FLIGHT and DELIBERATE FORCE) and 1999 (Operation ALLIED FORCE), and in Turkey, 1997-2003 (Operation NORTHERN WATCH). With its move to Germany in 2005, designated as the warfighting headquarters for the US Air Forces in Europe to execute aerospace operations through expeditionary force command and control in support of the US European Command and NATO. With its activation in 2019, provides global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber, electronic warfare and information operations, and serves as the Service Cryptologic Component responsible to the National Security Agency/Central Security Service and the Service Cyber Component to US Cyber Command. | |||
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The Emblem was approved on 4 April 1958; newest rendition approved on 3 September 2003. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: Wikimedia Commons | [[Literature]]:Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/ | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1958]] | |||