by welshandy » Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:51 pm
From my post I put on Fighter Control Mess in 2011 & numbers taken from Ian Allen Military Aircraft Markings 1984. Before EF111's arrived this is USAFE on the 31st Dec 1983,
3 numbered Air Forces :- 3rd,16th & 17th + TAC's 57th FIS.
15 Wings,39 Sqn's of which 33 were fighter/strike(inc the 57thFIS & 527th TFTAS*).
3rd Air Force(uk) :- 342 a/c. 123-A10A, 77-F111E, 85-F111F, 20-RF4C, 19-F5E, 4-EC135H, 3-TR1A, 6-HC130, 5-HH53C
16th Air Force(sth europe) :- 71 a/c. 44-F4D, 27-F16.
17th Air Force(central europe) :- 485 a/c. 23-RF4C, 111-F4E, 26-F4G, 104-F15, 107-F16, 44-OV10A, 6-C9A, 7-C12A, 5-VC140B, 15-T/CT39A, 4-UH1N, 8-CH53C, 21-C130E,
4-MC130E.
TAC 57th FIS :- 14-F4E
Total 912(does not inc TDY KC135's & SR71's) of which 737 were fighter/strike a/c
* F5E's had a War time role as point defence fighters.