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Third Air Force was established in 1940 as the Southeast Air District to provide air defence for that part of continental United States , it also provided air defense and conducted combat training for personnel of newly formed units in World War II . After the war it served Tactical Air Command , then inactivated. COMMANDS DURING WORLD WAR II
COLD WAR The Third Air Force returned to active service in , the other being the Sixteenth Air Force based at Aviano AB , Italy . The Third Air Force was based at RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom . STRUCTURE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1, 2005 In 2005, Third Air Force inactivated and Sixteenth Air Force moved to Ramstein AB, Germany to begins it role as USAFE's Warfighting Headquarters. Wings have since been reassigned to HQ Air Command Europe at Ramstein AB, Germany.
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