00240641 UNCLASSIFIED 2432156 12-01-1946

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE

570.0711 C.1 8190 C5059 867 1136 43 2447253 04-01-1988 ON 13 OCT 46, HEADQUARTERS COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE) WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE HOUSEKEEPING ORGANIZATION FOR USAFE AND WIESBADEN MILITARY COMMUNITY. COL RAYMOND L. WINN REMAINED COMMANDING OFFICER OF HEADQUARTERS COMMAND AND IN ADDITION SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE WIESBADEN MILITARY COMMUNITY. ON 26 DEC 46, BRIG GEN WILLIAM F. MCKEE ASSUMED COMMAND OF HEADQUARTERS COMMAND. COL WINN WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO USAFE HEADQUARTERS. COL MELVIN B. ASP WAS RELIEVED OF DUTY AS COMMANDING OFFICER, WIESBADEN AIRFIELD AND APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF AIR INSTALLATIONS, HEADQUARTERS COMMAND. 8 DEC 46 MARKED THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST ECHELON OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN DIVISION FROM ITS FORMER HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS, FRANCE. THE MAJOR PROJECT OF TRANSPORT COMMAND WAS PROJECT REUNION, SET UP TO PROVIDE AIR TRANSPORT FOR DEPENDENTS BACKLOGGED IN THE UNITED STATES. NONE HISTORY OF WIESBADEN MILITARY COMMUNITY AND ALL UNITS ASSIGNED CONTAINS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.