Seventeenth Air Force Seventeenth Air Force, another postwar numbered air force, served United States Air Forces in Europe during its years of active service. - Lineage
- Established as Seventeenth Air Force on April 17, 1953. Organized on April 25, 1953, at Rabat-Sale, French Morocco (later, Morocco), and assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Moved to Wheelus AB, Libya, on August 1, 1956. Moved without personnel or equipment to Ramstein AB, West Germany, on November 15, 1959, and remanned. Moved to Sembach AB, West Germany, in October 1972. Inactivated effective September 30, 1996.
- The preceding web-site text was obtained from the Air Force Historical Agency. The text layout has been modified to conform to this webpage and for ease of reading.
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