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HQ Air Command Europe was created to replace theThird andSixteenthNumbered Air Forces as headquarters forUnited States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) wings. Third Air Force inactivated and Sixteenth Air Force assumed the new role as the Warfighting Headquarters for USAFE. Most USAFE wings were reassigned to this new headquarters on 18 November 2005.