Editing Tactical Air Command (section)

====Rotational Deployments to Mediterranean Bases====
With the phase-out of the [[B-47 Stratojet]] from SAC in the mid-1960s, the need for Strategic Air Command "Reflex" European bases diminished and the [[Sixteenth Air Force]] (16AF) was turned over to the USAFE on 15 April 1966.

Prior to 1966, TAC routinely deployed CONUS-based North American [[F-100 Super Sabre]] wings to 16AF bases in Spain, as well as to [[Aviano Air Base]], Italy. With USAFE taking possession of these bases from SAC, Tactical Air Command reassigned the [[401st Air Expeditionary Wing|401st Tactical Fighter Wing]] from [[England Air Force Base]], [[Louisiana]] to USAFE on a permanent basis to [[Torrejon Air Base]], Spain on 27 April to perform host functions at the base and to support rotational temporary duty (TDY) to Italy and [[Turkey]] for NATO alerts.  However, when the 401st's fighter squadrons deployed to South Vietnam in the 1960s for the [[Vietnam War]], squadrons from [[Homestead AFB]], Florida and [[Myrtle Beach AFB]], [[South Carolina]] were utilized to fill the need in Spain. These squadrons remained in Europe until 1970, when the drawdown in Vietnam allowed the squadrons from the 401st, which were deployed to Southeast Asia, to rejoin their home unit.