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Nov 14 1947
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10th Reconnaissance Wing established |
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Dec 03 1947
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10th Reconnaissance Wing organised; Assigned 9th Air Force; Stationed Pope Field, NC |
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Aug 25 1948
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Re-designated 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing |
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Feb 01 1949
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Assigned 14th Air Force |
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Apr 01 1949
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10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing de-activated |
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Jul 10 1952
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10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing activated; Assigned 10th Air Force; Stationed Toul-Rosieres, France |
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May 09 1953
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Stationed Spangdahlem, West Germany |
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Jan 01 1958
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Assigned United States Air Force Europe |
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Aug 25 1959
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Assigned 3rd Air Force; Stationed Alconbury, UK |
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Jul 01 1961
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Assigned 17th Air Force |
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Sep 01 1963
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Assigned 3rd Air Force |
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Aug 20 1987
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Re-designated 10th Tactical Fighter Wing |
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Mar 31 1993
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Re-designated 10th Airbase Wing |
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Nov 01 1994
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10th Airbase Wing inactivated |
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Nov 01 1994
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10th Airbase Wing activated; Assigned USAF Academy CO. |
The 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was stationed at RAF Alconbury from August 25th 1959 when it was assigned to the 3rd Airforce. The Wing was to stay at Alconbury until 1st November 1994, even though had been redesignated the 10th Tactical Fighter Wing from August 20th 1987.
The emblem is made blue and yellow for the Air Forces. The head of Argus, symbolic of the heavens, who oversees every movement on earth, is representative of the observation functions of the organisation.
The Wing was established to perform tactical reconnaissance which it undertook for the first period of its existence from 1947 - 1949. In July 1952 it replaced 117th TRW at Toul-Rosieres AB in France, providing weather reconnaissance. When re-assigned to the 3rd Air Force at RAF Alconbury (replacing 7560th Air Base Group), it undertook tactical reconnaissance (day and night, multi-sensor) until 1988.
In May 1976, it dropped two of its three Squadrons - 30th & 32nd TRS - and replaced them with the 527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron to provide "dissimilar" air combat training for USAFE fighter and reconnaissance wings in September 1976.