01109090 SECRET 2447709 07-01-1989 2447892 12-31-1989

GROUP/0032/TACTICAL FIGHTER

HISTORY K-GP-FI-32-HI V.1 VOL I OF IV 44805 684 818 43 2450070 12-18-1995 ON 16 NOV 1989, UNITED STATES AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USAFE) ACTIVATED 32 TACTICAL FIGHTER GROUP (TFG) AT SOESTERBERG AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS. 32 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON (TFS) WHICH HAD OPERATED FROM SOESTERBERG SINCE 1955 WAS ASSIGNED TO GROUP. 32 TFG TOOK OVER FUNCTIONS OF OLD 32 TFS HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT AND SUPPORT SQUADRONS RECEIVED RESPONSIBILITIES PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO 32 TFS DETACHMENTS. COL RICHARD H. HAGELIN III ASSUMED COMMAND OF 32 TFS AND BECAME 32 TFG COMMANDER UPON ACTIVATION. COL RICHARD E. NEU BECAME VICE COMMANDER. 32 TFG SUPPORTED SOVIET INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES (INF) VERIFICATION INSPECTIONS AT WOENSDRECHT AIR BASE, NETHERLANDS AFTER SENATE RATIFICATION OF INF TREATY AND USAFE INACTIVATION OF 486 TACTICAL MISSILE WING AND GROUND LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (GLCM). ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE (RNLAF) ASSUMED SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES IN JUL 1989. GROUP SUPPORTED PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S VISIT TO NETHERLANDS. 32 TFS COMPETED IN USAFE ANNUAL SURE FIRE WEAPONS COMPETITION AND TOOK FIRST PLACE IN AIR TO AIR WEAPONS LOADING, AIR TO AIR TOP COMPETITORS, MUNITIONS BUILDUP AND EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL ROBOT MANIPULATION CATEGORIES. SQUADRON PARTICIPATED IN BRITISH EXERCISE ELDER JOUST. 32 TFS/TFG AND SOESTERBERG WING CONDUCTED LOCAL READINESS EXERCISES. 32 TFG DEPLOYED TO ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) BENTWATERS, ENGLAND TO FLY AGAINST 527 AGGRESSOR SQUADRON; 32 TFS DEPLOYED TO DECIMOMANNU AIR BASE, ITALY, FOR AERIAL COMBAT MANEUVERING INSTRUMENTATION AND AIRCRAFT GUN QUALIFICATION TRAINING. FOUO NOFORN ORCON/OTHER CONTAINS NATO SECRET AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.