Editing Ramstein Air Base (section)

==Role and operations==
[[File:86th Airlift Wing.png|80px|left]]
[[File:435th Air Ground Operations Wing.png|80px|left]]
[[File:521st Air Mobility Operations Wing.png|80px|left]]

The host unit is the [[86th Airlift Wing]] (86{{nbsp}}AW), commanded {{As of|2022|07|15|lc=y}} by [[Brigadier General]] Otis C. Jones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Otis C. Jones |url=https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/2302964/otis-c-jones/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819012934/https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/2302964/otis-c-jones/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.ramstein.af.mil |language=en-US}}</ref> The 86th Airlift Wing is composed of six groups, 30 squadrons and four bases in [[Germany]], [[Spain]], the Azores, and [[Belgium]]. Its mission is the operation and maintenance of airlift assets consisting of [[C-130J]]s, [[C-21 Learjet|C-21s]], and [[C-37A]] Gulfstream aircraft throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Also at Ramstein is the [[435th Air Ground Operations Wing]] (formerly the 435th Air Base Wing) (435{{nbsp}}AGOW), which focuses on base-support responsibilities within the KMC. It is composed of five groups and 20 squadrons. The wing provides rapid mobility and agile combat support for military operations, and maintains expeditionary forces and infrastructure.

{{As of|2021|07}}, the commander of the 435th AGOW is Colonel Bryan T. Callahan.{{refn|{{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Bryan T. Callahan |url=https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/2688295/matthew-a-bass-bartlett/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220521170050/https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/2688295/bryan-t-callahan/ |archive-date=2022-05-21 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=[[United States Air Force]] |language=en-US}}}}

Ramstein's wings are assigned to the headquarters 3rd Air Force also based at Ramstein{{nbsp}}AB that controls most of the USAF Wings throughout Europe.

There is often a Summer Camp to Ramstein from British CCF (RAF) and ATC cadets, as well as Civil Air Patrol encampments and tours like the ones held in July 2015{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Plummer |first=Lane T. |date=2015-07-20 |title=CAP turns teens into cadets through summer training camp |url=https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/727012/cap-turns-teens-into-cadets-through-summer-training-camp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220521182056/https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/727012/cap-turns-teens-into-cadets-through-summer-training-camp/ |archive-date=2022-05-21 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=[[United States Air Force]] |language=en-US}}}} and June 2016.{{refn|{{Cite web |last=Mayhugh |first=Tryphena |date=2016-06-24 |title=Civil Air Patrol cadets tour Ramstein |url=https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/811330/civil-air-patrol-cadets-tour-ramstein/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220521182523/https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/811330/civil-air-patrol-cadets-tour-ramstein/ |archive-date=2022-05-21 |access-date=2022-05-21 |language=en-US}}}}