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=== 366th Tactical Fighter Wing ===
On 15 July 1963, after serving at [[Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base]], [[France]] as a conventional strike force in Europe, the [[366th Tactical Fighter Wing]] moved to Holloman. The move was a result of French president [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles DeGaulle]]'s deep suspicion of "supranational organizations" and his country's shift away from the [[NATO]] orbit in the early 1960s that ultimately led to the closure of [[United States Air Force in France|American air bases in France]].<ref name="366th Fighter Wing Fact Sheet" />

366th TFW was organized as follows:
* [[389th Fighter Squadron|389th Tactical Fighter Squadron]] (blue striping)
* [[390th Fighter Squadron|390st Tactical Fighter Squadron]] (yellow striping)
* [[391st Fighter Squadron|391st Tactical Fighter Squadron]] (red striping)
* 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron (green striping)

[[File:Emblem of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing.jpg|left|100px|Emblem of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing]]
At the time of the wing's arrival at Holloman, they flew the [[F-84|Republic F-84F Thunderstreak]], which were former [[Air National Guard]] aircraft transferred to France during the [[Berlin Wall|1961 Berlin Crisis]] as part of Operation Tack Hammer. At Holloman, the wing began converting to the new [[F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II]] in February 1965.

Later that year, the wing sent its first squadron to the [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]]. The 390th Fighter Squadron was assigned to [[Da Nang International Airport|Da Nang AB]], and the 391st went to [[Cam Ranh Bay|Cam Ranh Bay AB]] in early 1966.

On 20 March 1966 the rest of the wing entered the conflict and moved to [[Phan Rang Air Base|Phan Rang AB]], Republic of Vietnam in support of [[Vietnam War|combat operations in Vietnam]]. With the transfer of the 366th to Vietnam, the 6583d Air Base Group became the host unit at Holloman.