496th ABS air traffic controllers in the control tower at Morón Air Base
Active
1976–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Base Operations-Support Integration
Role
Power Projection
Part of
United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Third Air Force
86th Airlift Wing
65th Air Base Group
Garrison/HQ
Morón Air Base, Spain
Nickname(s)
Matadors[1]
Motto(s)
We Project Airpower
Website
https://www.ramstein.af.mil/
Commanders
Current commander
Lt Col Mark D. Nexon[2]
Insignia
496th Air Base Squadron emblem (Approved 17 October 1994)
Military unit
The 496th Air Base Squadron (496 ABS) is a United States Air Force Geographically Separated Unit (GSU), stationed on the Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) installation of Morón Air Base, Spain. The 496 ABS is part of the 65th Air Base Group, Lajes Field, Portugal under the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.[3]
^"Welcome to Morón Air Base" (PDF). www.ramstein.af.mil. 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^"496 ABS (Morón)". www.ramstein.af.mil. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^Rumbaugh, Devin M. (3 April 2019). "496th ABS realigns under 65th ABG". Ramstein Air Base. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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