Headquarters:
- reported to Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCE), 1953-1967, and 1974-1993 (1967-1974 this command was absorbed into HQ AFCE, under a Deputy Commander for Air)
- HQ at FONTAINBLEU, Fr (20 August 1953 to 1 March 1967)
- HQ at RAMSTEIN AFB, FRG (28 June 1974 - 1993)
- 16 Jul 1953 Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry
- 1 Jan 1956 Air Chief Marshal Sir George Mills
- 20 May 1959 Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst
- 1 Mar 1961 ACM The Earl of Bandon
- 1 Dec 1963 ACM Sir Edmund Hudleston
- 1965-66 German General Johannes Steinhoff was Chief of Staff and acting commander
Subordinate Elements:
- 2 ATAF
- 4 ATAF