Original sentence: The base was initially a Royal Canadian Air Force station and housed permanent detachments of the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Defense Command, the Royal Air Force (UK), the Luftwaffe (Germany) and the Aeronautica Militare (Italy), as well as hosting temporary training deployments from  the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Edited sentence: It was later home to permanent detachments of the Royal Air Force, the Luftwaffe and the Aeronautica Militare, as well as hosting temporary training deployments from  the Royal Netherlands Air Force.The base also serves as a forward operating base for CF-18 interceptors.The base was initially a Royal Canadian Air Force station and later a United States Air Force base, housing units of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Defense Command