List of Air Expeditionary units of the United States Air Force
Air Expeditionary Wings/Groups (AEW/AEG) are a Wing/Group concept used by the United States Air Force. These units are activated under temporary orders by the owning MAJCOM for a specific purpose or mission. Once the subject mission is completed, these units are inactivated.
A good source for some of these units appears to be the annual review issue of Air Force magazine.
Air Expeditionary Units
Unit | Shield | Location | Reports to | Status | Aircraft | Notes |
13 AEG | | Christchurch IAP, New Zealand | PACAF | | | Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica[1] |
16 AEW | | | USAFE | Inactive | | |
40 AEW | | Diego Garcia | PACAF | Inactive | B-52, B-1 | |
64 AEG | | Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia | AFCENT | Active | | |
320 AEW | | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC | AFDW | Inactive | | |
321 AEW | | New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq | AFCENT | Inactive | | |
322 AEG | | | AFCENT | Inactive | | |
323 AEW | | Balotesti, Romania | USAFE | Inactive | | Activated from 14 Mar to 30 Apr 2008. |
332 AEW | | Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait | AFCENT | Inactive | A-10, C-130, F-16CG/C+, HH-60G, Predator UAV | |
363 AEW | | Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia | ACC | Inactive | | Redesignated 363 FTG |
370 AEAG | | | ACC | Active | Iraq | |
376 AEW | | Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan | AFCENT | Active | KC-135 | |
379 AEW | | Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar | AFCENT | Active | KC-135, C-130 | |
380 AEW | | Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE | AFCENT | Active | U-2, RQ-4, KC-135, KC-10 | |
384 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
385 AEG | | Incirlik AB, Turkey | AMC | Active | | |
386 AEW | | Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait | AFCENT | Active | C-130 | |
387 AEG | | Kuwait City IAP, Kuwait | AFCENT | Active | | |
398 AEG | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
401 AEW | | | USAFE | Inactive | | |
404 AEG | | Ramstein AB, Germany | United States Air Forces Africa | Active | C-130 | Air Forces Africa[2] |
405 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | B-1 | |
406 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
407 AEG | | Undisclosed location (2015) Iraq | AFCENT | Active | C-130H | |
409 AEG | | Ārba Minch IAP, Ethiopia | United States Air Forces Africa | | | ISR operations (UAVs), seemingly Horn of Africa.[2] |
410 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
416 AEG | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
432 AEW | | Creech Air Force Base, Nevada | ACC | Active | MQ-1, MQ-9 | |
438 AEW | | Kabul IAP, Afghanistan | AFCENT | Active | | |
444 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
447 AEG | | Iraq | USAFE | Inactive | | |
449 AEG | | Camp Lemonier, Djibouti | USAFE | Active | | |
451 AEG | | Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan | AFCENT | Active | MQ-1, MQ-9, MC-12W Liberty, E-11A | |
455 AEW | | Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan | AFCENT | Active | F-16C | |
457 AEG | | | AFCENT | Inactive | | |
466 AEG | | Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan | AFCENT | Active | | |
467 AEG | | Iraq | AFCENT | Inactive | | Inactivated Dec 2011 |
484 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
485 AEW | | Iraq | AFCENT | Inactive | C-130 | |
486 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | C-130 | |
487 AEW | | | ACC | Inactive | | |
506 AEG | | Joint Base Balad, Iraq | AFCENT | Inactive | C-130 | |
651 AEG | | Camp Bastion, Afghanistan | AFCENT | Active | HH-60 | Activated 29 June 2011 |
References
- ↑ 13AF Public Affairs: "13th Air Expeditionary Group adopts new emblem"
- 1 2 Air Force Magazine, May 2013, p.64
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