The 404 AEG may be activated or inactivated at any time. Last activated on 1 October 2008, it currently provides intertheater airlift in support of US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) taskings since 1 October 2008. The 404 AEG added, in provisional status, the 459th Expeditionary Air Medical Squadron.[1]
During contingency operations, the group forward-deploys to facilitate air and support operations for varied missions, ranging from humanitarian airlift to presidential support. The 404th AEG deployed to Rwanda in January 2009 to provide airlift for peacekeeping equipment in support of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur. In July 2009, the 404th AEG deployed to Ghana to provide aerial port and aircraft maintenance teams, along with forward communications, early warning, and air domain safety and security elements for U.S. President Barack Obama's visit.[2]
Established as the 100th Fighter Wing and organized in England in late 1943. Assigned to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), IX Fighter Command, Ninth Air Force. Began operational missions in April 1944, mission of the Wing was to receive operational orders from Headquarters, IX Fighter Command and direct subordinate groups in attacking enemy targets in Occupied France and the Low Countries in preparation for the Normandy Invasion in June 1944. Targets included bridges, roads, railroads and enemy interceptor aircraft both on the ground as well as in air-to-air combat.
After the D-Day invasion, was reassigned to IX Tactical Air Command (IX TAC) and directed to provide ground support for advancing United States First Army forces in France, attacking enemy targets initially in the Cotentin Peninsula, then supported Operation Cobra, the breakout of Normandy and attacked enemy forces in the Falaise-Argentan Gap. Wing headquarters and subordinate units operated primarily from liberated airfields and newly built temporary Advanced Landing Grounds in France, moved into north-central France, its groups attacking enemy targets near Paris then north-west into Belgium and the southern Netherlands. In December 1944/January 1945, engaged enemy targets on the north side of the Battle of the Bulge, then moved eastward into the Northern Rhineland as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany.
Supported First Army as it crossed the Rhine River at Remagen then moved north to attack ground targets in the Ruhr, providing air support as Allied ground forces encircled enemy forces in the Ruhr Pocket, essentially ending organized enemy resistance in Western Germany. First Army halted its advance at the Elbe River in late April 1945, the wing engaging targets of opportunity in enemy-controlled areas until combat was ended on 5 May 1945.
It remained in Europe for four months after VE Day, as part of United States Air Forces in Europe. It performed occupation duty and the destruction or shipment to the United States of captured enemy combat equipment - Operation Lusty. It was inactivated in Germany in August 1945.
From 1957edit
Emblem of the 704th Strategic Missile Wing (1957–1958)
The 704th Strategic Missile Wing activated on 1 July 1957 at Vandenberg AFB, California, but was not operational until mid-November 1957. While it had two operational squadrons, its task was training on the SM-65 Atlas, PGM-19 Jupiter, and the PGM-17 Thor from November 1957 – April 1959. Not operational 6 April – 1 July 1959. The wing then was redesignated as the 404th Tactical Missile Wing on 31 July 1985. This was a "paper" administrative redesignation, and it was never activated while under this name.
As an Air Expeditionary unit, it has been activated and inactivated on several occasions by USAFE from 2003–2008. In June–July 2003 it was activated at RAF Mildenhall, UK. It was part of the 323rd AEW from 14 March – 30 April 2008 at Balotesti, Romania, when the 323 AEW served briefly as the USAF headquarters for a NATO Summit.[3]
Operations and decorationsedit
Combat Operations: Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 15 April 1944-May 1945.
Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Lineageedit
Established as 100th Fighter Wing on 8 November 1943
Activated on 24 November 1943
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
Disestablished on 15 June 1983
Reestablished, and consolidated (31 July 1985) with the 704th Strategic Missile Wing
Established on 20 May 1957
Activated on 1 July 1957
Redesignated 704th Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM) on 1 April 1958
Inactivated on 1 July 1959
Redesignated: 404th Tactical Missile Wing on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)
Redesignated: 404th Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status on 24 March 2003
Activated on 16 June 2003; Inactivated on 8 July 2003
Activated on 27 August 2003; Inactivated on 19 September 2003
Activated on 27 May 2005; Inactivated on 22 June 2005
Activated on 28 June 2007; Inactivated on 30 July 2007
Activated on 14 March 2008; Inactivated on 30 April 2008
Activated on 21 August 2008; Inactivated on 15 September 2008
Johnson, 1st Lt. David C. (1988). (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-912799-12-9.
External linksedit
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 404th Air Expeditionary Group news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 404th Air Expeditionary Group 404 AEG is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe It is attached to Seventeenth Air Force Air Forces Africa stationed at Ramstein Air Base Germany 404th Air Expeditionary Group404th Air Expeditionary Group EmblemActive1943 1945 1955 1957 1958 1959 2003 2005 2007 2008 presentCountryUnited StatesBranchUnited States Air ForceTypeAir ExpeditionaryRoleCombat SupportPart ofUnited States Air Forces in EuropeGarrison HQRamstein AB GermanyDecorationsAFOUACommandersCurrentcommanderColonel Phillip S Fallin The 404 AEG may be activated or inactivated at any time Last activated on 1 October 2008 it currently provides intertheater airlift in support of US Africa Command USAFRICOM taskings since 1 October 2008 The 404 AEG added in provisional status the 459th Expeditionary Air Medical Squadron 1 During contingency operations the group forward deploys to facilitate air and support operations for varied missions ranging from humanitarian airlift to presidential support The 404th AEG deployed to Rwanda in January 2009 to provide airlift for peacekeeping equipment in support of the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur In July 2009 the 404th AEG deployed to Ghana to provide aerial port and aircraft maintenance teams along with forward communications early warning and air domain safety and security elements for U S President Barack Obama s visit 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 World War II 1 2 From 1957 1 3 Operations and decorations 1 4 Lineage 1 5 Assignments 1 6 Units 1 6 1 World War II Groups 1 6 2 Squadrons 1 7 Stations 1 8 Known aircraft and missiles 2 References 3 External linksHistory editWorld War II edit Established as the 100th Fighter Wing and organized in England in late 1943 Assigned to the European Theater of Operations ETO IX Fighter Command Ninth Air Force Began operational missions in April 1944 mission of the Wing was to receive operational orders from Headquarters IX Fighter Command and direct subordinate groups in attacking enemy targets in Occupied France and the Low Countries in preparation for the Normandy Invasion in June 1944 Targets included bridges roads railroads and enemy interceptor aircraft both on the ground as well as in air to air combat After the D Day invasion was reassigned to IX Tactical Air Command IX TAC and directed to provide ground support for advancing United States First Army forces in France attacking enemy targets initially in the Cotentin Peninsula then supported Operation Cobra the breakout of Normandy and attacked enemy forces in the Falaise Argentan Gap Wing headquarters and subordinate units operated primarily from liberated airfields and newly built temporary Advanced Landing Grounds in France moved into north central France its groups attacking enemy targets near Paris then north west into Belgium and the southern Netherlands In December 1944 January 1945 engaged enemy targets on the north side of the Battle of the Bulge then moved eastward into the Northern Rhineland as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany Supported First Army as it crossed the Rhine River at Remagen then moved north to attack ground targets in the Ruhr providing air support as Allied ground forces encircled enemy forces in the Ruhr Pocket essentially ending organized enemy resistance in Western Germany First Army halted its advance at the Elbe River in late April 1945 the wing engaging targets of opportunity in enemy controlled areas until combat was ended on 5 May 1945 It remained in Europe for four months after VE Day as part of United States Air Forces in Europe It performed occupation duty and the destruction or shipment to the United States of captured enemy combat equipment Operation Lusty It was inactivated in Germany in August 1945 From 1957 edit nbsp Emblem of the 704th Strategic Missile Wing 1957 1958 The 704th Strategic Missile Wing activated on 1 July 1957 at Vandenberg AFB California but was not operational until mid November 1957 While it had two operational squadrons its task was training on the SM 65 Atlas PGM 19 Jupiter and the PGM 17 Thor from November 1957 April 1959 Not operational 6 April 1 July 1959 The wing then was redesignated as the 404th Tactical Missile Wing on 31 July 1985 This was a paper administrative redesignation and it was never activated while under this name As an Air Expeditionary unit it has been activated and inactivated on several occasions by USAFE from 2003 2008 In June July 2003 it was activated at RAF Mildenhall UK It was part of the 323rd AEW from 14 March 30 April 2008 at Balotesti Romania when the 323 AEW served briefly as the USAF headquarters for a NATO Summit 3 Operations and decorations edit Combat Operations Combat in European Theater of Operations ETO 15 April 1944 May 1945 Campaigns Air Offensive Europe Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes Alsace Central EuropeLineage edit Established as 100th Fighter Wing on 8 November 1943Activated on 24 November 1943 Inactivated on 7 November 1945 Disestablished on 15 June 1983Reestablished and consolidated 31 July 1985 with the 704th Strategic Missile WingEstablished on 20 May 1957 Activated on 1 July 1957 Redesignated 704th Strategic Missile Wing ICBM on 1 April 1958 Inactivated on 1 July 1959Redesignated 404th Tactical Missile Wing on 31 July 1985 Remained inactive Redesignated 404th Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status on 24 March 2003Activated on 16 June 2003 Inactivated on 8 July 2003 Activated on 27 August 2003 Inactivated on 19 September 2003 Activated on 27 May 2005 Inactivated on 22 June 2005 Activated on 28 June 2007 Inactivated on 30 July 2007 Activated on 14 March 2008 Inactivated on 30 April 2008 Activated on 21 August 2008 Inactivated on 15 September 2008 Activated on 1 October 2008 Assignments edit Ninth Air Force 24 November 1943 IX Fighter Command 27 November 1943 IX Air Support Command 12 December 1943 IX Fighter Command 4 January 1944 IX Air Support Command 1 February 1944 IX Fighter Command 1 March 1944 XIX Air Support later XIX Tactical Air Command 15 April 1944 28 June 1945Under operational control of IX Fighter Command 15 April 31 July 1944First Air Force 6 September 7 November 1945 Air Research and Development Command 1 July 1957Attached to Air Force Ballistic Missile Division 1 31 July 19571st Missile Division 1 August 1957 1 July 1959 United States Air Forces in Europe for activation or inactivation any time after 24 March 2003Attached to Third Air Force 16 June 8 July 2003 Attached to Sixteenth Air Force 27 August 19 September 2003 Attached to Sixteenth Air Force 27 May 22 June 2005 Attached to Third Air Force Air Forces Europe 28 June 30 July 2007323d Air Expeditionary WingAttached to Third Air Force Air Forces Europe 14 March 30 April 2008United States Air Forces in EuropeAttached to 48th Fighter Wing 21 August 15 September 2008 Attached to Seventeenth Air Force Air Forces Africa 1 October 2008 present Units edit World War II Groups edit 354th Fighter Group P 51 Mustang 27 November 2 December 1943 15 April 1944 4 July 1945Under operational control of 70th Fighter Wing 22 June 19 August 1944362d Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolt 1 August 1944 August 1945Attached to XIX Tactical Air Command entire period363d Fighter Group P 38 F 5 Lightning August October 1944Re designated as 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group 4 September 1944 371st Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolt 1 August 29 September 1944Attached to XIX Tactical Air Command entire period405th Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolt 1 October 1944 8 February 1945Attached to XIX Tactical Air Command entire period406th Fighter Group P 47 Thunderbolt 1 October 1944 8 February 1945Attached to XIX Tactical Air Command entire period Squadrons edit 576th Strategic Missile Squadron 1 April 1958 1 July 1959 detached 6 April 1 July 1959 644th Strategic Missile Squadron 15 January 1 July 1959 detached 6 April 1 July 1959 672d Strategic Missile later 672d Technical Training Squadron 1 January 20 May 1958 864th Strategic Missile later 864th Technical Training Squadron 23 February 1958 1 July 1959 detached 1 November 1958 1 July 1959 865th Strategic Missile later 865th Technical Training Squadron 1 July 1958 1 July 1959 detached 1 November 1958 1 July 1959 866th Strategic Missile Squadron 1 September 1958 1 July 1959 detached 1 November 1958 1 July 1959 37th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron 28 June 30 July 2007 42d Expeditionary Airlift Squadron 1 October 2008 present 336th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron 21 August 15 September 2008 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron 21 August 15 September 2008 492d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron 14 March 7 April 2008 493d Expeditionary Fighter Squadron 14 March 7 April 2008 Stations edit RAF Boxted AAF 150 England 24 November 1943 RAF Greenham Common AAF 486 England 6 December 1943 RAF Ibsley AAF 347 England 13 January 1944 RAF Lashenden AAF 410 England c 15 April June 1944 Cricqueville Airfield A 2 France 1 July 1944 Saint Pierre Eglise France 10 July 1944 Rennes Airfield A 27 France 8 August 1944 Le Mans Airfield A 35 France 30 August 1944 St Dizier Airfield A 64 France 19 September 1944 Metz Airdrome Y 34 France 29 December 1944 Konigstein Germany 14 April August 1945 Seymour Johnson AAF North Carolina 6 September 7 November 1945 Cooke later Vandenberg AFB California 1 July 1957 1 July 1959 RAF Mildenhall England 16 June 8 July 2003 Graf Ignatievo Air Base Bulgaria 27 August 19 September 2003 31st Tactical Air Base Krzesiny Poland 27 May 22 June 2005 Ramstein AB Germany 28 June 30 July 2007 Campia Turzii Romania 14 March 30 April 2008 Keflavik AS Iceland 21 August 15 September 2008 Ramstein AB Germany 1 October 2008 present Known aircraft and missiles edit P 38 Lightning 1944 1945 P 47 Thunderbolt 1944 1945 P 51 Mustang 1944 1945 SM 65 Atlas 1958 1959 PGM 19 Jupiter 1958 PGM 17 Thor 1958 1959 HGM 25A Titan I 1959 C 130 Hercules 2008 presentReferences edit nbsp World War II portal nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency 17TH sends medica to SHARED ACCORD Archived from the original on 15 July 2009 Retrieved 21 June 2009 Library gt Fact Sheets gt 17th Air Force U S Air Forces Africa Archived from the original on 30 July 2012 Retrieved 9 April 2012 United States European Command http www eucom mil English FullStory asp art 1662 Archived 10 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 2009 Johnson 1st Lt David C 1988 U S Army Air Forces Continental Airfields ETO D Day to V E Day PDF Maxwell AFB AL Research Division USAF Historical Research Center Archived from the original PDF on 29 September 2015 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Maurer Maurer ed 1983 1961 Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 02 1 LCCN 61060979 Ravenstein Charles A 1984 Air Force Combat Wings Lineage amp Honors Histories 1947 1977 Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 12 9 404th Air Expeditionary Group Factsheet 404th AEG gets new commanderExternal links editUnited States Air Forces in Europe United States African Command Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 404th Air Expeditionary Group amp oldid 1134810268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
