398th Air Expeditionary Group

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398th Air Expeditionary Group
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398th Air Expeditionary Group emblem
Active 2003-Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ Dakar, Senegal

The United States Air Force's 398th Air Expeditionary Group is an air expeditionary unit. The Group participated in U.S. operations in Iraq and Liberia during 2003.

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[edit] Mission

The 398th is one of the Air Force's expeditionary units. 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 by the owning MAJCOM.

[edit] History

The 398th Air Expeditionary Group has no modern (post-1947) successor organizations (wing or group), however it assumed the World War II-era 398th Bombardment Group lineage and history.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom the title 398 AEG was given to a collection of units and personnel operating from Souda Bay, Greece.

Later in 2003, the unit participated in Operation Shining Express in Liberia, a rescue operation directed by United States European Command to evacuate civilians from parts of Liberia affected by that country's civil war. Among the groups contributions was delivering a United States Marine Corps security forces team.

[edit] Assignments

[edit] Major Command

[edit] Previous designations

  • 398th Air Expeditionary Group (2003-Present)

[edit] Squadrons assigned

  • 56th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (2003-Present)
  • 786th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (2003-Present)

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[edit] Aircraft & Missiles Operated

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