| 466th Air Expeditionary Group | |
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| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Part of | 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan |
| Garrison/HQ | Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan |
The 466th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) of the United States Air Force provides specified Administrative and Operational control (ADCON/OPCON) of more than 1,800 Airmen at more than 90 locations across Afghanistan. This includes Joint Expeditionary Tasking (JET) airmen and Individual Augmentees (IA) assigned against Joint organizations.[1] The 466 AEG is headquartered at Camp Phoenix, Kabul. The 466 AEG reports directly to the Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan.
The 466 AEG's mission was formerly performed by the now inactive 755th Air Expeditionary Group.
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The unit's mission is threefold:
The Group supports International Security Assistance Force operations with essential resources to strengthen security and build a solid infrastructure.[1]
The 466th AEG is composed of Airmen from more than 115 Air Force Specialty Codes including security forces, explosive ordinance disposal, civil engineering, contracting, communications, medical, intelligence, legal and logistics support to train local officials and rebuild the country.[1]
In May 2009, the group added four subordinate squadrons to provide the growing number of Airmen supporting supporting Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Embedded Training Teams and Brigade Support Teams. Each of the four squadrons are geographically located within their respective areas of responsibility within the ISAF Regional Command (RC).[1]
The squadrons under the group are:[2]
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