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The United States Air Force's 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group (438 AEAG) is assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing of USAFCENT and is stationed at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan.

The 438th Air Expeditionary Group stood up on in November 2008 at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan to train fixed and rotary wing aircrew and maintenance me.

History

Global War On Terrorism

The 438th Air Expeditionary Group was activated as part of the Global War On Terror in 2008.

Lineage

Constituted as the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group on 23 October 2008

Activated on 1 November 2008

Assignments

438th Air Expeditionary Wing, 2008–present

Components

438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron - renamed 311th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, February 2016, to follow in the traditions of No. 311 (Czech) Squadron RAF under Czech Air Force command.^[1] The 311 Squadron was disbanded in February 2019.^[2]
439th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron^[3]^[4]
538th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
Detachment 1 (Jalalabad)
Detachment 3 (Mazar-e-Shariff)

Stations

Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, 1 November 2008 – present

Aircraft

Mil Mi-17 Hip, Present
Mil Mi-35 Hind, Present
C-27A, Present

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

[1] "Air unit in Afghanistan renamed to follow in the tradition of 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron RAF | Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic".

[2] "Royal Air Force".

[3] 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron Changes Hands

[4] "TIOH - Heraldry - 440th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.

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