A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 438th Air Expeditionary Group taxi out for a close air support mission
Active
1943–1945; 1949–1951; 1952–1957; 1991–1994; 2007
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Expeditionary operations
Part of
United States Air Forces Central
Motto(s)
Nunquam Non Paratus Latin Never Unprepared
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
438th Air Expeditionary Group emblem (Approved 10 August 1954)[1]
Group emblem as originally designed[1]
Military unit
The United States Air Force's 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group is a provisional unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central to activate or inactivate as needed. It was last active in Al Anbar province, Iraq to provide close-air support to coalition forces in the region with Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. It was composed of deployed aircraft, equipment and personnel from Air Force units around the world.
The unit was first activated during World War II as the 438th Troop Carrier Group, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain unit. It saw combat in the European Theater of Operations as part of IX Troop Carrier Command. The group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions on D-Day during Operation Overlord. After VE Day, the group returned to the United States and was inactivated in December 1945.
The group was again activated in the Air Force Reserves in 1949. It was called to active duty for the Korean War, but its personnel were used as fillers for other units and the group was inactivated. During the mid 1950s, the group was again active in the Reserve as the 438th Fighter-Bomber Group. It remained inactive until 1991, when it became the 438th Operations Group at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey when the 438th Airlift Wing was reorganized under the Objective Wing model. It was inactivated with the wing in 1994.
^ abMaurer, Combat Units, pp. 310-311
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