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506th Air Expeditionary Group
Emblem of the 506th Air Expeditionary Group
Active
1944–1945; 1952–1959; 1972–1973; 2003–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ
United States Central Command Air Forces
Engagements
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)
Global War on Terrorism
Iraq Campaign (since 2003)
Liberation of Iraq: 19 March 2003 – 1 May 2003
Transition of Iraq: 2 May 2003 – 28 June 2004
Iraqi Governance: 29 June 2004 – 15 December 2005
National Resolution: 16 December 2005 – 9 January 2007
Iraqi Surge: 10 January 2007 – 31 December 2008
Iraqi Sovereignty: 1 January 2009 – 31 August 2010
New Dawn: 1 September 2010 – 31 December 2011
Military unit
The 506th Air Expeditionary Group (506 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
The 506 AEG secures the base, conducts safe flight operations and supports the nation builders in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and other US Air Forces Central and US Central Command contingency plans. As a provisional unit, the 506 AEG may be activated or inactivated at any time.
The group's lineage begins in 1944 as the 301st Fighter Group which flew P-51 Mustangs as part of Twentieth Air Force in the Western Pacific. During the Cold War, the unit was a Strategic Air Command fighter-escort unit and later active with Tactical Air Command and the Air Force Reserve as a tactical fighter unit.
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