List of Air Expeditionary units of the United States Air Force

Air Expeditionary Wings/Groups (AEW/AEG) are a Wing/Group concept used by the United States Air Force. 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.

A good source for some of these units appears to be the annual review issue of Air Force magazine.

Air Expeditionary Units

Unit	Shield	Location	Reports to	Status	Aircraft	Notes
13 AEG		Christchurch IAP, New Zealand	PACAF			Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica[1]
16 AEW			USAFE	Inactive
40 AEW		Diego Garcia	PACAF	Inactive	B-52, B-1
64 AEG		Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia	AFCENT	Active
320 AEW		Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC	AFDW	Inactive
321 AEW		New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq	AFCENT	Inactive
322 AEG			AFCENT	Inactive
323 AEW		Balotesti, Romania	USAFE	Inactive		Activated from 14 Mar to 30 Apr 2008.
332 AEW		Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait	AFCENT	Inactive	A-10, C-130, F-16CG/C+, HH-60G, Predator UAV
363 AEW		Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia	ACC	Inactive		Redesignated 363 FTG
370 AEAG			ACC	Active	Iraq
376 AEW		Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan	AFCENT	Active	KC-135
379 AEW		Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar	AFCENT	Active	KC-135, C-130
380 AEW		Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE	AFCENT	Active	U-2, RQ-4, KC-135, KC-10
384 AEW			ACC	Inactive
385 AEG		Incirlik AB, Turkey	AMC	Active
386 AEW		Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait	AFCENT	Active	C-130
387 AEG		Kuwait City IAP, Kuwait	AFCENT	Active
398 AEG			ACC	Inactive
401 AEW			USAFE	Inactive
404 AEG		Ramstein AB, Germany	United States Air Forces Africa	Active	C-130	Air Forces Africa[2]
405 AEW			ACC	Inactive	B-1
406 AEW			ACC	Inactive
407 AEG		Undisclosed location (2015) Iraq	AFCENT	Active	C-130H
409 AEG		Ārba Minch IAP, Ethiopia	United States Air Forces Africa			ISR operations (UAVs), seemingly Horn of Africa.[2]
410 AEW			ACC	Inactive
416 AEG			ACC	Inactive
432 AEW		Creech Air Force Base, Nevada	ACC	Active	MQ-1, MQ-9
438 AEW		Kabul IAP, Afghanistan	AFCENT	Active
444 AEW			ACC	Inactive
447 AEG		Iraq	USAFE	Inactive
449 AEG		Camp Lemonier, Djibouti	USAFE	Active
451 AEG		Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan	AFCENT	Active	MQ-1, MQ-9, MC-12W Liberty, E-11A
455 AEW		Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan	AFCENT	Active	F-16C
457 AEG			AFCENT	Inactive
466 AEG		Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan	AFCENT	Active
467 AEG		Iraq	AFCENT	Inactive		Inactivated Dec 2011
484 AEW			ACC	Inactive
485 AEW		Iraq	AFCENT	Inactive	C-130
486 AEW			ACC	Inactive	C-130
487 AEW			ACC	Inactive
506 AEG		Joint Base Balad, Iraq	AFCENT	Inactive	C-130
651 AEG		Camp Bastion, Afghanistan	AFCENT	Active	HH-60	Activated 29 June 2011

References

1. 13AF Public Affairs: "13th Air Expeditionary Group adopts new emblem"
2. Air Force Magazine, May 2013, p.64