Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed, 19 March 2003 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, c. 2004 – present Stations Wendover Field, Utah, 1 June 1943 Gowen Field, Idaho, 14 July 1943 Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, 2 August 1943 Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, 9 September 1943 Muroc Army Air Field, California, 2 October–4 December 1943 Cerignola Airfield, Italy, 11 January 1944 Stornara Airfield, Italy, 25 January 1944 – 19 July 1945 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 1 August 1945 Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, 17 August-17 October 1945 McChord Field (later McChord Air Force Base), Washington, 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949 Miami International Airport, Florida, 1 December 1952 Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, 15 August 1953 Shiroi Air Base, Japan, 10 November 1955 Ardmore Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 17 May–9 July 1956 Al Udeid Air Base, c. 2004 – present Aircraft Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1945 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1952–1956 Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 2004 – present Awards and campaigns See also Project Skyhook B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces List of C-130 Hercules operators References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Further reading (experiences with Project Drag Net) 746