at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates in January 2002 to support the War in Afghanistan. The wing participates in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lineage 380th Bombardment Group Constituted as the 380th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 October 1942 Activated on 3 November 1942 Redesignated 380th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 26 August 1944 Inactivated on 20 February 1946 Redesignated 380th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy Activated in the reserve on 16 June 1947 Redesignated 380th Bombardment Group, Medium on 26 June 1949 Ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 Inactivated on 16 May 1951 Consolidated with the 380th Bombardment Wing as the 380th Bombardment Wing on 31 January 1984 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Established as the 380th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 23 March 1953 Activated on 11 July 1955 Redesignated 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 15 September 1964 Redesignated 380th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 1 July 1972 Consolidated with the 380th Bombardment Group on 31 January 1984 Redesignated 380th Air Refueling Wing on 1 July 1991 Inactivated on 30 September 1995 Redesignated 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and converted to provisional status on 4 December 2001. Assignments 16th Bombardment Wing (later 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing), 3 November 1942 V Bomber Command, c. 28 April 1943 (attached to Northwest Area Command, Royal Australian Air Force), 1 June 1943-January 1945) 310th Bombardment Wing, 24 March – 9 August 1945 Continental Air Command, 16 June 1947 – 16 May 1951 V Bomber Command, c. 9 August 1945 VII Bomber Command, 9 October 1945 Far East Air Forces, c. 28 Nov 1945 – 20 Feb 1946 49th Bombardment Wing (later 49 Air Division), 16 June 1947 Fifteenth Air Force (attached to 307th Bombardment Group), 26 Jun 1949 Second Air Force, 1 April 1950 – 16 May 1951 Eighth Air Force, 11 July 1955 820th Air Division (later 820th Strategic Aerospace Division), 1 February 1956 (attached to 7th Air Division, 3 April–3 July 1957) 817th Air Division, 25 June 1965 45th Air Division, 1 July 1968 817th Air Division, 2 July 1969 45th Air Division, 30 June 1971 Eighth Air Force, 29 March 1989 Fifteenth Air Force, 1 September 1991 Twenty-First Air Force, 1 July 1993 – 30 September 1995 Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed. 4 December 2001 United States Air Forces Central Command (later Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), c. 2002 – present