5 August 2009 Attached to: United States Air Forces Central, 5 August 2009 – 8 May 2012; 19 May 2015–present. Components 332nd Fighter Group, (later Air Expeditionary Group), 15 August 1947 – 28 August 1948; 26 August 1948 – 1 July 1949. 12 August 2002 – 8 May 2012 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group 332nd Expeditionary Mission Support Group 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group 407th Air Expeditionary Group 438th Air Expeditionary Group 447th Air Expeditionary Group 506th Air Expeditionary Group 732nd Air Expeditionary Group 332nd Expeditionary Communications Squadron Stations Lockbourne AAB (later, AFB), Ohio, 15 August 1947 – 1 July 1949 Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, 12 August 2002 Tallil Air Base, Iraq, March 2003 Balad Air Base (later Joint Base Balad), Iraq, 2004 Undisclosed Location, 18 December 2011 – 8 May 2012 Undisclosed Location, 19 May 2015 – Present''' Aircraft F-47N Thunderbolt, 1947–1949 O/A-10 Thunderbolt II, 1995, 1999, 2001–2003 F/A-18C/D Hornet, 2002 MQ-1A Predator, 2003–2011 HH-60 Pave Hawk, 2003–2011 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 2003–2011 F-15C/D Eagle, 2003–2011 F-15E Strike Eagle, 2003–2011 C-130 Hercules, 2003–2011 A-10 Thunderbolt II, 2007–2011 MC-12W Liberty, 2009–2011 P-51C/D Mustang, 1944-1945 Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Iraq, 16 September 2002 – 15 September 2003 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Iraq, 1 May 2005 – 31 January 2007 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Iraq, 1 February 2007 – 31 January 2008 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Iraq, 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2009 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Iraq, 1 June 2009 – 31 May 2010 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Iraq, 1 June 2010 – 31 May 2011 See also 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group – the famed World War II fighter group also known as the "Tuskegee Airmen" References Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977 (Washington: USGPO, 1984) External links 332 AEW Heritage Site 0332