the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron; the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron; wing support organizations included the 40th Expeditionary Logistics Group; and also reported that it parented the 60th Air Expeditionary Group; the 321st Air Expeditionary Group, for a time located at Jacobabad in Pakistan, and the 462d Air Expeditionary Group. It is known that the 40 AEW B-52 Stratofortresses dropped about 58 percent of the munitions used during Operation Anaconda and had flown more than 80 sorties; releasing more than 2,000 bombs supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. It is not known when the wing was inactivated or if it is still operational. However, it is known that bomber operations from Diego Garcia concluded on 15 August 2006. Lineage, assignments, components, stations Lineage 40th Air Expeditionary Wing Constituted as the 40th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 22 November 1940 Activated on 1 April 1941 Redesignated 40th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 25 May 1942. Redesignated 40th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy on 20 November 1943. Inactivated on 1 October 1946 Redesignated as 40th Tactical Group and activated on 14 March 1966 (not organized) Organized on 1 April 1966 Consolidated on 31 January 1984 with the 40th Strategic Aerospace Wing Redesignated 40th Tactical Support Wing on 30 July 1990 Inactivated on 4 May 1992. Redesignated 40th Air Expeditionary Wing, and converted to provisional status on 31 January 2002 40th Strategic Aerospace Wing Constituted as the 40th Bombardment Wing, Medium, on 9 May 1952 Activated on 28 May 1952. Redesignated 40th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 February 1964 Discontinued and inactivated, on 1 September 1964. Consolidated on 31 January 1984 with the 40th Tactical Group as the 40th Tactical Group Assignments Panama Canal Air Force, 1 April 1940 13 Composite Wing,1 May 1941 VI Bomber Command, 25 October 1941 Sixth Air Force, 13 June – 1 July 1943 Second Air Force II Bomber Command, 1 July 1943 Second Air Force, 6 October 1943 Twentieth Air Force XX Bomber Command 58th Bombardment Wing, 19 November 1943 XX Bomber Command, 1 October – 7 November 1945 Continental Air Forces Fourth Air Force, 27 November 1945 – 8 May 1946 Strategic Air Command, 21 March – 1 October 1946; 25 May 1952 Fifteenth Air Force 802d Air Division, 28 May 1952 Attached to: 310th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 6 February – 1 May 1953 Attached to: 7th Air Division, 9 June – 9 September 1955 Eighth Air Force 802d Air Division,