322d Air Expeditionary Group was activated as part of the United States Air Forces in Europe as an Air Expeditionary unit. Lineage Constituted as the 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 June 1942 Redesignated 322d Bombardment Group, Medium on 20 August 1943 Inactivated on 15 December 1945 Redesignated 322d Bombardment Group, Light Activated in the reserve on 9 August 1947 Inactivated on 27 June 1949 Redesignated as 322d Fighter-Day Group Activated on 1 July 1954 Inactivated on 18 November 1957 Redesignated 322d Tactical Airlift Group on 31 July 1985 Converted to provisional status and redesignated 322d Air Expeditionary Group Activated on 1 July 2004 Inactivated on 24 July 2004 Activated on 20 January 2006 Inactivated on 9 April 2006 Activated on 20 January 2006 Inactivated on 9 April 2006 Activated on 21 July 2007 Inactivated on 17 August 2007 Activated in 2011 Inactivated on 1 January 2012 Activated on 20 January 2012 Inactivated on 8 May 2012 Assignments III Bomber Command, 17 July 1942 – November 1942 3d Bombardment Wing, 1 December 1942 IX Bomber Command, 16 October 1943 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (later 98th Bombardment Wing), 5 December 1943 – Sep 1945 Tenth Air Force, 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949 United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate as needed Attached to Third Air Force, 1 July 2004 – 24 July 2004 16th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force, 20 January 2006 – 9 April 2006 Attached to 48th Fighter Wing, 21 July 2007 – 17 August 2007 Unknown, 2011 – 1 January 2012 Attached to Seventeenth Air Force, 20 January 2012 – 1 April 2012 17th Air Expeditionary Force, 1 April 2012 – 8 May 2012 Components 449th Bombardment Squadron, 17 July 1942 – 11 December 1945; 4 October 1947 – 27 June 1949 450th Bombardment Squadron (later 450th Fighter-Day Squadron), 17 June 1942 – 15 December 1945; 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949; 1 July 1954 – 18 November 1957 451st Bombardment Squadron (later 451st Fighter-Day Squadron), 17 July 1942 – 11 December 1945; 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949; 1 July 1954 – 18 November 1957 452d Bombardment Squadron (later 452d Fighter-Day Squadron), 17 July 1942 – 12 December 1945; 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949; 1 July 1954 – 18 November 1957 Stations MacDill Field, Florida, 17 July 1942 Drane Field, Florida, 22 September – November 1942 RAF