as an air reserve base. As part of a program to keep historically significant wings active, its 22d Air Refueling Wing was reassigned to McConnell without personnel or equipment on 1 January 1994. As a result, on 1 January, the 384th was re-designated as the 384th Bomb Group as a unit under the 22 ARW. The USAF planned to return McConnell AFB to being an air refueling hub, and as a result the B-1 equipped 28th Bomb Squadron was reassigned without equipment or personnel to the 7 OG at Dyess AFB, Texas on 1 October 1994 and the 384 BG was inactivated on 30 September 1994. Global War on Terror The 384th AEW was in existence at an unidentified Middle Eastern location in June 2002. From February–May 2003, the 384 AEW was in existence at Sheik Isa Air Base, Bahrain. On 4 June, the 319th Air Expeditionary Group operating from Shaik Isa Airbase, Bahrain, was redesignated as the 384th Air Expeditionary Group, which was redesignated as the 384th Air Expeditionary Wing on 3 September. The Wing was inactivated in 2004. Other reports have suggested that the 319th AEG was operating from 'Base X' in Oman, which other sources labelled Masirah Air Base. Lineage, assignments, etc Established as 384th Bombardment Wing, Medium, on 23 March 1953 Activated on 1 August 1955 Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 September 1964 Redesignated 384th Air Refueling Wing, Heavy, on 15 November 1972 Activated on 1 December 1972 Redesignated 384th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 1 July 1987 Redesignated 384th Wing, 1 September 1991 Redesignated 384th Bomb Wing, 1 June 1992 Inactivated with personnel and equipment being absorbed by 384th Bomb Group, 1 January 1994 Redesignated 384th Air Expeditionary Wing on 3 September 2003. Activated by redesignation of 384th Air Expeditionary Group on 3 September 2003 Inactivated in 2004 (Date TBD) Assignments 825th Air (later, 825th Strategic Aerospace) Division, 1 August 1955 – 1 September 1964 Attached to 7th Air Division, 3 January-5 April 1957 12th Strategic Missile (later, 12th Air) Division, 1 December 1972 19th Air Division, 1 July 1973 Strategic Air Command, 1 July 1987 Eighth Air Force, 1 June 1992 – 1 January 1994 United States Central Command Air Forces, 3 September 2003 – 2004 Components 28th Bombardment Squadron, (1 July 1987 – 1 October 1994) 70th Bombardment Squadron (1 August 1961 – 1 September 1964) 91st Air Refueling Squadron (1 December 1972 –