KC-135 Stratotankers. It is likely that the 60th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Camp Lemonnier is associated with the group in some way. Lineage 449th Bombardment Group Constituted as 449th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 April 1943 Activated on 1 May 1943. Redesignated 449th Bombardment Group, Heavy ca. August 1943 Redesignated 449th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy on 29 May 1945 Inactivated on 4 August 1946 Consolidated with 449th Bombardment Wing as 449th Bombardment Wing on 31 January 1984 (remained inactive) 449th Air Expeditionary Group Constituted as 449th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 23 March 1953 Redesignated 449th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 15 November 1962 and activated (not organized) Organized on 1 February 1963 Inactivated on 30 September 1977. Consolidated with 449th Bombardment Group on 31 January 1984 (remained inactive) Redesignated 449th Air Expeditionary Group and converted to provisional status in 2003. Activated and inactivated on undetermined dates. Assignments Fourth Air Force, 1 May 1943 Second Air Force, 12 September 1943 47th Bombardment Wing: 11 December 1943 – 15 May 1945 20th Bombardment Wing, 29 May 1945 Strategic Air Command: 21 March 1946 – 4 August 1946 Strategic Air Command: 15 November 1962 (not organized) 40th Air Division, 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1977 Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate any time in 2003 (attached to United States Air Forces Central, 2003) United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate any time after 1 October 2008 Seventeenth Air Force, 1 October 2008 - 20 April 2012 Third Air Force, 20 April 2012 – present Stations Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 May 1943 Alamogordo Army Air Field, 5 July 1943 (elements trained at Albuquerque Army Air Base New Mexico) Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, 12 September – 3 December 1943 Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, c. 4 January 1944 – 16 May 1945 Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 29 May 1945 Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas, 24 July 1945 Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska, 8 September 1945 – 4 August 1946. Kincheloe AFB, Michigan, 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1977 Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (2003–present) Components Groups 449th Combat Support Group, 30 June 1971 – 30 September 1977 Operational Squadrons 1943–1977 716th Bombardment Squadron: 1 May 1943 – 4 August 1946, 1 February 1963 – 30 September 1977 717th Bombardment Squadron: 1 May 1943 – 4 August 1946 718th Bombardment Squadron: 1 May 1943 – 4 August 1946 719th Bombardment Squadron (later