322d Air Expeditionary Group

322d Air Expeditionary Group
SSG Austin Layton marshals a C-130 Hercules aircraft[note 1]
Active1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1954–1957; 2004; 2006; 2007; 2011–2012; 2012
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleExpeditionary operations
Motto(s)Recto Faciendo Neminem Timmeo Latin I Fear None in Doing Right
EngagementsEuropean Theater of Operations[1]
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation[1]
Insignia
322d Air Expeditionary Group emblem[2]
322 Bombardment Gp emblem[1][note 2]

The 322d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.

The group appears to have been activated periodically on-order to provide support to U.S./AU activities in Africa under USAFE's Seventeenth Air Force. In 2004, elements of the group assisted the AU deployment to Sudan;[3] Operation Odyssey Dawn for Libya 2011–12.

During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) was a B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force.


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  1. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 202–203
  2. ^ Kane, Robert B. (10 May 2011). "Factsheet 322 Air Expeditionary Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ^ Coon, Charlie (13 November 2004). "U.S. airmen happy to have helped victims of Sudan crisis". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 19 December 2016.