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376th Expeditionary Operations Group
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 A 376th airman directs a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker taxiing for a refueling mission at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan | |
| Active | 1942–1945; 1947–1948; 1951–1952; 2001–2014[citation needed] |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Aerial refueling and airlift |
| Part of | United States Air Forces Central |
| Garrison/HQ | Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan |
| Motto(s) | Liberandos[1] |
| Engagements | Mediterranean Theater of Operations War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation[1] Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device[2] |
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| 376th Air Expeditionary Wing emblem[note 1] |  |
| 376th Bombardment Group emblem (approved 8 November 1951)[1][note 2] |  |
The 376th Expeditionary Operations Group was a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit. It was stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic, up until 2014.
Originally activated in World War II as the 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy), it was the first Consolidated B-24 Liberator group to be based on the European Continent. The group engaged in combat as part of the Ninth, Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces in the Egypt-Libya and Italian Campaigns. The group was awarded Distinguished Unit Citations for operations over North Africa and Sicily, November 1942 – 17 August 1943; Ploiești, Romania, 1 August 1943 and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 16 June 1944. The B-24D Lady Be Good was assigned to the 514th Bombardment Squadron.
The 376th is the lead Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling unit for Afghanistan operations. Other USAF aircraft supporting the mission include Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs.
- ^ a b c Maurer, pp. 264–265
- ^ "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 30 January 2017. (search)
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