378th Air Expeditionary Wing | |
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Active | 18 October 1942—December 1942 (378 BG) 24 October 2005—14 November 2019 (378 AEG) 14 November 2019—present (378 AEW)[1] (4 years, 11 months) |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Air Expeditionary |
Role | Various |
Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia |
Website | 378th Air Expeditionary Wing |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Brig Gen Willam D. Betts[2] |
Insignia | |
378th Air Expeditionary Wing emblem |
The 378th Air Expeditionary Wing (378 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Forces Central Command unit assigned to Air Combat Command. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.
The 378th Bombardment Group was an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command at Langley Field, Virginia, where it was stationed from October to December 1942. The group participated in the Antisubmarine Campaign along the Atlantic coast of the United States until it was inactivated, when the Antisubmarine Command assigned all its squadrons directly to the command's two antisubmarine wings.
The current 378th AEW is garrisoned in Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.[citation needed]