398th Air Expeditionary Group

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398th Air Expeditionary Group
Image:398th Air Expeditionary Group.png 398th Air Expeditionary Group emblem
Active	2003-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Dakar, Senegal

The United States Air Force's 398th Air Expeditionary Group is an air expeditionary unit. The Group participated in U.S. operations in Iraq and Liberia during 2003.

1 Mission
2 History
3 Assignments
- 3.1 Major Command
4 Previous designations
5 Squadrons assigned
6 Bases stationed
7 Aircraft & Missiles Operated
8 External links

[edit] Mission

The 398th is one of the Air Force's expeditionary units. These units are activated under temporary orders by the owning MAJCOM for a specific purpose or mission. Once the subject mission is completed, these units are inactivated by the owning MAJCOM.

[edit] History

The 398th Air Expeditionary Group has no modern (post-1947) successor organizations (wing or group), however it assumed the World War II-era 398th Bombardment Group lineage and history.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom the title 398 AEG was given to a collection of units and personnel operating from Souda Bay, Greece.

Later in 2003, the unit participated in Operation Shining Express in Liberia, a rescue operation directed by United States European Command to evacuate civilians from parts of Liberia affected by that country's civil war. Among the groups contributions was delivering a United States Marine Corps security forces team.