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387th Air Expeditionary Group
The 387th Air Expeditionary Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base (Cargo City) in Kuwait. Since 2022, it has been a direct reporting unit to United States Air Forces Central Command. It was previously under the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. As a provisional unit assigned to Air Combat Command (ACC), it may be activated or inactivated by ACC at any time. In 2016, the group's mission was to provide support for base operations, coordination with host-nation partners, and administration of the joint-expeditionary-tasked individual augmentees in the United States Central Command area of responsibility.
During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 387th Bombardment Group, was a Martin B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force in Western Europe.
The unit was activated in 2003 as a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was inactivated after the active conflict ended. It is currently an active tenant organization of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at both Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, under Air Mobility Command.
The 387 AEG provides base operating support integration functions for Coalition forces and civilian contractors at one of the busiest United States Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation worldwide. The Airmen of the 387th provide security, anti-terrorism and force protection, civil engineering, emergency management, personnel support, line-haul convoy operations, vehicle maintenance/fleet management, and base supply in support of the primary intra-theater airlift hub for all Joint and Coalition operations going into and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) was constituted on 25 November 1942, and activated on 1 December 1942 at MacDill Field near Tampa, Florida. The group had four operational squadrons, the 556th, 557th, 558th, and 559th Bombardment Squadrons, and was equipped with the Martin B-26B/C Marauder. After training at several stateside airfields, the group was deployed to England in June 1943.
In England, the 387th was assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 3rd Bomb Wing and stationed at RAF Chipping Ongar in Essex. The 387th was the fourth Marauder group to arrive in the UK. The group began combat on 15 August 1943 by joining with three other B-26 groups attacking coastal defenses on the French Coast near Boulogne in conditions of thick fog. While taking off, one of the B-26 Bombers crashed at the end of the main runway, killing all of the crew members except the tail gunner. The group concentrated its attacks on airfields during the first months of operations. In common with other Marauder units of the 3rd Bomb Wing, the 387th was transferred to Ninth Air Force on 16 October 1943.
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387th Air Expeditionary Group
The 387th Air Expeditionary Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base (Cargo City) in Kuwait. Since 2022, it has been a direct reporting unit to United States Air Forces Central Command. It was previously under the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. As a provisional unit assigned to Air Combat Command (ACC), it may be activated or inactivated by ACC at any time. In 2016, the group's mission was to provide support for base operations, coordination with host-nation partners, and administration of the joint-expeditionary-tasked individual augmentees in the United States Central Command area of responsibility.
During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 387th Bombardment Group, was a Martin B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force in Western Europe.
The unit was activated in 2003 as a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was inactivated after the active conflict ended. It is currently an active tenant organization of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at both Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, under Air Mobility Command.
The 387 AEG provides base operating support integration functions for Coalition forces and civilian contractors at one of the busiest United States Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation worldwide. The Airmen of the 387th provide security, anti-terrorism and force protection, civil engineering, emergency management, personnel support, line-haul convoy operations, vehicle maintenance/fleet management, and base supply in support of the primary intra-theater airlift hub for all Joint and Coalition operations going into and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Units in 2016:
Units in 2022:
The 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) was constituted on 25 November 1942, and activated on 1 December 1942 at MacDill Field near Tampa, Florida. The group had four operational squadrons, the 556th, 557th, 558th, and 559th Bombardment Squadrons, and was equipped with the Martin B-26B/C Marauder. After training at several stateside airfields, the group was deployed to England in June 1943.
In England, the 387th was assigned to the Eighth Air Force's 3rd Bomb Wing and stationed at RAF Chipping Ongar in Essex. The 387th was the fourth Marauder group to arrive in the UK. The group began combat on 15 August 1943 by joining with three other B-26 groups attacking coastal defenses on the French Coast near Boulogne in conditions of thick fog. While taking off, one of the B-26 Bombers crashed at the end of the main runway, killing all of the crew members except the tail gunner. The group concentrated its attacks on airfields during the first months of operations. In common with other Marauder units of the 3rd Bomb Wing, the 387th was transferred to Ninth Air Force on 16 October 1943.