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455TH AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING FACT SHEET
Mission
The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing is comprised of more than 5,000 Airmen - approximately 3,500 are based on Camp Cunningham, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan - who are 'Fighting Terror and Building Peace'. The wing consists of five groups - the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group, 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group and the 755th Air Expeditionary Group. The wing's primary mission is to provide aerial support for Coalition and International Securtiy Assistance Forces on the ground.
Location
Bagram Airfield is located in the Parwan Province approximately 11 kilometers (7 miles) southeast of the city of Charikar and 47 Kilometers (27 miles) north of Kabul. The airfield is served by an 11,820 foot runway completed in 2006 and is capable of serving large cargo and bomber aircraft.
The 455th AEW is co-located with the Combined Joint Task Force-82(CJTF-82) at Bagram Airfield. The mission of CJTF-82 is to conduct a full spectrum of operations to develop Afghan capability to secure its people, exercise capable governance, and develop a sustainable economy while defeating terrorists and insurgents.
Organization
The 455th is one of two Air Force wings in Afghanistan and has members deployed throughout the country supporting the Operation Enduring Freedom.
455th Expeditionary Operations Group: The operations group is responsible for all expeditionary flying and aeromedical evacuation operations for the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. The group oversees the day-to-day operations of two close air support squadrons, one airlift squadron and a Navy electronic attack flying squadron. The EOG also has administrative control over an electronic combat squadron. In addition, the operations group oversees a range of support functions such as airfield management and operations for both Bagram and Kabul, air traffic control, intelligence, weather and a medical clinic that serves the wing.
455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group: The group provides combat-ready aircraft and munitions to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. The group is comprised of two squadrons responsible for on- and off-aircraft maintenance and sortie generation, as well as launch, recovery, and servicing support for military and commercial transient aircraft.
455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group: The group provides a wide range of services for the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. The group is comprised of four squadrons responsible for personnel accountability, manpower resources, services for laundry, billeting, morale and welfare, communications, airfield management, security for aircraft and personnel, local national force protection escorts, fuels, vehicle maintenance, logistics planning, passenger terminal operations and air terminal operations.
455th Expeditionary Medical Group: The group is the Air Force component for Task Force Med, which provides combat medical and combat medical support services to U.S. and coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. Along with the U.S. Army, the 455th EMDG staffs the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram.
755th Air Expeditionary Group: The group supports International Security Assistance Force operations across Afghanistan with essential resources to strengthen security and build a solid infrastructure. It provides Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Embedded Training Teams and Brigade Support Teams with services including security forces, explosive ordinance disposal, civil engineering, contracting, communications, medical, intelligence, legal and logistics support to train local officials and rebuild the country.
455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
DSN: (318) 431-3260
Current as of Sept. 2009
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