322d Air Expeditionary Group
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The 322d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.
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322d Air Expeditionary Group | |
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Active | 1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1954–1957; 2004; 2006; 2007; 2011–2012; 2012 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Expeditionary operations |
Motto(s) | Recto Faciendo Neminem Timmeo Latin I Fear None in Doing Right |
Engagements | European Theater of Operations[1] |
Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation[1] |
Insignia | |
322d Air Expeditionary Group emblem[2] | |
322 Bombardment Gp emblem[1][note 2] |
The group appears to have been activated periodically on-order to provide support to U.S./AU activities in Africa under USAFE's Seventeenth Air Force. In 2004, elements of the group assisted the AU deployment to Sudan;[3] Operation Odyssey Dawn for Libya 2011–12.
During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) was a B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force.