The
group was activated at
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York and assigned to the 380th Air Refueling Wing in 1991. This was because
Strategic Air Command (SAC) was reorganizing its
wings under the Objective Wing Organization. When it was disestablished the following year, the group became part of
Air Mobility Command. This assignment did not last long, for the
1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of Plattsburgh AFB and the group was inactivated in October 1994. The group was reactivated and redesignated as the
380th Expeditionary Operations Group in early 2002 to support the
War in Afghanistan. The group participated in
Operation Enduring Freedom focused on Afghanistan; and the
Iraq War from 2003, including the
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), which the U.S. Department of Defense codenamed
Operation Iraqi Freedom and
Operation New Dawn.
Lineage • Established as the
380th Operations Group on 29 August 1991 : Activated on 1 September 1991 : Inactivated on 1 October 1994 • Redesignated
380th Expeditionary Operations Group and converted to provisional status on 4 December 2001 • Redesignated as
380th Expeditionary Operations Group in early 2002 and activated.
Assignments • 380th Air Refueling Wing, 1 September 1991 – 1 October 1994 •
Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed after 4 December 2001 ::
380th Air Expeditionary Wing, c. January 2002–present
Units • 12th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron: 2002-Undetermined •
908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron: 2002-Undetermined • 964th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron: 2002-Undetermined • 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron: 2002-Undetermined • 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron: 2002-Undetermined
Stations • Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, 1 September 1991 – 1 October 1994 •
Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, c. January 2002 – present
Aircraft •
KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 1991–1994, 2002-Undetermined •
KC-10A Extender, 2002-Undetermined ==References==