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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A <a href="/wiki/B-52H_Stratofortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52H Stratofortress">B-52H Stratofortress</a> takes off from the 457th Group's base in April 2003<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945; 1993–1994; 2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Fait Accompli <a href="/wiki/French_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="French Language">French</a> Mission Accomplished</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a> wilth <a href="/wiki/Combat_%22V%22_Device" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat "V" Device">Combat "V" Device</a><br />Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">457th Air Expeditionary Group emblem</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg/165px-457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg/248px-457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/457thoperationsgroup-patch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="245" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">457th Bombardment Group emblem<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:457thaeg-emblem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/457thaeg-emblem.jpg/165px-457thaeg-emblem.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/457thaeg-emblem.jpg/248px-457thaeg-emblem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/457thaeg-emblem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="290" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">World War II Tail Code<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><big>Triangle with <b>U</b></big></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The United States Air Force's <b>457th Air Expeditionary Group</b> is a provisional <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> unit assigned to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> to activate or inactivate as needed. It has been activated to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>, joint operations with the <a href="/wiki/Tanzania_Air_Force_Command" title="Tanzania Air Force Command">Tanzania Air Force Command</a> and for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was activated during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as the <b>457th Bombardment Group</b>. It flew <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a> from England, entering the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign</a> during <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a>. It flew 7,086 sorties before returning to the United States for inactivation in the summer of 1945. It was again active from 1993 to 1994 as the <b>457th Operations Group</b>, controlling <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Air_refueling" class="mw-redirect" title="Air refueling">air refueling</a> operations at <a href="/wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus Air Force Base</a>, Oklahoma. The 457th was converted to provisional status in 2001. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Training_in_the_United_States">Training in the United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Training in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>457th Bombardment Group</b> was activated at <a href="/wiki/Geiger_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Geiger Field">Geiger Field</a>, Washington on 1 July 1943 with the <a href="/wiki/748th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="748th Bombardment Squadron">748th</a>, <a href="/wiki/749th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="749th Bombardment Squadron">749th</a>, <a href="/wiki/750th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="750th Bombardment Squadron">750th</a> and <a href="/wiki/751st_Bombardment_Squadron" title="751st Bombardment Squadron">751st Bombardment Squadrons</a> assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MaurerSquadrons_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerSquadrons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It moved a week later to <a href="/wiki/Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid City Army Air Base">Rapid City Army Air Base</a>, South Dakota, where it began training with the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a> heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of its training there. It completed its training at <a href="/wiki/Ephrata_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ephrata Army Air Base">Ephrata Army Air Base</a>, Washington, then moved to <a href="/wiki/Wendover_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Wendover Field">Wendover Field</a>, Utah for final preparation for overseas movement.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman258_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman258-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It departed for the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a> on New Years Day, 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Combat_in_Europe">Combat in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combat in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg/220px-457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg/330px-457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg/440px-457bg-B-17G-40-BO-42-97075.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>B-17s of the 457th Bomb Group attacking a target<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> assembled at its combat station, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Glatton" title="RAF Glatton">RAF Glatton</a> by the end of the month. The air echelon had begun arriving at Glatton on 21 January.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman258_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman258-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group flew its first mission during <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a> on 21 February 1944, as <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> concentrated its attacks on Germany's aircraft manufacturing industry. It engaged primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#US_bombing_in_Europe" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">strategic bombing campaign</a> against Germany, attacking <a href="/wiki/Ball_bearing" title="Ball bearing">ball bearing</a> plants, <a href="/wiki/Oil_refineries" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil refineries">oil refineries</a> and aircraft factories until June 1944. In July 1944, the group returned to strategic targets, which remained its primary objectives through April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 November 1944, the 457th and another group strayed from the main bomber stream and its fighter cover. <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> fighter controllers directed a <a href="/wiki/Geschwader" class="mw-redirect" title="Geschwader">geschwader</a> of <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptors</a> against the formation. Nine of the 457th Group's Flying Fortresses were lost to this attack.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg/220px-457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg/330px-457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg/440px-457bg-B-17G-25-DL-42-38046.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="321" /></a><figcaption>B-17G "Queen Bea" of the 751st Bomb Squadron<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1944, the group was diverted from its strategic mission to prepare for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, the invasion of France. On <a href="/wiki/D_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D Day">D Day</a>, it attacked <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coastal defenses</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherbourg Peninsula">Cherbourg Peninsula</a>. For the remainder of the month it was engaged in <a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">air interdiction</a>, striking <a href="/wiki/Military_air_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Military air base">airfields</a>, rail systems and roads and depots behind enemy lines. The group was also diverted to tactical targets for shorter periods. In July 1944, it supported <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a> the breakout of ground forces at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lo" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Lo">Saint Lo</a>. During <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>, the attempt to secure bridgeheads across the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine River">Rhine River</a> in the Netherlands, it supported the <a href="/wiki/British_1st_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="British 1st Airborne Division">British 1st Airborne Division</a>. It provided similar support during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> in December 1944 and January 1945, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, the airborne assault across the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> in March 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. In fourteen months in combat, the group had flown 7086 sorties. It claimed the destruction of 33 enemy aircraft, but lost 83 Flying Fortresses. Following <a href="/wiki/V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a>, it transported <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> from Austria to France.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air echelon departed Glatton between 19 and 23 May, while the ground echelon sailed on the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth" title="RMS Queen Elizabeth">RMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a> on 24 June, arriving at the New York Port of Emarkation five days later.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman258_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman258-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It assembled at <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux Falls Army Air Field">Sioux Falls Army Air Field</a>, South Dakota in late July. It was inactivated there the following month.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Empire_State_Building_accident">Empire State Building accident</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Empire State Building accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/B-25_Empire_State_Building_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="B-25 Empire State Building crash">B-25 Empire State Building crash</a></div> <p>On Saturday, 28 July 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith lost his way while ferrying a 457th <a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">North American B-25 Mitchell</a> bomber from <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford Army Air Base">Bedford Army Air Base</a> to Sioux Falls via <a href="/wiki/Newark_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark Airport">Newark Airport</a>. Emerging from low cloud at about 9,000 feet (2,700 m) Smith found himself among the skyscrapers of <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>. His aircraft crashed headlong into the 79th floor level of the <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a>, killing Smith, two passengers and eleven office workers. The B-25 exploded on impact spraying burning fuel into <a href="/wiki/34th_Street_(Manhattan)" title="34th Street (Manhattan)">34th Street</a> below, one of the engines completely passing through the building and out the other side.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_refueling_operations">Air refueling operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Air refueling operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 July 1993, <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC) transferred its crew training mission at <a href="/wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus Air Force Base</a>, Oklahoma to <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Education and Training Command</a> (AETC). Although the <a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Air Mobility Wing</a> remained the host at Altus, it became an AETC wing. The two operational <a href="/wiki/Air_refueling" class="mw-redirect" title="Air refueling">air refueling</a> squadrons at Altus, the <a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="11th Air Refueling Squadron">11th</a> and <a href="/wiki/306th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="306th Air Refueling Squadron">306th Air Refueling Squadrons</a>, and their <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135R_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135R Stratotankers</a> were transferred to the reactivated <b>457th Operations Group</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dancey_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancey-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 457th's squadrons deployed personnel and aircraft to <a href="/wiki/Aviano_Air_Base" title="Aviano Air Base">Aviano Air Base</a>, Italy, and <a href="/wiki/Incirlik_Air_Base" title="Incirlik Air Base">Incirlik Air Base</a>, Turkey to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Watch" title="Operation Northern Watch">Operation Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch" title="Operation Southern Watch">Operation Southern Watch</a> duties as the lead tanker unit. The 11th Squadron was inactivated in August 1994, while the group and the 306th Squadron remained active until 1 October 1994.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expeditionary_operations">Expeditionary operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Expeditionary operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was converted to provisional status as the <b>457th Air Expeditionary Group</b> in February 2001 and assigned to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> to activate or inactivate as needed.<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Iraqi_Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operation Iraqi Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the spring of 2003, the group was activated at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a> to support approximately a dozen <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses</a> deployed from <a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot Air Force Base</a>, North Dakota, operating to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a>. While at Fairford, the bombers flew 120 sorties, both bombing and leaflet dropping.<sup id="cite_ref-bombergroup_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bombergroup-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a sortie flown on 11 April 2003, a 457th crew deployed from the <a href="/wiki/917th_Wing" title="917th Wing">917th Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, Louisiana used the <a href="/wiki/Litening" class="mw-redirect" title="Litening">Litening II</a> precision targeting pod system, which uses a <a href="/wiki/Laser" title="Laser">laser</a> designator to "paint" targets. Although the system had been used by other platforms, this was its first use in combat by a B-52<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bombers returned to North Dakota on 24 April, but elements of the group remained behind to secure materiel, including unexpended munitions.<sup id="cite_ref-bombergroup_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bombergroup-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tanzania">Tanzania</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tanzania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was activated for three months in 2008 at <a href="/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" title="Dar es Salaam">Dar es Salaam</a> Tanzania. During this time, it had an air control squadron and an air base squadron assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRjan08_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRjan08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRmay08_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRmay08-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Odyssey_Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Operation Odyssey Dawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, the group was briefly active at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Rota" title="Naval Station Rota">Naval Station Rota</a>, Spain to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a>, the enforcement of a no fly zone over Libya.<sup id="cite_ref-CombatComm_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CombatComm-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as the <b>457th Bombardment Group</b> (Heavy) on 19 May 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 July 1943</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>457th Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy c. 1944</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>457th Operations Group</b> and activated on 1 July 1993</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 1 October 1994</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>457th Air Expeditionary Group</b> and converted to provisional status on 5 February 2001<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Activated c. 1 February 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated c. 31 May 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated 30 January 2008<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRjan08_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRjan08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated 4 May 2008<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRmay08_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRmay08-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated c. March 2011<sup id="cite_ref-CombatComm_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CombatComm-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated c. April 2011<sup id="cite_ref-CombatComm_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CombatComm-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a>, 4 July 1943<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="94th Combat Bombardment Wing">94th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, 21 January 1944<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman258_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman258-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>, 18 June 1945<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 20 July–28 August 1945<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Air Refueling Wing">19th Air Refueling Wing</a>, 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-19AWfacts_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19AWfacts-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate at any time after 5 February 2001<sup id="cite_ref-DAF201s_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF201s-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">16th Air Expeditionary Task Force</a>, c. 1 February–c. 31 May 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFawards_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFawards-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Attached to <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 30 January–4 May 2008<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRjan08_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRjan08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRmay08_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRmay08-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/313th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="313th Air Expeditionary Wing">313th Air Expeditionary Wing</a>, c. March–c. April 2011<sup id="cite_ref-CombatComm_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CombatComm-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_Components">Operational Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Operational Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>11th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Dancey_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancey-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Expeditionary_Bomb_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Expeditionary Bomb Squadron">23d Expeditionary Bomb Squadron</a>: c. 21 February 2003 – c. 24 April 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>306th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Dancey_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancey-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>603d Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, 30 January 2008 – 4 May 2008<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRjan08_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRjan08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRmay08_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRmay08-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>748th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerSquadrons_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerSquadrons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>749th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerSquadrons_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerSquadrons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>750th Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerSquadrons_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerSquadrons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>751st Bombardment Squadron: 4 July 1943 – 28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-MaurerSquadrons_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaurerSquadrons-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Geiger Field, Washington, 4 July 1943</li> <li>Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 9 July 1943</li> <li>Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 28 October 1943</li> <li>Wendover Field, Utah, 4 December 1943 – 1 January 1944</li> <li>RAF Glatton (Station 130),<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 22 January 1944 – 1 June 1945</li> <li>Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 20 July–28 August 1945<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 1 July 1993 – 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-Dancey_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancey-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>RAF Fairford, England, c. 1 February–c. 31 May 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFawards_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFawards-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 30 January–4 May 2008<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRjan08_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRjan08-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSRmay08_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSRmay08-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Naval Station Rota Spain, c. March–c. April 2011<sup id="cite_ref-CombatComm_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CombatComm-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 1943–1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, 1993–1994,<sup id="cite_ref-Dancey_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dancey-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2011</li> <li>Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, 2003<sup id="cite_ref-Freedom_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_campaigns">Awards and campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards and campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award streamer</th> <th>Award</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/200px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/300px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/400px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="38" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a> with <a href="/wiki/Combat_%22V%22_Device" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat "V" Device">Combat "V" Device</a></td> <td>1 February 2003–31 May 2003<sup id="cite_ref-AFawards2_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFawards2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>457th Air Expeditionary Group </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 July 1993-30 June 1994<sup id="cite_ref-AFawards2_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFawards2-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>457th Operations Group </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Offensive, Europe</td> <td>28 January 1944 – 5 June 1944</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Normandy</td> <td>6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Northern France</td> <td>25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Rhineland</td> <td>15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Ardennes-Alsace</td> <td>16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Central Europe</td> <td>22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945</td> <td>457th Bombardment Group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer457BG_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer457BG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">List of United States Air Force Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress_units_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces">B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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It was equipped with the Litening 2 pod for laser-guided bomb delivery. The <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrew</a> was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The aircraft in the foreground is Boeing B-17G-40-BO Flying Fortress, serial 42-97075 "Flak Dodger" of the 750th Bombardment Squadron. This plane survived the war and returned to the USA in June 1945. It is also featured on the covers of both <i>The Fireball Outfit</i> and <i>Ready or Not: Into the Wild Blue</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft is Douglas built Boeing B-17G-25-DL Flying Fortress, serial 42-38056 "Queen Bea". Queen Bea was returning from a mission to <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a>, France on 22 June 1944 and was badly shot up from flak with no hydraulic system. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Combat+Comm+supports+40-year+UN+resolution&rft.pub=Kaiserslautern+American&rft.date=2011-12-02&rft.au=Staff+writer%2C+no+byline&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserslauternamerican.com%2Fcombat-comm-supports-40-year-un-resolution%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer457BG2-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer457BG2_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer457BG2_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lineage, including aircraft through 1957 in Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 332–333</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Freedom-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freedom_18-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTudor2003" class="citation web cs1">Tudor, TSG Jason (25 April 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.raf-fairford.co.uk/operation-iraqi-freedom/">"Air Force forward operating base scales down after operation"</a>. 457th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Air+Force+forward+operating+base+scales+down+after+operation&rft.pub=457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group+Public+Affairs&rft.date=2003-04-25&rft.aulast=Tudor&rft.aufirst=TSG+Jason&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.raf-fairford.co.uk%2Foperation-iraqi-freedom%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19AWfacts-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19AWfacts_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobertson2017" class="citation web cs1">Robertson, Patsy (19 June 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433493/19-airlift-wing-amc/">"Factsheet 19 Airlift Wing (AMC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+19+Airlift+Wing+%28AMC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2017-06-19&rft.aulast=Robertson&rft.aufirst=Patsy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433493%2F19-airlift-wing-amc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFawards-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFawards_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFawards_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://access.afpc.af.mil/AwardsDMZNet40/SearchAwards.aspx">"Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards"</a>. Air Force Personnel Center<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Personnel+Services%3A+Unit+Awards&rft.pub=Air+Force+Personnel+Center&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faccess.afpc.af.mil%2FAwardsDMZNet40%2FSearchAwards.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span> (search)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Station number in Anderson.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Station information through 1945 in Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 332–333, except as noted.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFawards2-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFawards2_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFawards2_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://access.afpc.af.mil/AwardsDMZNet40/SearchAwards.aspx">"Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards"</a>. Air Force Personnel Center<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Personnel+Services%3A+Unit+Awards&rft.pub=Air+Force+Personnel+Center&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faccess.afpc.af.mil%2FAwardsDMZNet40%2FSearchAwards.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span> (search)</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson1985" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160123155923/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf"><i>Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Army+Air+Forces+Stations%3A+A+Guide+to+the+Stations+Where+U.S.+Army+Air+Forces+Personnel+Served+in+the+United+Kingdom+During+World+War+II&rft.place=Maxwell+AFB%2C+AL&rft.pub=Research+Division%2C+USAF+Historical+Research+Center&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Capt.+Barry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2Fshared%2Fmedia%2Fdocument%2FAFD-081010-027.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlakebrough1968" class="citation book cs1">Blakebrough, Ken (1968). <i>The Fireball Outfit: The 457th Bombardment Group in the Skies Over Europe</i>. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8168-9754-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8168-9754-9"><bdi>0-8168-9754-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fireball+Outfit%3A+The+457th+Bombardment+Group+in+the+Skies+Over+Europe&rft.place=Fallbrook%2C+CA&rft.pub=Aero+Publishers%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=0-8168-9754-9&rft.aulast=Blakebrough&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDancey2010" class="citation book cs1">Dancey, Peter (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Rq3MAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT28"><i>USAF Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command</i></a>. Morrisville, NC: lulu.com. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1446155158" title="Special:BookSources/978-1446155158"><bdi>978-1446155158</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=USAF+Air+Combat+Command+and+Air+Mobility+Command&rft.place=Morrisville%2C+NC&rft.pub=lulu.com&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1446155158&rft.aulast=Dancey&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRq3MAgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This reference citation appears to be to a self-published source. (February 2020)">self-published source</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFreeman1970" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Freeman, Roger A.</a> (1970). <i>The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force)</i>. London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87938-638-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87938-638-2"><bdi>978-0-87938-638-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mighty+Eighth%3A+Units%2C+Men+and+Machines+%28A+History+of+the+US+8th+Army+Air+Force%29&rft.place=London%2C+England%2C+UK&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Company&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=978-0-87938-638-2&rft.aulast=Freeman&rft.aufirst=Roger+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2008" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Watkins, Robert (2008). <i>Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II</i>. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7"><bdi>978-0-7643-1987-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+Colors%3A+Insignia+and+Markings+of+the+Eighth+Air+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.place=Atglen%2C+PA&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7643-1987-7&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A457th+Air+Expeditionary+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Further reading</dt></dl> <ul><li>Angier, Major (Ret) J. Francis. <i>Ready or Not – Into the Wild Blue: The Aviation Career of a B-17 Pilot, 457th BG, 8th AAF</i>. South Burlington, Vermont: Success Networks International, 2003./Cowbit, Lincolnshire, UK: Old Forge Publishing, 2005. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9544507-7-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9544507-7-9">0-9544507-7-9</a>.</li> <li>Bass, James L. <i>Fait Accompli: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group</i>. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9648925-0-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9648925-0-2">0-9648925-0-2</a>.</li> <li>Bass, James L. <i>Fait Accompli II: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group</i>. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 1998. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9648925-1-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9648925-1-0">0-9648925-1-0</a>.</li> <li>Bass, James L. <i>Fait Accompli III: A Historical Account of the 457th Bomb Group</i>. Carthage, TN: JLB Publications, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9648925-2-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9648925-2-9">0-9648925-2-9</a>.</li> <li>Byers, Roland O. <i>Black Puff Polly</i>. Moscow, Idaho: Pawpaw Press, 1991. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9614563-2-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9614563-2-9">0-9614563-2-9</a></li> <li>Byers, Roland O. <i>Flak Dodger</i>. Moscow, Idaho: Pawpaw Press, 1985. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9614563-0-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9614563-0-2">0-9614563-0-2</a>.</li> <li>Digre, Clifford B. <i>Into Life's School: My World War II Memories</i>. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Digre, 2009 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-615-22541-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-615-22541-8">978-0-615-22541-8</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469082171">469082171</a></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. and Winston G. Ramsey. <i>Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now</i>. London: After the Battle, 1978. Republished 1992.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth in Colour</i>. London: Arms & Armour, 1991.</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>New Edition as <i>The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record</i>. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1">0-304-35708-1</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth War Diary</i>. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1981.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth War Manual</i>. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-35846-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-35846-0">0-304-35846-0</a>.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint and Heraldry</i>. London: Arms & Armour, 1997.</li> <li>Weingarten, Arthur. <i>The Sky is Falling – Plane Crash at Empire State Building</i>. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-448-14411-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-448-14411-5">0-448-14411-5</a>.</li> <li>Welch, John F. <i>Dead Engine Kids</i>. Rapid City, South Dakota: Silver Wings Aviation, Inc., 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9637909-0-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9637909-0-0">0-9637909-0-0</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.457thbombgroup.org/">457th Bomb Group Association</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110916101640/http://www.8thafhs.org/bomber/457bg.htm">8th Air Force Historical Society, 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Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Division" title="2nd Air Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Division" title="3rd Air Division">3rdf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Bombardment_Wing" title="1st Bombardment Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="2nd Combat Bombardment Wing">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Bombardment Wing">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Air_Division" title="65th Air Division">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Fighter_Wing" title="66th Fighter Wing">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Fighter Wing (World War II)">67th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Fighter Wing (World War II)">301st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Bomb_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Bomb Group">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Operations_Group" title="93rd Operations Group">93rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="323rd Air Expeditionary Wing">323rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Operations Group">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Training Group">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/382nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="384th Air Expeditionary Group">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/388th_Operations_Group" title="388th Operations Group">388th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392nd_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392nd Strategic Missile Wing">392nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="401st Air Expeditionary Group">401st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Operations_Group" title="445th Operations Group">445th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Operations_Group" title="446th Operations Group">446th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/447th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="447th Air Expeditionary Group">447th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452nd_Operations_Group" title="452nd Operations Group">452nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/453rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453rd Operations Group">453rd</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">457th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/458th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="458th Air Expeditionary Group">458th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/466th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="466th Bombardment Group">466th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/482nd_Operations_Group" title="482nd Operations Group">482nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="492nd Bombardment Group">492nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Bombardment_Group_(Provisional)" class="mw-redirect" title="801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)">801st (Provisional)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Operations_Group" title="1st Operations Group">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Operations_Group" title="4th Operations Group">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Operations_Group" title="20th Operations Group">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Operations_Group" title="31st Operations Group">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/318th_Fighter_Group" title="318th Fighter Group">318th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/339th_Fighter_Group" title="339th Fighter Group">339th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Fighter_Group" title="350th Fighter 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title="V Fighter Command">II Fighter Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IV_Air_Support_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="IV Air Support Command">IV Air Support Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XX_Bomber_Command" title="XX Bomber Command">XX Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXI_Bomber_Command" title="XXI Bomber Command">XXI Bomber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Bomber_Command" title="XXII Bomber Command">XXII Bomber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Bombardment_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Bombardment Training Wing">15th Bombardment Training</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Operations_Group" title="2nd Operations Group">2nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Operations_Group" title="6th Operations Group">6th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Operations_Group" title="9th Operations Group">9th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="16th Air Expeditionary Wing">16th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Operations_Group" title="19th Operations Group">19th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">25th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="29th Flying Training Wing">29th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Air_Base_Wing" title="39th Air Base Wing">39th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Air_Base_Wing" title="42nd Air Base Wing">42nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Group">85th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Operations_Group" title="86th Operations Group">86th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">86th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">88th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/302nd_Operations_Group" title="302nd Operations Group">302nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="303rd Air Expeditionary Group">303rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/304th_Bombardment_Group" title="304th Bombardment Group">304th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Operations_Group" title="305th Operations Group">305th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Flying_Training_Group" title="306th Flying Training Group">306th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Armament_Systems_Group" title="308th Armament Systems Group">308th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Aeronautical_Systems_Group" title="312th Aeronautical Systems Group">312th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/330th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="330th Bombardment Group">330th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="331st Bombardment Group">331st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/393rd_Bombardment_Group" title="393rd Bombardment Group">393rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/395th_Bombardment_Group" title="395th Bombardment Group">395th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/396th_Bombardment_Group" title="396th Bombardment Group">396th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/399th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="399th Bombardment Group">399th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400th_Bombardment_Group" title="400th Bombardment Group">400th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="401st Air Expeditionary Group">401st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415th_Bombardment_Group" title="415th Bombardment Group">415th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418th_Bombardment_Group" title="418th Bombardment Group">418th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Operations_Group" title="445th Operations Group">445th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Operations_Group" title="446th Operations Group">446th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/447th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="447th Air Expeditionary Group">447th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Electronic_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="450th Electronic Warfare Wing">450th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Air Expeditionary Wing">451st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452nd_Operations_Group" title="452nd Operations Group">452nd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/453rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453rd Operations Group">453rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Group" title="456th Bombardment Group">456th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">457th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/458th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="458th Air Expeditionary Group">458th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/460th_Space_Wing" title="460th Space Wing">460th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" 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href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/488th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="488th Bombardment Group">488th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd Bombardment</a></li> 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href="/wiki/4045th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4045th Air Refueling Wing">4045th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4061st_Air_Refueling_Wing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4061st Air Refueling Wing (page does not exist)">4061st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4108th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4108th Air Refueling Wing">4108th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4397th_Air_Refueling_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4397th Air Refueling Training Wing">4397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4505th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="4505th Air Refueling Wing">4505th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19th_Operations_Group" title="19th Operations Group">19th</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/9th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="9th Air Refueling Squadron">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="11th Air Refueling Squadron">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="19th Air Refueling Squadron">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="26th Air Refueling Squadron">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Refueling Squadron">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Air Refueling Squadron">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="40th Air Refueling Squadron">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="41st Air Refueling Squadron">41st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Refueling Squadron">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Air Refueling Squadron">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="46th Air Refueling Squadron">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="54th Air Refueling Squadron">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="55th Air Refueling Squadron">55th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Air Refueling Squadron">63d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="64th Air Refueling Squadron">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="68th Air Refueling Squadron">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="70th Air Refueling Squadron">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="71st Air Refueling Squadron">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Refueling Squadron">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="74th Air Refueling Squadron">74th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="77th Air Refueling Squadron">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Expeditionary_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="91st Air Refueling Squadron">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Squadron">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Refueling_Squadron" 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