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738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group | |
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![]() Airmen with the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group launch rockets from an Mi-17 helicopter | |
Active | 2009–2019 |
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Role | Training host country units |
Part of | United States Air Forces Central Command |
Engagements | War in Afghanistan |
Decorations | Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
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738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group emblem [1] [a] | ![]() |
The 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group was a military advisor group of the United States Air Force, active from 2009-2019.
The 738th AEAG was activated on 29 November 2009 to include the NATO advisory support that had been established at Kandahar in the spring of 2008. It included airmen from the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Belgium. It was made up of three Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons operating out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. [1]
The group's mission was to train the Afghan Air Force to be able to meet the security requirements of Afghanistan. As part of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, the 738th advised the Kandahar Air Wing, which operated in the southern regions of Afghanistan. The group also assisted the Kandahar Air Wing in counterinsurgency operations. Group advisers mentored their Afghanistan Air Force counterparts in flight operations, aircraft maintenance, intelligence, logistics, personnel management, communications and base defense. [1]
The group's unit's included:
Award streamer | Award | Dates | Notes |
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| Air Force Meritorious Unit Award | 1 May 2010 – 30 Apr 2011 | [4] |
| Air Force Meritorious Unit Award | 1 May 2011 – 30 Apr 2012 | [4] |
| Air Force Meritorious Unit Award | 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2014 | [4] |
| Air Force Meritorious Unit Award | 1 October 2014 – 30 September 2015 | [4] |
| Air Force Meritorious Unit Award | 1 Oct 2015 – 31 Mar 2017 | [ citation needed ] |
![]() | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 May 2011 – 30 Apr 2012 | [4] |