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The 506th Air Expeditionary Group (506 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The 506 AEG secures the base, conducts safe flight operations and supports the nation builders in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and other US Air Forces Central and US Central Command contingency plans. As a provisional unit, the 506 AEG may be activated or inactivated at any time. The group's lineage begins in 1944 as the 301st Fighter Group which flew P-51 Mustangs as part of Twentieth Air Force in the Western Pacific. During the Cold War, the unit was a Strategic Air Command fighter-escort unit and later active with Tactical Air Command and the Air Force Reserve as a tactical fighter unit. ==Units== The 506 AEG is composed of: * 506th Expeditionary Medical Services Squadron * 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron * 506th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron * 506th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron * 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron〔Senior Airman Mindy Bloem, (Comm squadron teaches Iraqi counterparts networking skills ), 2 Feb 2010, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs〕 * 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, inactivated 28 May 2010〔(Air Force security transfers authority to Army ), 31 May 2010〕 * 506th Expeditionary Services Squadron * Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team, or PRT. Approximately 1,000 active-duty, Reserve, and Air National Guard Airmen were assigned to the 506 AEG during any given Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotation. Additionally, approximately 5,000 Soldiers were assigned to Forward-Operating Base Warrior. Among the base agencies the 506 AEG actively supported are: * 52d Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron * 521st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, advised Iraqi Air Forces' 1st and 3rd Sqdns, inactivated 10 January 2010〔(US Air Advisory Squadron inactivates, Iraqi Air Force Squadron stands up ), 13 January 2010〕 * 521st Base Support Unit * 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Detachment 1 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「506th Air Expeditionary Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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