Lineage. Established as 332 Fighter Wing on 28 Jul 1947. Organized on 15 Aug 1947. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1949. Redesignated as 332 Air Expeditionary Wing, and converted to provisional status, on 19 Nov 1998. Activated 12 Aug 2002.
Assignments. Ninth Air Force, 15 Aug 1947-1 Jul 1949 (attached to First Air Force, 15 Jan-1 Feb 1949). 9 Air Expeditionary Task Force, 12 Aug 2002-.
Operational Groups. 332 Fighter (later, 332 Expeditionary Operations): 15 Aug 1947-1 Jul 1949, 12 Aug 2002-; 392 Air Expeditionary: 20 Mar-17 Apr 2003; 407 Air Expeditionary: 17 Apr-10 Sep 2003, 30 Jan 2004-; 447 Air Expeditionary: 10 Sep 2003-; 506 Air Expeditionary: 23 Apr 2003-.
Stations. Lockbourne AAB (later, AFB), OH, 15 Aug 1947-1 Jul 1949. Al Jaber, Kuwait, 12 Aug 2002; Tallil, Iraq, 10 Sep 2003; Balad Southeast, Iraq, 9 Feb 2004-.
Commanders. Maj Edward C. Gleed, 15 Aug 1947; Col Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 22 Aug 1947-1 Jul 1949.
Aircraft. P (later, F)-47, 1947-1949.
Operations. First and only all-black wing in the Air Force, 1947-1949. Replaced 477th Composite Group and 580th Air Service Group as part of a “wing-base” service test in Jul 1947. Participated in firepower demonstrations, gunnery training, and operational missions to maintain combat proficiency, 1947-1949. A wing team won the propeller aircraft category in the first USAF Gunnery Meet at Las Vegas Air Force Base, Nevada, in 1949. Inactivated as part of the racial integration of the USAF in 1949. Served in combat operations in Iraq beginning in 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Managed many of the expeditionary units of the USAF in Iraq during that operation.
Service Streamers. None
Campaign Streamers. Global War on Terrorism: GWOT-E. Iraq: Transition; Governance; National Resolution; Surge; Sovereignty; New Dawn.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with “V” for Valor: 19 Mar-1 May 2003. Meritorious Unit Awards: 2 May 2003-30 Apr 2004; 1 May 2004-30 Apr 2005; 1 May 2005-31 Jan 2007; 1 Feb 2007-31 Jan 2008; 1 Feb 2008-31 Jan 2009; 1 Jun 2009-31 May 2010; 1 Jun 2010-31 May 2011.
Bestowed Honors. Authorized to display honors earned by the 332 Expeditionary Operations Group prior to 15 Aug 1947. Service Streamers. World War II American Theater. Campaign Streamers. World War II: Rome Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat EAME Theater. Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 24 Mar 1945.
Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 3 Nov 2006.
Honors and Operations through May 2011.
Commanders and Aircraft through 1 Jul 1949.
Supersedes statement prepared on 12 Aug 2002.
Emblem. Approved for 332 Fighter Group on 15 Jan 1943; newest rendition for wing 12 Mar 2008.
Prepared by Daniel L. Haulman