410th Air Expeditionary Wing

410th Air Expeditionary Wing
F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing taxi in after a long reconnaissance mission at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom
Active	1943–1945, 1962–1995, 2003–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air Expeditionary
Role	Combat Support
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
410th Bombardment Wing emblem (approved 17 July 1964)
World War II Fuselage Codes	644th Bombardment Squadron 5D 645th Bombardment Squadron 7X 646th Bombardment Squadron 8U 647th Bombardment Squadron 6Q

The United States Air Force's 410th Air Expeditionary Wing (410 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command (ACC) It may be activated or inactivated at any time.

The unit was known to be active in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The wing began as the 410th Bombardment Group, a Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombardment group assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe. The unit helped provide teeth to the IX Bomber Command bombing efforts. It earned the title of the world's best bomb unit for combat accuracy and was the first unit trained in both day and night tactics. The 410th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions during the Battle of the Bulge for the effectiveness of its bombing, 23–25 December 1944, when the group made numerous attacks on German lines of communications. It returned to the United States after the end of the war in Europe, inactivated on 7 November 1945.

The group's heritage was continued in 1963 when the 410th Bombardment Wing was activated as a component of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War, as a strategic bombardment wing. It was inactivated with the closure of K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan in the first round of Base Realignment and Closure reductions in September 1995.

The wing was activated as the 410th Bombardment Group, a Third Air Force Operational Training Unit for A-20 Havoc light bombers. It moved to England, March— April 1944, and was assigned to Ninth Air Force.