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455th Expeditionary Operations Group

Published November 15, 2016

Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, surveys the landscape for threats during a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan April 20. (Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)
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Tech. Sgt. Jedediah Smith, 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman, surveys the landscape for threats during a training mission in Northeastern Afghanistan April 20. (Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

Members of the 455th Expeditonary Aeromedivac Flight carry Airman 1st Class, Brent Noah, 376th Expeditonary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan to an ambulance at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 26. Airman Noah dislocated his hip exercising at Manas a day before. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Erik Cardenas)(Released)
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Members of the 455th Expeditonary Aeromedivac Flight carry Airman 1st Class, Brent Noah, 376th Expeditonary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan to an ambulance at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, March 26. Airman Noah dislocated his hip exercising at Manas a day before. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Erik Cardenas)(Released)

A Navy EA-6B Prowler takes off at dawn from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Craig Wells)(Released)
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A Navy EA-6B Prowler takes off at dawn from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Craig Wells)(Released)

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan--A pilot assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron launches his F-15E Strike Eagle from Bagram Airfield in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 24, 2010. The 494th EFS is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Staff Sgt. Richard Williams)
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan--A pilot assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron launches his F-15E Strike Eagle from Bagram Airfield in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 24, 2010. The 494th EFS is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Staff Sgt. Richard Williams)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 lands at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, after completing 30 code 1 flights, March 23, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 lands at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, after completing 30 code 1 flights, March 23, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by/ Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross/released)

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The group is responsible for all expeditionary flying and aeromedical evacuation operations from Bagram Airfield. The group oversees one F­-16 Fighting Falcon fighter squadron, one C­-130J Super Hercules airlift squadron, one joint CH-47 Chinook/Guardian Angel rescue squadron, one EC­-130H Compass Call electronic combat squadron, and one aeromedical evacuation squadron.

 

The group also oversees aviation support functions such as air traffic control, intelligence, weather, radar monitoring, airfield management and command and control at multiple forward operating bases.