320th Air Expeditionary Wing
military unit
The 320th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force District of Washington. It is stationed at Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia. The 320th may be activated or inactivated at any time.
The 320th was activated at Bolling in December 2006 for former President Gerald Ford's state funeral during the Christmas and New Year holidays, attaching 634 personnel to complete a 10-day mission in three joint-operation areas. In less than 12 hours from notification, the 320 AEW deployed 167 joint forces and equipment for JTF Ceremony Forward.
It was activated in December 2008 to support Air Force requirements during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, working with the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, or AFIC.
The wing was originally activated during World War II and served with Twelfth Air Force as the 320th Bombardment Group. The unit was equipped with the Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft. The group was later consolidated with the 320th Bombardment Wing, a component organization of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War, as a strategic bombardment wing.
History
World War II
Constituted as the 320th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 19 June 1942 and activated on 23 June at MacDill Field, Florida. The operational squadrons of the group were the 441st, 442d, 443d and 444th Bombardment Squadrons.
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