Al Dhafra hosts the United States Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (380 AEW), which was established at the base on 25 January 2002. The 380 AEW's mission is to carry out combat operations to provide high-altitude all-weather intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, airborne command and control and air-refueling for the &lt;a href="Military%20intervention%20against%20ISIL"&gt;military intervention against ISIL/ISIS&lt;/a&gt; (known by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and NATO led operations in Afghanistan (Operation Resolute Support).