page_title: 386th Air Expeditionary Wing
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 386th Air Expeditionary Wing / History
caption_attribution_description: English: SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing proudly render a final salute to C-130E aircraft, tail number 63-7865, from Ramstein AB, Germany, at Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait Nov. 13. The aircraft had just flown its last combat mission and will be flown to the AMARC facility at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., where it will be laid to rest at the "boneyard." The C-130E became an honorary purple heart recipient in June of 1972 for damages sustained from mortar fire in Vietnam.
context_page_description: The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time. It is currently stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait in Southwest Asia. During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 386th Bombardment Group was a B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force. During the Battle of Normandy, it supported Allied forces at Caen, and participated in the massive blows against the enemy at Saint-Lô on 25 July 1944. Knocked out targets to help clear the Falaise pocket of German forces in August 1944 and hit strong points at Brest during September.
caption: Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing proudly render a final salute to C-130 aircraft, tail number 63-7865, from Ramstein AB, Germany, at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in Southwest Asia. The aircraft had just flown its last combat mission and will be flown to Davis–Monthan AFB, Ariz., where it will be laid to rest at the "boneyard." The C-130 became an honorary purple heart recipient in June 1972 for damages sustained from mortar fire in the Vietnam War.
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