321st Air Expeditionary Group The 321st Air Expeditionary Group ( 321 AEG ) is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit . It now appears to be the 321st Air Expeditionary Training Group at COB Speicher , Iraq , supervising Iraqi Air Force training . The group ' s World War II predecessor unit , the 321st Bombardment Group ( Medium ) flew B - 25 Mitchell s in combat with the Northwest African Strategic Air Force in 1943 and the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force in 1944 - 45 . The group was assigned to the 12th Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II . From 2001 , the unit was believed to operate RQ - 1 Predator reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles against the Taliban and Al - Qaeda as part of Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan ( OEF - A ) . It was believed to be stationed at Jacobabad Airbase , Pakistan . Components . Currently it appears that the 52d Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron is attached to the Group . History . World War II . Constituted as 321st Bombardment Group ( Medium ) on 19 June 1942 and activated on 26 June at Barksdale Field , Louisiana . The group ' s operational squadrons were the 445th , 446th , 447th and 448th Bombardment Squadrons . The group trained for overseas duty with North American B - 25 Mitchell medium bombers at several Third Air Force training bases in the southeast . Was assigned and deployed to the Mediterranean theater in January 1943 , arriving in Algeria in March . The 321st was assigned to Twelfth Air Force . In North Africa , the 321st engaged primarily in support and interdictory operations , bombing marshalling yards , rail lines , highways , bridges , viaducts , troop concentrations , gun emplacements , shipping , harbors , and other objectives in North Africa . Later targets shifted to Southern France , Sicily , Italy , Bulgaria , Yugoslavia , and Greece . The 321st also engaged in psychological warfare missions , dropping propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines . Took part in the Allied operations against Axis forces in North Africa during March – May 1943 , the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in June , the invasion of Sicily in July , the landing at Salerno in September , the Allied advance toward Rome during January – June 1944 , the invasion of Southern France in August 1944 , and the Allied operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to April 1945 . The group received two DUC ' s : for completing a raid on an air drome near Athens , 8 October 1943 , in spite of intense flak and attacks by numerous enemy interceptors ; and for bombing a battleship , a cruiser , and a submarine in Toulon harbor on 18 August 1944 to assist the Allied invasion of Southern France . The 321st Bombardment Group was inactivated near Pomigliano d ' Arco , Italy on 12 September 1945 . It was later briefly activated as part of the Air Force Reserve at Mansfield Airport , Ohio as the 321st Bombardment group ( Light ) ( June 1947 – June 1949 ) and equipped with A - 26 / B - 26 Invaders , then inactivated . Strategic Missile Group . In March 1993 , the Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) Commission selected the 321st Strategic Missile Wing for inactivation . The wing was downgraded to group status in 1994 , and the 321st Missile Group was given a dual mission : To operate , maintain and secure combat - ready ICBM forces for the National Command Authority and to safely and securely transfer its alert responsibilities to the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base , Montana . The 321st Missile Group was inactivated in 1995 . Air Expeditionary Group . Converted to provisional status and activated as 321st Air Expeditionary Group in 2001 .