370th Air Expeditionary Wing The 370th Air Expeditionary Wing ( AEW ) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central , which may activate or inactivate it at any time . The unit was last stationed in Iraq , and was likely inactivated in 2011 as part of the United States pullout of forces . History . Pre World War II . The 370th Air Expeditionary Wing was originally constituted as the 1st Transport Group in 1933 . As a Regular Army Inactive unit , it was assigned reserve personnel in early 1934 only for training purposes . From February to May 1934 , the group was provisionally organized at Columbus , Ohio . In 1937 , the group was consolidated with the 10th Observation Group , also constituted in 1933 but never activated . The consolidated group was designated the 10th Transport Group and activated on 20 May 1937 . Its original squadrons were the 1st , 2d , 3d , and 4th Transport Squadrons . It provided a single headquarters for these squadrons , which had been assigned to the various Air Depots in the United States . The group headquarters and one of its squadrons were located at what is now Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio . It operated single - engine Bellanca C - 27 Airbus and twin - engine Douglas C - 33 transports as part of the logistics organization of the Air Corps on routes in the US and to Alaska and the Canal Zone , transporting supplies , materiel , and personnel . In May 1941 , two of the group ' s squadrons were reassigned to provide cadres for newly forming transport groups as the Air Corps expanded . The 3d Transport Squadron was reassigned to the 63d Transport Group , while the 4th Transport Squadron was reassigned to the 62d Transport Group This left the group with two of its original squadrons , plus the 5th Transport Squadron , which had activated under the group in 1939 . World War II . On April 30 , 1942 the group transferred to the Air Transport Command ( later I Troop Carrier Command ) ( I TCC ) and was redesignated as the 10th Troop Carrier Group two months later . It converted primarily to Douglas C - 47 Skytrain aircraft , but also flew other military models of the Douglas DC - 3 . After its transfer the group acted as an Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) , OTUs were oversized units that trained cadres for " satellite " troop carrier groups . In 1943 the group was given the additional duty of acting as a Replacement Training Unit training replacement aircrew s . In February 1943 , the last of the group ' s original squadrons , the 1st and 2d Troop Carrier Squadrons ( TCS ) deployed to the CBI Theater and were assigned to Tenth Air Force . The following month , they were replaced by the 307th and 308th TCSs . During the next two years , the group moved frequently to various I TCC stations , while its squadrons were frequently located elsewhere . All squadrons except for the 38th TCS , located at Laurinburg - Maxton Army Air Base , North Carolina were colocated with group headquarters by early 1944 . The Army Air Forces found that standard military units , based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were proving less well adapted to performing the training mission . Accordingly a more functional system was adopted in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit . As a result the 10th was disbanded in April 1944 and its mission , personnel , and equipment were combined with the support organizations at Alliance Army Air Field and transferred to the 805th AAF Base Unit ( Replacement Training Unit , Troop Carrier ) , while that of the 38th TCS was transferred to the 810th AAF Base Unit ( Combat Crew Training School , Troop Carrier ) . Expeditionary Service . The 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group ( AEAG ) was activated as part of the Global War On Terror on 29 March 2007 . Its activation ceremony at New Al Muthana Air Base was delayed until late April . The mission of the 370 AEAG was to restart the Iraqi Air Force by training Iraqi Air Force aircrews how to operate , employ and maintain Lockheed C - 130 Hercules and Mil Mi - 17 aircraft , and to maintain and operate as a self - sufficient air base . This mission was known as " CAFTT " for Coalition Air Forces Training Team . The unit was made up of Airmen from a variety of career specialties and it was assigned to Second Air Force as part of Air Education and Training Command . The 370 AEAG was made up of Airmen from a variety of career fields . Lineage . 10th Observation Group 370th Air Expeditionary Wing