384th Air Expeditionary Group The 384th Air Expeditionary Group ( 384 AEG ) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command . The 384 AEG may be activated or inactivated at any time . Its last assignment was with to the United States Central Command Air Forces , being stationed at Shaikh Isa Air Base , Bahrain . It was inactivated on 3 September 2003 . During World War II , its predecessor unit , the 384th Bombardment Group was a VIII Bomber Command B - 17 Flying Fortress unit in England . Assigned to RAF Grafton Underwood in early 1943 , the group dropped the last Eighth Air Force bombs of the war on 25 April 1945 . History . World War II . Activated 1 December 1942 at Gowen Field , Idaho . Began training at Wendover , Utah on 2 January 1943 to 1 April 1943 . Unit moved to Sioux City AAB , Iowa for final training . the ground unit left for Camp Kilmer on 9 May 1943 , sailing on the Queen Elizabeth on 27 May 1943 and arrived in Greenock on 2 June 1943 . The aircraft left Sioux City for Kearney , Nebraska on 3 May 1943 , and then to the United Kingdom via Bangor , Goose Bay , and then Gander . One B - 17 ditched in the Atlantic but the crew was rescued . The first aircraft arrived into England on 25 May 1943 , being stationed at RAF Grafton Underwood . The 384th was assigned to the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bombardment Division . Its tail code was Triangle - P . The Group ' s targets included aerodromes at Orléans , Bricy , and Nancy ; motor works at Cologne ; a coking plant at Gelsenkirchen ; an aircraft component parts factory at Halberstadt ; weapons manufacturers at Solingen ; steel works at Magdeburg ; and ball - bearing plants at Schweinfurt . The Group made a damaging raid on aircraft factories in central Germany on 11 January 1944 and received a Distinguished Unit Citation for the action . The 384th took part in the campaign of heavy bombers against the German aircraft industry during Big Week , 20 – 25 February 1944 . Received another DUC for the mission of 24 April 1944 when the group , although crippled by heavy losses of men and planes , led the 41st Bomb Wing through almost overwhelming opposition to attack an aircraft factory and airfield at Oberpfaffenhofen . The group also bombed ports , communications centers , oil facilities , and cities , attacking such targets as oil storage plants in Leipzig and Berlin , ports at Hamburg and Emden , and marshalling yards at Duren and Mannheim . At times the Group flew interdictory and support missions . Attacked installations along the coast of Normandy prior to and during the invasion in June 1944 and then bombed airfields and communications beyond the beachhead . Supported ground troops during the breakthrough at Saint - Lô , 24 – 25 July , by bombing enemy strong points just beyond Allied lines . Hit tank and gun concentrations north of Eindhoven to assist the airborne assault on Holland in September . Struck enemy communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge , December 1944 – January 1945 . Aided the Allied assault across the Rhine in March 1945 by attacking marshalling yards , railway junctions , and bridges to cut off enemy supplies . Scheduled for occupational air forces and moved to Istres , France in June 1945 to participate in Green Project — which was to move troops to staging areas . Also moved displaced persons and Greek military . In 1946 the remaining aircraft and personnel were absorbed into the 306th Bomb Group and the unit was inactivated at Istres on 28 February 1946 . Briefly was activated as an Air Force Reserve B - 29 Superfortress unit , 1947 – 1949 Modern era . On 1 September 1991 , the 384th Operations Group was activated as a result of the 384th Wing implementing the USAF objective wing organization . Upon activation , the 384 OG was bestowed the lineage and history of the 384th Bombardment Group . The 384 OG was assigned control of the 28th Bomb Squadron ( B - 1B ) and the 384th Air Refueling Squadron ( KC - 135R ) as its operational units . 384th Wing inactivated on 1 January 1994 , and 384 OG resesignated as 384th Bomb Group , being assigned to 22d Air Refueling Wing without personnel or equipment . Inactivated on 1 October 1994 Reactivated as Air Expeditionary Group as part of Global War on Terrorism , 2003 .