. . . . . . . . . . . "AF PUC"@en . . "Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat \"V\" Device"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "438"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Nunquam Non ParatusLatinNever Unprepared" . . . . . "438th Air Expeditionary Group"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--09-16"^^ . . . . . . . "1945"^^ . . "Expeditionary operations" . . . . "27501"^^ . . . . . . . . "290"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "AF OUA w/ v"@en . . "1943"^^ . . . . . . . . . "The United States Air Force's 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group is a provisional unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central to activate or inactivate as needed. It was last active in Al Anbar province, Iraq to provide close-air support to coalition forces in the region with Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. It was composed of deployed aircraft, equipment and personnel from Air Force units around the world. The unit was first activated during World War II as the 438th Troop Carrier Group, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain unit. It saw combat in the European Theater of Operations as part of IX Troop Carrier Command. The group earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions on D-Day during Operation Overlord. After VE Day, the group returned to the United States and was inactivated in December 1945. The group was again activated in the Air Force Reserves in 1949. It was called to active duty for the Korean War, but its personnel were used as fillers for other units and the group was inactivated. During the mid 1950s, the group was again active in the Reserve as the 438th Fighter-Bomber Group. It remained inactive until 1991, when it became the 438th Operations Group at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey when the 438th Airlift Wing was reorganized under the Objective Wing model. It was inactivated with the wing in 1994."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "165"^^ . "438th Air Expeditionary Group"@en . . . . . "1943"^^ . . . . . . . . . "438"^^ . . . "165px" . . . . . . . . "1036836527"^^ . "Nunquam Non Paratus Latin Never Unprepared"@en . . . "Expeditionary operations"@en . . . . . . . "32556192"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Group emblem as originally designed"@en . . . . . . . "The United States Air Force's 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group is a provisional unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central to activate or inactivate as needed. It was last active in Al Anbar province, Iraq to provide close-air support to coalition forces in the region with Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. It was composed of deployed aircraft, equipment and personnel from Air Force units around the world."@en . . "A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 438th Air Expeditionary Group taxi out for a close air support mission"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "438"^^ . . . . "--06-05"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .