Mission
The
group's mission is to train the
Afghan Air Force
The Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Air Force and the Afghan Air Force, is the air force branch of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
The Royal Afghan Air Force was e ...
able to meet the security requirements of Afghanistan. As part of the
438th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 438th Air Expeditionary Wing was a United States Air Force unit operating in Afghanistan and assigned to United States Air Forces Central. The wing trained Afghan Air Force members, including pilots.
Subordinate units
* 438th Air Exped ...
, the 738th advises the Kandahar Air Wing, which operates in the southern regions of Afghanistan. The group also assists the Kandahar Air Wing in counterinsurgency operations. Group advisers mentor their Afghan counterparts in flight operations,
aircraft maintenance,
intelligence, logistics, personnel management, communications and base defense.
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Units (Inactivated)
441st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
:: The 441st Squadron is the operational training squadron of the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group. The squadron trains members of the Afghanistan Air Force's Kandahar Air Wing on the wing's Mil Mi-17
The Mil Mi-17 ( NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian servic ...
helicopters and Cessna 208 Caravan
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna.
The project was commenced on November 20, 1981, and the prototype first flew on December 9, 1982.
The production model was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA ...
aircraft.Lockheed Martin
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. The contractors perform maintenance and formal instruction, while the 40 military members advise senior leadership in the Kandahar Wing's maintenance group on logistics management. It focuses on developing instructors within the Afghan Air Force to enable them to take over the training mission.[
443d Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron
:: The 443d Squadron provides mission support for the group and its assigned squadrons.][
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History
The 738th was activated on 29 November 2009 to include the NATO advisory support that had been established at Kandahar in the spring of 2008. It includes airmen from the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Belgium. It is made up of three Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons operating out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.[
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Lineage
* Constituted as the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group in provisional status on 23 November 2009[DAF A1M Letter 273s-39, 23 November 2009, Subject: Air Combat Command Expeditionary Units]
: Activated on 25 November 2009[
:Inactivated on 14 September 2019
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Assignments
* 438th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 438th Air Expeditionary Wing was a United States Air Force unit operating in Afghanistan and assigned to United States Air Forces Central. The wing trained Afghan Air Force members, including pilots.
Subordinate units
* 438th Air Exped ...
, 25 November 2009 – 14 September 2019[
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Components
* 441st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, 25 November 2009 – 14 September 2019[The 441st, 442d and 443d Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons are not related to the 441st, 442d and 443d Air Expeditionary Squadrons.]
* 442d Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, 25 November 2009 – 14 September 2019[
* 443d Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, 25 November 2009 – 14 September 2019][
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Aircraft
* Mil Mi-17 (2009–2019)
* Cessna 208 Caravan (2009–2019)
Awards
References
; Notes
; Citations
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Air expeditionary groups of the United States Air Force
Military units and formations established in 2009
Military advisory groups