Talk:435th Air Ground Operations Wing

435 AEW

Is this unit and the 435th AEW [1] the same unit? Gavbadger (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

It appears the wing gained an additional designation as the 435th AEW in 2013. [2] Lineagegeek, comments? Buckshot06 (talk) 22:08, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

No they are not the same unit. 435th Air Ground Operations and Air Expeditionary Wing Commanders and Incoming Commander Listen to Outgoing Commander has a photo of the commander of both wings. This looks like a situation similar to that at Creech, where there is a 432d Wing and a 432d Air Expeditionary Wing. The commanders are the same, as is most of the staff, but subordinate elements may vary and the chain of command is different. When a USAF unit is the "major force provider" for a provisional (expeditionary) unit, the expeditionary unit carries the number of the permanent unit. The permanent unit (435 AGOW) may claim honors earned by the provisional unit (435 AEW), but not its lineage. AF Instruction 38-101 and AF Instruction 84-105 contain the details of this. Basically, the 435 AGOW reports to European Command and the 435 AEW reports to US Forces Africa. --Lineagegeek (talk) 22:33, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

435 AGOW / 435 AEW "..Opened two austere airfields - Aeromedical evac of 12 people in Africa - South Sudan evacuation of US citizens - Opened two bases: Agadez and Diyabakir - 449 AEG’s aeromedical evacuation cell coordinated two outbound evacuations for twelve patients with multiple injuries - Supported the evacuation of US citizens out of South Sudan during the crisis Additional Background: The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing are comprised of 6 groups, 29 squadrons and more than 2,700 personnel across 16 installations in Germany, Italy and Africa. Specific areas of expertise include tactical air control-party, battlefield weather, air base opening and operations, command and control, aerial port, aircraft maintenance, security, construction, theater-wide communications, personnel recovery, tactical airlift, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing consists of three groups including the 435th Contingency Response Group (CRG), 435th Air and Space Communications Group (ACOMG) and the 4th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG). The 435th CRG provides expeditionary airfield operations; capstone predeployment training to defenders; civil engineers and force supporters; theater construction and mobile aircraft arresting system support; and the command’s only professional Air Advisors branch. The 435th ACOMG provides expeditionary communications; theater C2 & ISR system administration; engineering and installation of communications systems; and theater airfield maintenance. Lastly, the 4th ASOG is home to USAFE's Battlefield and theater weather Airmen. The Group integrates air, space and weather capabilities into the US Army Europe scheme of maneuver, as well as provides all operational weather support from Lajes to the Middle East and the North Pole to South Africa. The 435th Air Expeditionary Wing consists of three groups including the 563rd Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), 409th AEG, and the 449th AEG. Each group takes on roles in supporting the missions in Africa. The 563rd at Trapani, Sicily, executes dynamic and preplanned Personnel Recovery (PR) missions in a 7.1 million square mile AOR. The 409th provides real time ISR and kinetic strike in support of National and Combatant Commander (CCDR) objectives. Squadrons of the 409th are located in Ethiopia, Niger, Liberia, and Sicily. The 449th conducts PR, RPA launch and recovery, airlift, and support activities for Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (HOA) and other CCDR missions. Squadrons are located at Camp Lemonnier and Chebelley Airfield (Chabelley Airport) in Djibouti.

https://slideplayer.com/slide/12774138/ Buckshot06 (talk) 20:03, 9 March 2022 (UTC)