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On 8 November 2011, as U.S. forces were in the process of withdrawing from Iraq, Joint Base Balad was handed back to the Iraqi Air Force, after which it returned to being called Balad Air Base. [1] The base is home to the Iraqi Air Force's General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons [ 24 ] of 9th Fighter Squadron (34 aircraft operating in 2023).
The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (332 AEW) is a Provisional Wing of Air Combat Command, currently active. It was last inactivated on 8 May 2012, and most recently reactivated on 19 May 2015. The Wing's 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group (332 EOG), is the direct descendant organization of the World War II 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen.
The 732nd ESFS was part of the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group under the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, headquartered at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Det-3 was a subordinate unit of the 1-1 Cavalry and the 336 MP Battalion. In January 2009, Detachment 2 was formed and deployed to join the PTT efforts in Iraq. They were based initially at FOB Mahmudiyah ...
In Summer 2008 the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron stood up at Balad Airbase, and for the first time since the Vietnam War a Security Forces Squadron assumed full responsibility for the security, both on and off base, of a major air base in a war zone. [1]
Camps. 1/4 TF Highlander in '07 w/1st LAR, 3/4 in '06/'07, and many others over years. Large SVBIED at TCP Alpha 20070507. Mosul Air Base. Used by Romanian troops. [1] All UN sanctioned weapons were destroyed and FOB was transitioned to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in 2009.
The 732nd Air Expeditionary Group is an inactive provisional United States Air Force unit. It was last active at Joint Base Balad, where it provided support for airmen supporting units of other services in Iraq. The group was first activated as the 32nd Air Base Group in 1940. As the 32nd Service Group, it provided support for Ninth Air Force ...
In support of the reposture of U.S. forces, the wing continued to support U.S. Forces-Iraq after forward deploying to an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia in November 2011 so Joint Base Balad could be returned to the government of Iraq. And as the last U.S. convoy left Iraq on 18 December 2011, it was the 332d AEW's F-16s and MQ-1B ...
US Air Force Academy. 11th Security Forces Group. Joint Base Andrews. 12th Security Forces Squadron. Randolph Air Force Base. 14th Security Forces Squadron. Columbus Air Force Base. 17th Security Forces Squadron. Goodfellow Air Force Base.