466th Air Expeditionary Group

The 466th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) of the United States Air Force provides specified Administrative and Operational control (ADCON/OPCON) of more than 1,800 Airmen at more than 90 locations across Afghanistan. This includes Joint Expeditionary Tasking (JET) airmen and Individual Augmentees (IA) assigned against Joint organizations. The 466 AEG is headquartered at Camp Phoenix, Kabul. The 466 AEG reports directly to the Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan.

The 466 AEG's mission was formerly performed by the now inactive 755th Air Expeditionary Group.

Mission
The unit's mission is threefold: The Group supports International Security Assistance Force operations with essential resources to strengthen security and build a solid infrastructure.
 * 1) Provide total visibility and accountability of JET airmen from training, deployment, employment and redeployment
 * 2) Support airmen with ADCON/OPCON responsibilities
 * 3) Ensure Tactical Commander (Ground commanders and Joint Organizations) is fully supported with the right airmen, in the right job with the right skills, on time.

Unit description
The 466th AEG is composed of Airmen from more than 115 Air Force Specialty Codes including security forces, explosive ordnance disposal, civil engineering, contracting, communications, medical, intelligence, legal and logistics support to train local officials and rebuild the country.

History
In May 2009, the group added four subordinate squadrons to provide the growing number of Airmen supporting supporting Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Embedded Training Teams and Brigade Support Teams. Each of the four squadrons are geographically located within their respective areas of responsibility within the ISAF Regional Command (RC).

The squadrons under the group are:
 * 466th Air Expeditionary Squadron based at Camp Samek, Kandahar Airfield (RC-South/West)
 * 866th Air Expeditionary Squadron based at Camp Phoenix, Kabul (RC-Capital)
 * 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron based at Bagram Air Base (RC-East/RC-North)
 * Inactivated: 766th Air Expeditionary Squadron based at Forward Operating Base Sharana (RC-East); Inactivated on 23 March 2011.