37th AEG

The 37th Air Expeditionary Group (37th AEG) is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Air Combat Command. Its history traces back to World War II, when it was originally activated as the 37th Bombardment Group in 1940, flying B-18 Bolo and later B-25 Mitchell bombers in the Caribbean and Panama Canal Zone for antisubmarine patrols. The unit was inactivated in 1943 but has been reactivated multiple times in a provisional status to support various contingency operations, including deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Today, the 37th AEG is activated as needed to provide flexible, rapid-response airpower for expeditionary missions worldwide.