The wing became a provisional air expeditionary group as part of the Global War on Terrorism in 2002.
It was assigned to Uzbekistan as an Air Combat Command unit in early 2002.
There it operated the base, which was used for transshipments of cargo and supplies from United States, for onward tactical airlift to combat forces in Afghanistan fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces.
The group was inactivated in November 2005 after the Uzbek government requested the United States withdraw its forces from their territory.
 In 2010, the group was upgraded to wing but is not known to have been active under that designation.
The wing became a provisional air expeditionary group as part of the Global War on Terrorism in 2002. It was assigned to Uzbekistan as an Air Combat Command unit in early 2002. There it operated the base, which was used for transshipments of cargo and supplies from United States, for onward tactical airlift to combat forces in Afghanistan fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. The group was inactivated in November 2005 after the Uzbek government requested the United States withdraw its forces from their territory.  In 2010, the group was upgraded to wing but is not known to have been active under that designation.
416th Air Expeditionary Wing