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The 376th Expeditionary Operations Group is a provisional United States Air Force Air Combat Command unit .. United States Air Force. United States Air Force. Air Combat Command. Air Combat Command. It is currently stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport , Kyrgyz Republic .. Transit Center at Manas. Transit Center at Manas. Transit Center. Transit Center at Manas. Manas International Airport. Manas International Airport. Originally activated in World War II as the 376th Bombardment Group -LRB- Heavy -RRB- , it was the first B-24 Liberator group to be based on European Continent .. World War II. World War II. B-24 Liberator. B-24 Liberator. group. group ( military aviation unit ). The group engaged in combat as part of the Ninth , Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces in the Egypt-Libya and Italian Campaigns .. group. group ( military aviation unit ). Ninth. Ninth Air Force. Twelfth. Twelfth Air Force. Egypt-Libya. Egypt-Libya Campaign. The group was awarded Distinguished Unit Citations for operations over North Africa and Sicily , November 1942 -- 17 August 1943 ; Ploiesti , Romania , 1 August 1943 and Bratislava , Czechoslovakia , 16 June 1944 .. group. group ( military aviation unit ). North Africa. Tunisia Campaign. Sicily. Allied invasion of Sicily. Ploiesti. Ploiesti. Bratislava. Bratislava. The B-24D `` Lady Be Good '' was assigned to the 514th Bombardment Squadron .. The 376th is the lead Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling unit for Afghanistan operations .. KC-135 Stratotanker. KC-135 Stratotanker. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. air refueling. air refueling. Other USAF aircraft supporting the mission include Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs .