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On 2 June 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from 444th Air Expeditionary Squadron to 444th Bombardment Squadron. The result of the discussion was moved.

Now 444 AEAS?

See factsheet. See 438th Air Expeditionary Wing. --Pmsyyz (talk) 05:56, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No. There is no citation in this article for the redesignation of 444th Air Expeditionary Squadron as 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron.

441st, 442d and 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadrons all located in Iraq and Syria as units running air bases in Operation Inherent Resolve and share lineages as former units of the 320th Bombardment Group. All apparently activated for the first time in 2016. 444th does not appear from unclassified sources to have been activated.

441st, 442nd and 443rd Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons were all different units than these three and were active around 2012-2013 in Afghanistan as part of the joint force training Afghan Air Force units. Information on the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron matches this.

Headnotes on the 441st (redirect to 441st Bombardment Squadron), 442d and 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadrons all refer to the Advisory Squadrons and point out they are different units.

I'll be correcting this --Lineagegeek (talk) 23:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)--Lineagegeek (talk) 23:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: To confirm, the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron was constituted under that name on 23 November 2009 in provisional status by authority of DAF A1M Ltr 273s-39, Subjectz; Air Combat Command Expeditionary Units. It trained Afghan AF units under the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group. --Lineagegeek (talk) 20:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 2 June 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 06:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

444th Air Expeditionary Squadron → 444th Bombardment Squadron – Page was moved here in 2017 as most current name of unit. Later material was added concerning the 444th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, an unrelated unit constituted in 2009. (since removed). Although the squadron was redesignated, it has never been active as an expeditionary unit. All of its active duty, campaign credits and decorations have been as a bombardment squadron. Lineagegeek (talk) 21:09, 2 June 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 09:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The customary week has passed with no opposition to the move. --Lineagegeek (talk) 21:06, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.