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917th Wing
917th Wing B-52H in 2003
Active
1963-2011
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Fighter & Bomber
Part of
Air Force Reserve Command
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
917th Wing emblem (Approved 16 November 1989)[1]
917th Tactical Fighter Group emblem
Military unit
The 917th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve unit. It was last assigned to the Tenth Air Force, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 8 January 2011.
^Endicott, Judy G. (22 October 2007). "Factsheet 97 Wing (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
The 917thWing is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve unit. It was last assigned to the Tenth Air Force, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base...
Bomb Wing, which subsumed the B-52 units of the 917thWing. The A-10 units of the 917thWing remain at Barksdale AFB, under the newly created 917th Fighter...
Thunderbolt II aircraft from AFRC's composite 917thWing (917 WG) at Barksdale AFB and reassignment to an AFRC fighter wing, the 917 WG was inactivated and its...
over the North Pole in the Cold War.[citation needed] From 1980, the wing's917th Air Refueling Squadron's Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft regularly...
That the 354th Wing's A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft were to be redistributed to the Air Force Reserve Command's 917thWing (now the 917th Fighter Group...
The 917th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active as a Geographically Separated Unit at Dyess Air Force...
dropping. On a sortie flown on 11 April 2003, a 457th crew deployed from the 917thWing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana used the Litening II precision...
and Closure program. The A-10 aircraft were to be distributed to the 917thWing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana (three aircraft); to a new active-duty...
The 917th Fighter Group (917 FG) is an inactive Air Force Reserve Command unit that was last assigned to the 442d Fighter Wing, Air Force Reserve Command...
The wing's other Globemaster group, the 917th, was reassigned in July and the wing once again flew Flying Boxcars as its tactical aircraft. The wing was...
Group (later 930th Operations Group), 1 July 1987 – 30 September 1994 917thWing, 1 November 2009 924th Fighter Group, 1 January 2011 – present In the...
at Davis–Monthan AFB, with the support of the 917thWing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana and the host 355th Wing at Davis–Monthan. The unit also is tasked and...
435th Troop Carrier Wing in 1963, the others being the 915th Troop Carrier Group at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida and the 917th Troop Carrier Group...
Airlift Group: 8 January 1965 – 21 April 1971 (detached after 1 April 1971) 917th Military Airlift Group: 5 February 1965 – 21 April 1971 (detached after...
Group (later 908th Tactical Airlift Group): 1 December 1965 – 1 March 1968 917th Military Airlift Group: 21 April 1971 – 25 February 1972 924th Troop Carrier...
916th Air Refueling Group: 1 July 1987 – 1 October 1994 917th Military Airlift Group (later 917th Special Operations; 917 Tactical Fighter) Group: 25 February...
Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses to replace the B-36s. In May 1959, it added the 917th Air Refueling Squadron with Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers, which became operational...
referred to by the name Tân Sơn Nhất. Tân Sơn Nhất Air Base was home of 917th Mixed Air Transport Regiment (a.k.a. Đồng Tháp Squadron) of 370th Air Force...
of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The wing's three Mission Support Groups perform the installation...
be seen today at the theater. During the Vietnam War, B-52s and KC-135s (917th ARS) from the 96th BW participated heavily in various air campaigns, including...
Arizona Air National Guard 162nd Fighter Wing (162nd FW) – gained by Air Education and Training Command, the wing trains foreign F-16 pilots 148th Fighter...
October 1993 906th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 30 January 1994 917th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 October 1993 – 1 July 1994 United States Army...