Lineage. Established as 908 Troop Carrier Group, Medium, and activated in the Air Force Reserve, on 15 Jan 1963. Organized on 11 Feb 1963. Redesignated as: 908 Tactical Airlift Group on 1 Jul 1967; 908 Tactical Air Support Group on 25 Apr 1969; 908 Tactical Airlift Group on 15 Dec 1971; 908 Airlift Group on 1 Feb 1992; 908 Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1994.
Assignments. Continental Air Command, 15 Jan 1963; 302 Troop Carrier Wing, 11 Feb 1963; 435 Troop Carrier Wing, 18 Mar 1963; 446 Troop Carrier (later, 446 Tactical Airlift) Wing, 1 Dec 1965; 433 Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 Mar 1968; Third Air Force Reserve Region, 25 Apr 1969; Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 31 Dec 1969; 434 Special Operations Wing, 1 Jul 1971; 302 Tactical Airlift Wing, 25 Oct 1971; 94 Tactical Airlift (later, 94 Airlift) Wing, 1 Jul 1972; 403 Airlift Wing (later, 403 Wing), 1 Aug 1992; Tenth Air Force, 1 Oct 1994; Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Apr 1997-.
Operational Components. Group. 908 Operations: 1 Aug 1992-. Squadron. 357 Troop Carrier (later, 357 Tactical Airlift; 357 Airlift): 11 Feb 1963-1 Aug 1992.
Stations. Bates Field, AL, 11 Feb 1963; Brookley AFB, AL, 1 Oct 1964; Maxwell AFB, AL, 25 Apr 1969-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1972-15 Mar 1974; 1 Jan 1976-30 Nov 1977; 1 Feb 1980-31 Jan 1982; 1 Sep 1986-31 Aug 1988; 1 Sep 1991-31 Aug 1993; 1 Oct 2003-30 Sep 2005; 1 Oct 2009-30 Sep 2011; 1 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2015.
Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 1 Mar 2022.
Supersedes statement prepared on 1 Apr 2010.
Emblem. Approved on 20 Apr 1976.
Prepared by Melissa Lahue.
Reviewed by Margaret Ream.