908 Airlift Wing (AFRC)

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.