Lineage. Established as 927 Troop Carrier Group, Medium, and activated, on 15 Jan 1963. Organized in the Reserve on 11 Feb 1963. Redesignated as: 927 Tactical Airlift Group on 1 Jul 1967; 927 Tactical Air Support Group on 25 Jun 1969; 927 Tactical Airlift Group on 29 Jun 1971; 927 Airlift Group on 1 Feb 1992; 927 Air Refueling Group on 1 Jun 1992; 927 Air Refueling Wing on 1 Oct 1994.
Assignments. Continental Air Command, 15 Jan 1963; 403 Troop Carrier Wing, 11 Feb 1963; Central Air Force Reserve Region, 31 Dec 1969; 403 Composite (later, 403 Tactical Airlift) Wing, 1 Jun 1970; 459 Tactical Airlift Wing, 15 Mar 1976; 440 Tactical Airlift (later, 440 Airlift) Wing, 1 Jul 1981; 434 (later, 434 Air Refueling) Wing, 1 Aug 1992; Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 Oct 1994; Fourth Air Force, 1 Apr 1997-.
Operational Components. Groups. 927 Operations: 1 Aug 1992-. Squadrons. 63 Troop Carrier (later, Tactical Airlift; Tactical Air Support; Tactical Airlift; Airlift): 11 Feb 1963-1 Aug 1992.
Stations. Selfridge AFB (later, ANGB), MI, 11 Feb 1963; MacDill AFB, FL, 1 May 2008-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Nov 1978-31 Oct 1980; 1 Sep 2003-31 Aug 2005; 1 Sep 2006-31 Aug 2008. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 14 Feb 1968-6 Nov 1972.
Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 29 Aug 2023.
Supersedes statement prepared on 17 May 2013.
Emblem. Approved on 5 Jun 1995.
Prepared by James Musser.
Reviewed by Margaret Ream.