917th Fighter Group

Trained to conduct close air support and battlefield interdiction. Provided Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt fighter training for reserve pilots until 1 Oct 1993 and after Oct 1996. Deployed A-10s and personnel to Italy to support NATO operations in the Balkans, 1993–1996.

Gained Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers and a bombardment mission in 1993. Transferred B-52 squadron to 307th Operations Group, 8 January 2011, inactivated 26 September 2013 and aircraft transferred to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona under the 924th Fighter Group.

• Established as 917th Operations Group, and activated in the Reserve, on 1 August 1992

Re-designated: 917th Fighter Group, 13 January 2011

Inactivated 26 September 2013

• 917th Fighter Wing (later Wing), 1 August 1992 – 13 January 2011
• 442d Fighter Wing, 13 January 2011 – 26 September 2013

• 46th Fighter Training Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 October 1993
• 47th Fighter Squadron: 1 August 1992 – Present
• 93d Bomb Squadron: 1 October 1993 – 8 January 2011

• Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 1 August 1992 – 26 September 2013

• A-10 Thunderbolt II

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency