The 127th Operations Group is a unit of the
Michigan Air National Guard
The Michigan Air National Guard (MI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Michigan, United States of America. It is, along with the Michigan Army National Guard, an element of the Michigan National Guard. The Michigan Air National Guard is ...
. It is stationed at
Selfridge Air National Guard Base
Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the Unit ...
and 1s one of two flying groups assigned to the
127th Wing. The group operates
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft.
The group was first formed during
World War II
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as the 361st Fighter Group. It served in the
European Theater of Operations as part of
VIII Fighter Command
The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the wings and below the numbered air force. Its primary mission was command of fighter operations within the Eighth Air Force. In the World War II European The ...
, flying its last mission on 20 April 1945.
In 1946, the
group
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* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...
was allotted to the
Air National Guard as the 127th Fighter Group. In 1951, as a result of the
Korean War
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, the group was
called to active duty, and trained pilots for the
United States Air Force
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as the 127th Pilot Training Group. In November 1952, it was returned to the
Michigan Air National Guard
The Michigan Air National Guard (MI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Michigan, United States of America. It is, along with the Michigan Army National Guard, an element of the Michigan National Guard. The Michigan Air National Guard is ...
as the 127th Fighter-Bomber Group. in 1955, it became the 127th Fighter-Interceptor Group and in 1958 converted to the
aerial reconnaissance
Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft. The role of reconnaissance can fulfil a variety of requirements including artillery spotting, the collection of i ...
mission as the 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Group. It resumed the fighter mission in 1972 as the 127th Tactical Fighter Group, but was inactivated two years later. With the implementation of the Objective Wing organization, the group was again activated as the 127th Operations Group.
History
World War II
Activation and training in the United States
The
group
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* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...
was first organized at
Richmond Army Air Base
Richmond International Airport is a joint civil-military airport in Sandston, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community (in Henrico County). The airport is about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Richmond, the capital of ...
, Virginia on 10 February 1943. Its components were the
374th,
375th, and
376th Fighter Squadron
The 376th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 361st Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 23 October 1945. In 1985, t ...
s.
[Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 463-464][Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 464-465][Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 465-466] The group was equipped with
Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and trained for combat at bases in Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.
[ On 12 November 1943, the group moved to ]Camp Shanks
Camp Shanks was a United States Army installation in the Orangetown, New York area. Named after Major General David C. Shanks, it was situated near the juncture of the Erie Railroad and the Hudson River. The camp was the largest U.S. Army embarka ...
, New York for shipment overseas. It sailed on the for the European Theater of Operations on 23 November.[Freeman, p. 252]
Combat in Europe
The group arrived at the Firth of Clyde
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on 29 November and moved to RAF Bottisham
Royal Air Force Bottisham or more simply RAF Bottisham is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
History
RAF Fighter Command use
RAF Bottisham opened in March 1940 and was first used by bomb-ar ...
, England the following day. It would be the last P-47 Thunderbolt group to join Eighth Air Force. The 361st flew its first combat mission with its P-47 aircraft on 21 January 1944. The weight of the heavy P-47 fighters soon began to tell on the wet surface making take-offs tricky. A team of American engineers were called in during January 1944 and, in three days, they constructed a 4410 foot long runway with pierced steel planking
Marston Mat, more properly called pierced (or perforated) steel planking (PSP), is standardized, perforated steel matting material developed by the United States at the Waterways Experiment Station shortly before World War II, primarily for the ...
(PSP). This feat was considered a record for laying this type of prefabricated surfacing. The runway, which was aligned NE-SW, became the main at Bottisham the other also being constructed of PSP. However, the group converted to North American P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James ...
s in May 1944 and flew them for the remainder of the war.[
The unit served primarily as an escort organization, covering the penetration, attack, and withdrawal of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber formations that the Army Air Forces sent against targets on the Continent. The group also engaged in counter-air patrols, fighter sweeps, and ]strafing
Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons.
Less commonly, the term is used by extension to describe high-speed firing runs by any land or naval craft such ...
and dive bombing
A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact throughou ...
missions. Attacked such targets as airdromes, marshaling yard
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s, industrial areas, ordnance depots, oil refineries, trains, and highways. It participated in Operation Crossbow
''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme.
The main V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket – these were launched against Brita ...
, the attacks on German missile launch sites.[
During its operations, the unit participated in the assault against the German Air Force and aircraft industry during the Big Week, 20–25 February 1944, and the attack on transportation facilities prior to D-Day and support of the invasion forces thereafter, including ]Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the United States First Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II. The intention was to take adv ...
, the breakout at Saint Lo
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, in July. In September 1944, the 361st moved to RAF Little Walden
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The following units were here at some poin ...
.[
From its new base, the group supported ]Operation Market-Garden
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 27 September 1944. Its objective was to create a salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, ...
, the airborne attack on Rhine River
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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crossings in the Netherlands in September 1944. In December 1944, the group deployed a detachment to France to support ground troops in the Battle of the Bulge
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. The detachment remained until January 1945. In February, the entire group deployed to Chievres Airfield, Belgium, flying tactical ground support missions during Operation Varsity
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, the airborne assault across the Rhine in Germany and remained unitil April.[
The unit returned to RAF Little Walden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945. Following ]V-E Day
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, many personnel were transferred from the unit, and in September and October, the group's aircraft were transferred to depots. The group's remaining personnel sailed from Southampton
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on the on 4 November. On 9 November the 361st arrived at Camp Kilmer
Located in Central New Jersey, Camp Kilmer is a former United States Army camp that was activated in June 1942 as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. The camp was organized as part of the Army Service ...
, New Jersey and was inactivated the following day.[
]
Air National Guard
Formation and mobilization for the Korean War
In May 1946, the group was allotted to the National Guard
National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards.
Nat ...
and redesignated as the 127th Fighter Group.[ Two months later, the State of Michigan activated it at Wayne County Airport, near ]Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...
, and it received federal recognition in September. Its initial component was the 107th Bombardment Squadron, which had been an element of the Michigan Guard since 1926, except for periods when it was mobilized
Mobilization is the act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war. The word ''mobilization'' was first used in a military context in the 1850s to describe the preparation of the Prussian Army. Mobilization theories and ...
. By 1947, the group had added two of its World War II squadrons, the 374th (now the 171st) and 375th (now the 172nd) Fighter Squadrons. Although the 107th and 171st Squadrons were stationed with the group, the 172nd was at Kellogg Field
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*Kellogg's, American multinational food-manufacturing company
**Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the company
**John Harvey Kellogg, his brother, inventor of cornflakes and medical practitioner
* Kello ...
, Michigan. The 172nd formed an acrobatic team, called the "Michigan Acro-Guards" and flew their F-51 Mustangs in aerial demonstrations.
In the fall of 1950, the Air National Guard reorganized under the Wing Base Organization and the group was assigned to the new 127th Fighter Wing
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, which has remained as its higher headquarters under various designations since then. In February 1951, the wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is e ...
and group were called to active duty. Unlike other National Guard wings called to active duty for the Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
, however, the 127th became part of Air Training Command and moved to Luke Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States., effective 20 December 2007 It is located west of the central business district of Glendale, and west of Phoenix.
Luke AFB is a major traini ...
, Arizona,[Mueller, p. 342] along with its 107th and 171st Squadrons,[The 172nd transferred to the ]128th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
The 115th Fighter Wing is a unit of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, which is stationed at Truax Field Air National Guard Base, Madison, Wisconsin. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Co ...
of the Wisconsin Air National Guard
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As state militia units, the uni ...
. becoming the 127th Pilot Training Group.[ Seventeen members of the 172nd Squadron had volunteered for duty overeseas as members of the regular Air Force the previous month.][ The 197th Pilot Training Squadron of the ]Arizona Air National Guard
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As state militia units, the units in the ...
, which was already at Luke, became the group's third squadron. The 197th was equipped with Republic F-84 Thunderjet
The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thun ...
s.[ The group trained fighter pilots with North American F-51 Mustangs, ]Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star
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s and F-84 Thunderjets.
Return to the National Guard
The 127th was inactivated in November 1952 and returned to the Michigan Guard as the 127th Fighter-Bomber Group,[ with the 107th and 171st Squadrons assigned. Its equipment, mission, and most of its personnel at Luke were transferred to the newly formed 3600th Flying Training Group. Despite its designation, it focused on the air defense mission. This was recognized in 1955, when the unit became the 127th Fighter-Interceptor Group. When it became the 127th Fighter Group (Air Defense) in April 1956, only the 107th Squadron remained with the group.
In 1958, its mission changed to ]aerial reconnaissance
Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft. The role of reconnaissance can fulfil a variety of requirements including artillery spotting, the collection of i ...
and it became the 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Group. The 171st Squadron returned to the group, along with the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the Kansas Air National Guard
The Kansas Air National Guard (KS ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Kansas, United States of America. It is, along with the Kansas Army National Guard, an element of the Kansas National Guard.
As state militia units, the units in the K ...
. In 1962, to facilitate mobilization of elements smaller than an entire wing, the 117th and 171st Squadrons were assigned to newly organized groups.[For the response to the same problem with reserve units, ''see'' Cantwell, pp. 189-191.] In 1970, the group made the short move to Selfridge Air Force Base
Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the Unit ...
. It returned to the fighter mission in 1972, but was inactivated in December 1974, when the Air National Guard eliminated group headquarters that were located on the same base as their parent wings.
As the Air Force implemented the Objective Wing organization in the 1990s, the group was again activated as the 127th Operations Group.
Lineage
* Constituted as the 361st Fighter Group, Single Engine on 28 January 1943
: Activated on 10 February 1943
: Inactivated on 10 November 1945
* Redesignated 127th Fighter Group, Single Engine and allotted to the National Guard on 24 May 1946
: Activated on 9 July 1946
: Federally recognized on 29 September 1946
* Called to active duty c. 1 February 1951
: Redesignated 127th Pilot Training Group
: Inactivated, returned to the National Guard, and redesignated 127th Fighter-Bomber Group on 1 November 1952[Lineage and active duty stations through November 1952 in Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 243-244]
: Redesignated 127th Fighter-Interceptor Group on 1 July 1955
: Redesignated 127th Fighter Group (Air Defense) on 16 April 1956
* Redesignated 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 12 April 1958
: Redesignated 127th Tactical Fighter Group on 30 June 1972
: Inactivated on 9 December 1974
* Redesignated 127th Operations Group
: Activated c. 1 January 1993
Assignments
* I Fighter Command
I Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces intermediate command responsible for command and control of the fighter operations within the First Air Force during World War II. It was initially established in June 1941 as the 1st Inte ...
, 10 February 1943
* Philadelphia Air Defense Wing (later Philadelphia Fighter Wing
The Philadelphia Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the I Fighter Command, stationed at Philadelphia Airport, Pennsylvania, where it was inactivated on 3 April 1946.
History
The wing was a W ...
), 28 August 1943
* VIII Fighter Command
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, 30 November 1943[
* 66th Fighter Wing, 12 December 1943][Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 403 (year only)]
* 67th Fighter Wing
The 67th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Air Force for four years, between 1946 and 1950. It was located at Logan Airport, in Boston, Massachusetts. It is unrelated to the modern 67th Network Warfare Wing.
History World War II
The ...
, 11 March 1944[
* ]100th Fighter Wing
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, 8 August 1944[ (attached to ]XIX Tactical Air Command
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During World War II, the mission of th ...
for operational control after 24 December 1944)[
* 65th Fighter Wing, 1 January 1945 (attached to ]XIX Tactical Air Command
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During World War II, the mission of th ...
for operational control)[
* ]VIII Fighter Command
The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the wings and below the numbered air force. Its primary mission was command of fighter operations within the Eighth Air Force. In the World War II European The ...
, 1 February 1945[
* 66th Fighter Wing, 10 April 1945][
* Army Service Forces, New York Port of Embarkation, 3–10 November 1945
* Michigan National Guard, 9 July 1946
* 66th Fighter Wing, 26 November 1946
* 55th Fighter Wing, 1 August 1948
* 66th Fighter Wing, 1 December 1948
* 127th Fighter Wing (later 127th Pilot Training Wing), 1 November 1950 – 1 November 1952
* 127th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 127th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 127th Air Defense Wing, 127th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 127th Tactical Fighter Wing), 1 November 1952 – 12 April 1958 – 9 December 1974
* 127th Fighter Wing (later 127th Wing), c. 1 January 1993 – present
]
Components
* 107th Bombardment Squadron (later 107th Fighter Squadron, 107th Pilot Training Squadron, 107th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 107th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 107th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 107th Fighter Squadron), 9 July 1946 – 26 November 1946, 1 July 1950 – 11 September 1952,[ 1 November 192 – 9 December 1975. c. 1 January 1993 – present
* 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, c. December 1958 – 1 October 1962
* 127th Operations Support Squadron, c. 1 January 1993 – present
* 169th Fighter Squadron, c. June 1947 – 1 June 1949
* 197th Pilot Training Squadron, February 1951 – 1 November 1952][
* ]374th Fighter Squadron 374th may refer to:
*374th Airlift Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan
* 374th Fighter Squadron or 171st Air Refueling Squadron, unit of the Michigan Air National Guard's 127th ...
(later 171st Fighter Squadron, 171st Pilot Training Squadron, 171st Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 171st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 171st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 171st Airlift Squadron), 10 February 1943 – 24 October 1945,[ 13 December 1946 – 1 November 1952, 1 November 1952 – 16 April 1956, c. 1 January 1958 – 1 October 1962, 1 April 1996 – 1 May 1999
* ]375th Fighter Squadron 375th may refer to:
*375th Air Mobility Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Forcestationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
*375th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit
* 375th Fighter Squadro ...
(later 172nd Fighter Squadron), 10 February 1943 – 24 October 1945[ 29 August 1947 – c. 10 February 1951
* ]376th Fighter Squadron
The 376th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 361st Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 23 October 1945. In 1985, t ...
, 10 February 1943 – 24 October 1945[
]
Stations
* Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 10 February 1943
* Langley Field Langley may refer to:
People
* Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name
* Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer
* Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfo ...
, Virginia, 26 May 1943
* Millville Army Air Field
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, New Jersey, 20 July 1943
* Camp Springs Army Air Field
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, Maryland 28 August 1943
* Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 20 September – 11 November 1943
* RAF Bottisham (AAF-374), England, 30 November 1943
* RAF Little Walden (AAF-165),[Station number in Anderson, p. 22.] England, 26 September 1944
* Chievres Airfield (A-84),[Station number in Johnson, p. 23.] Belgium 1 February 1945
* RAF Little Walden (AAF-165),[ England, 9 April – 3 November 1945
* Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 9–10 November 1945
* Wayne County Airport, Michigan, 9 July 1946
* Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 23 February 1951 – 1 November 1952][
* Wayne County Airport, 1 November 1952 – 12 April 1958
* Detroit Air National Guard Base, c. 1 October 1962
* Selfridge Air Force Base, June 1970 – 9 December 1974
* Selfridge Air Force Base (later Selfridge Air National Guard Base). c.1 January 1993 – present
]
Aircraft
* Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943-1944[
* North American P-51 (later F-51) Mustang, 1944-1945,][ 1946-1952][
* Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1951-1952
* Republic F-84 Thunderjet, 1951-1952][
* ]Republic RF-84F Thunderflash
The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version ...
,[ 1958-1972
* North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1972-1974
]
References
Notes
; Explanatory notes
; Citations
Bibliography
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; Further reading
* Cora, Paul B. ''Yellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in World War II P-51 Mustangs over Germany''. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2002. .
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* Freeman, Roger A. ''The Mighty Eighth The Colour Record''. Cassell & Co., 1991 .
* Gotts, Steve. ''Little Friends: A Pictorial History of the 361st Fighter Group in WW II''. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993.
External links
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