Transferred to Air Mobility Command in 1993 when the group became a C-130 Hercules Tactical Airlift unit. Inactivated in April 1996 when the 127th Fighter Wing and 191st Airlift Group were merged due to the One-Base, One Wing policy. Reactivated in May 1999 as a group under the 127th Wing, operating the C-130 airlift element of the composite wing.
Inactivated in September 2007 with the realignment of Selfridge and transfer of the C-130s and the transition to the KC-135 Stratotanker due to BRAC 2005. The 191st Group was inactivated, however the 191st Operation Support Flight, 191st Maintenance Squadron, 191st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 191st Maintenance Operations Flight and the 171st Air Refueling Squadron were reassigned to the 127th Air Refueling Group, 127th Wing.
On January 11, 2024, it was announced that the group would be transitioning over to the new KC-46A Pegasus, possibly in 2028. The group of 12 aircraft would replace the eight that are currently a part of the wing.[1]
Lineage
Established as the 191st Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 September 1962 and allotted to the Air National Guard
Activated on 1 October 1962
Redesignated 191st Fighter-Interceptor Group c. 21 July 1972
Redesignated 191st Fighter Group on 15 March 1992
Redesignated 191st Airlift Group on 15 July 1994
Inactivated on 1 April 1996
Activated on 1 May 1999
Redesignated 127th Air Refueling Group, 30 September 2007,
^While assigned to the 127th Wing, the group uses the wing emblem with the group designation on the scroll. AF Instruction 84-105, Organizational Lineage, Honors and History, 27 April 2017, paragraph 3.3.3
