Special Operations Wing, 1 July 1971 302d Tactical Airlift Wing, 25 October 1971 94th Tactical Airlift Wing (later 94th Airlift Wing), 1 July 1972 403d Airlift Wing (later 403d Wing), 1 August 1992 Tenth Air Force, 1 October 1994 Twenty-Second Air Force, 1 April 1997 – present Components 908th Operations Group: 1 August 1992 – present 357th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 357th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 357th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 357th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 357th Airlift Squadron): 11 February 1963 - 1 August 1992 Stations Bates Field, Alabama, 11 February 1963 Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama, 1 October 1964 Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 25 April 1969 – present Aircraft Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1963-1969 Cessna U-3 Blue Canoe, 1969-1971 Cessna O-2 Skymaster, 1970-1971 de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou, 1971-1983 Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1983–present References Notes Bibliography External links 908th Airlift Wing's official website Military units and formations in Alabama 0908 Military units and formations of the United States Air Force Reserves 1963 establishments in Alabama