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Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 February 2012

1108th AVIATION GROUP
(FIGHTING MISSISSIPIANS)

  • Organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1975 in the Mississippi Army National Guard at Biloxi as the Transportation Aircraft Repair Shop Number 1, a table of distribution and allowances unit
  • Location changed 1 April 1977 to Gulfport
  • Redesignated 1 September 1979 as the Gulfport, Mississippi Army Aviation Classification and Repair Depot
  • Redesignated 1 May 1991 as the 1108th Army Aviation Classification and Repair Depot
  • Ordered into active Federal service 2 August 2005 at Gulfport; released from active Federal service 10 October 2005 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 29 July 2007 at Gulfport; released from active Federal service 31 August 2008 and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized 1 March 2011 in the Mississippi Army National Guard as the 1108th Aviation Group
  • Ordered into active Federal service 24 August 2011 at Gulfport; released from active Federal service 26 September 2012 and reverted to state control
  • HOME STATION: Gulfport

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War on Terrorism
  • Global War on Terrorism

Decorations

  • None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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