page_title: 121st Air Refueling Wing
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 121st Air Refueling Wing / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 178th Fighter Group A-7 Retirement patch
context_page_description: The 121st Air Refueling Wing is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard, stationed at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command.
context_section_description: Constituted as 357th Fighter Group on 1 December 1942 and activated the same day
  Inactivated in Germany on 20 August 1946
  Re-designated: 121st Fighter Group, and allotted to Ohio ANG, on 21 August 1946
  Extended federal recognition on 26 June 1948
  Established as 121st Fighter Wing  and allotted to Ohio ANG, 31 October 1950
  Organized and received federal recognition, 1 November 1950, assuming personnel and equipment of 55th Fighter Wing (Inactivated)
  121st Fighter Group assigned as subordinate unit
  Re-designated: 121st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 16 October 1952
  Group re-designated 121st Fighter-Bomber Group
  Re-designated: 121st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 November 1952
  Group re-designated 121st Fighter-Interceptor Group
  Re-designated: 121st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 November 1957
  Group re-designated 121st Fighter-Bomber Group
  Re-designated: 121st Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 September 1961
  Group re-designated 121st Tactical Fighter Group
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 1 October 1961
  Elements operated as: 7121st Tactical Wing, 4 November 1961 – 9 August 1962
  Released from active duty and returned to Ohio state control, 20 August 1952
  121st Tactical Fighter Group inactivated 30 June 1974
  Re-designated: 121st Air Refueling Wing, 16 January 1993
  Group re-activated and re-designated as 121st Operations Group
caption: 178th Fighter Group A-7 Retirement patch
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