926th Group The 926th Group ( 926 GP ) is an Air Reserve Component ( ARC ) of the United States Air Force . It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force , Air Force Reserve Command , stationed at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada . The unit is a composite organization consisting of squadrons gained by Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command , with Geographic Separated Units ( GSU ) s at Creech Air Force Base , Nevada ; Eglin Air Force Base , Florida , and Schriever Air Force Base , Colorado . Overview . The 926th Group is an associate unit to the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB . The unit provides combat - ready reservists to the USAFWC as sustained expertise integrated at the operational and tactical levels of warfare . It continuously conducts combat operations , operational test and evaluation , tactics development , and advanced training to warfighters . The 926th GP also supports the U . S . Air Force ' s first Unmanned Aircraft Systems wing , the 432d Wing / 432d AEW , equipped with more than 100 MQ - 1 Predator and MQ - 9 Reaper unmanned aircraft , in its mission to train pilots , sensor operators and other UAS crewmembers , and conduct combat surveillance and attack operations worldwide . Units . The 926th GP consists of nine squadrons Located at Nellis AFB and at Geographically Separated Locations : History . Cold War . On 28 December 1963 the 926th Troup Carrier Group was established at NAS New Orleans , flying C - 119 Flying Boxcar aircraft as part of a Tactical Air Command ( TAC ) decision to organize all troop carrier forces , regular Air Force and Air Force Reserve , into wing - group - squadron configurations . In 1967 , the unit designation was changed to the 926th Tactical Airlift Group , reflecting broader airlift capabilities to include transporting equipment and supplies for deployments worldwide . In 1969 , the 926th TAG experienced another conversion as transitioned to the C - 130 Hercules . In October 1972 , members of the 926th TAG flew two C - 130 aircraft into South Vietnam as part of the Air Force - wide program designed to provide the South Vietnamese with increased cargo capability before the war came to an end . In 1977 , the Air Force announced the 926th TAG would convert to the A - 37 Dragonfly fighter aircraft , bringing with the conversion a combat mission and a new designation , the 926th Tactical Fighter Group . The 926th TFG continued to fly the A - 37 until June 1982 when the group completed a conversion to the A - 10 Thunderbolt II . When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 , the 926 TFG began deploying people in support of Operation Desert Shield . Then , in December 1990 , approximately 450 members of the 926th TFG were recalled to active duty in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm as the nation ' s first Air Force Reserve combat unit recalled to active duty . Modern era . In February 1992 , the unit was redesignated as the 926th Fighter Group . The name change reflected the inactivation of the Tactical Air Command and the establishment of its successor organization , the Air Combat Command ( ACC ) . The group began conversion from the A - 10 to the F - 16 Fighting Falcon , which was complete by October that year . Two years later , on October 1 , 1994 , the unit officially became the 9th Fighter Wing . In 1995 , the 926 FW converted back to the A / OA - 10 Thunderbolt II aircraft . The conversion was completed and the unit became combat - ready in September 1997 . In the late 1990s , the 926 FW participated in deployments patrolling the no - fly zones over Iraq in support of Operation Deny Flight , Operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch , and in 1999 returned to Kuwait to participate in Aerospace Expeditionary Force One . After the terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 , members of the 926h FW were mobilized and deployed to various locations worldwide in support of Operation Enduring Freedom ( OEF ) and Operation Noble Eagle ( ONE ) . In 2005 , the Base Realignment and Closure Commission ( BRAC ) identified the 926 FW for inactivation , with personnel and aircraft relocating to four bases . The damage caused to NAS JRB New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina accelerated the process from two and a half years to nine months . By the spring of 2006 , the A - 10s transferred to Whiteman Air Force Base , Missouri , and Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana , while logistics readiness support moved to Buckley Air Force Base , Colorado and the command element moved to Nellis AFB , Nevada . In October 2007 , the 926th Group ( 926 GP ) was officially activated at Nellis AFB .