108th Fighter Group

108th Operations Group
Group KC-135 Stratotanker at Istres AB, France.
Active	1942–1946
Country	United States
Allegiance	New Jersey
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Air Refueling
Part of	New Jersey Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey
Motto(s)	Per Caelum Victoriae Latin Through the Skies to Victory (later Victory Through the Sky
Insignia
108th Operations Group emblem
Tail Code	Blue stripe "New Jersey" in yellow

The 108th Operations Group is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard, one of the many units stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. If activated to federal service, the group is gained by Air Mobility Command.

Its World War II predecessor, the 348th Fighter Group, was the most successful Republic P-47 Thunderbolt group in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its commander, Neel E. Kearby was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat. Over a dozen of the group's pilots became aces.

The 108th Group mission is air refueling. The wing enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary missions of Global Reach and Global Power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations. The wing is also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during aeromedical evacuations.

In addition to their primary air refueling mission, the Wing also supports an Intelligence Squadron and a Contingency Response Group

The 108th group consists of the following units:

During World War II, the group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. It was the most successful Repiublic P-47 Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific War. The Group's commander, Colonel Neel Kearby ran up 20+ kills, including a 6-kills-in-1-mission, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. The Group scored 396 kills, over half of all the kills credited to Fifth Air Force P-47s, and won two United States Distinguished Unit Citations. The Group had 20 P-47 aces, including Bob Rowland, Lawrence O'Neill, Bill Banks, Bill Dunham, Walt Benz, Sam Blair, Robert Sutcliffe, and George Davis, who would later be awarded the Medal of Honor flying F-86s during the Korean War.