367th Fighter Group

133d Operations Group
133d Operations Group C-130H
Active	1943–1945; 1947–1952; 1952–present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Role	Airlift
Patron	Splendentes in Defensione Latin Splendid in Defense
Engagements	European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Belgian Fourragere Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Current commander	Col Robert Hagel
Notable commander	Brig Gen Edwin S. Chickering
Insignia
133d Operations Group emblem (Approved 9 July 1954)

The 133rd Operations Group is the flying component of the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133d Airlift Wing, stationed at Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station, Minnesota. If activated to federal service, the group is gained by Air Mobility Command of the United States Air Force.

The group was first activated as the 367th Fighter Group, an Army Air Forces unit. The group trained in the western United States with Bell P-39 Airacobras. The 367th moved to England in the spring of 1944, where it became part of IX Fighter Command (later XIX Tactical Air Command) and converted to Lockheed P-38 Lightnings. The group engaged in combat with Lightnings, and later with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts, in the European Theater of Operations until VE Day, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations and the Belgian Fourragere for its actions. It returned to the United States in the fall of 1945 and was inactivated on 7 November 1945.

In May 1946, the group was allotted to the National Guard and renumbered as the 133d Fighter Group. It trained with North American P-51 Mustangs. In 1951 it was mobilized for the Korean War and served in an air defense role until inactivating in February 1952 in a reorganization of Air Defense Command.