On Saturday April 12th, the 127th Airlift Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard based at Selfridge Air Force Base northeast of Detroit changed it's mission from flying C-130s to flying jet powered KC-135s. They are now designated as the 127th Air Refueling Wing. This change was established in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act. The base has had eight KC-135s for a number of years now that once belonged to the 927th ARW of the Air Force Reserves. Those members of the 927th have since been reassigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.
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