Flew fighter sweeps over Normandy on 6 June 1944; targets included motor vehicle convoys, buildings, and gun emplacements.

In August 1944 attacked tanks, trucks, and troop concentrations as enemy retreated; provided armed reconnaissance for advancing Allied armored columns.

During September 1944, attacked flak positions near Eindhoven during airborne landing in the Netherlands; bombed enemy communications and transportation lines in western Germany.

It replaced the Federalized Iowa Air National Guard 132d Fighter Bomber Group which was being returned to state control after a twenty-one-month period of activation as a result of the Korean War.

The group's squadrons became first TAC units to perform six-month TDY rotations with NATO at Aviano AB, Italy, with rotations continuing until group inactivated in September 1957 when parent wing adopted Tri-Deputate organization and assigned operational squadrons directly to the wing.

The group's squadrons directly participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.

The F-16CJs left the base in another effort to consolidate from multiple airframes to one at Air Force installations across the country.

In 2007, the group became responsible for planning, operations, intelligence, weapons training and airfield services for squadrons assigned to the 366th Wing of the United States.