Lineage
85th Fighter-Bomber Group
- Constituted as 85th Bombardment Group (Light) on 13 January 1942
- Activated on 10 February 1942
- Redesignated as 85th Bombardment Group (Dive) on 27 July 1942
- Redesignated as 85th Fighter-Bomber Group on 10 August 1943
- Disbanded on 1 May 1944
- Reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated as 85th Tactical Fighter Training Wing (not active)
- Consolidated with Air Forces Iceland on 29 September 1994 as 85th Wing
Air Forces Iceland
- Designated as Iceland Air Defense Force and organized, on 1 April 1952
- Redesignated Air Forces Iceland on 1 January 1960
- Inactivated on 31 May 1993
- Consolidated with 85th Tactical Fighter Wing on 29 September 1994 as 85th Wing
Consolidated Unit
- Activated on 1 October 1994
- Redesignated 85th Group on 1 July 1995
- Inactivated on 28 June 2006.
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