Lineage
- Constituted as 23d Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 17 December 1941
- Redesignated 23d Fighter Group on 15 May 1942
- Activated on 4 July 1942
- Inactivated on 5 January 1946
- Redesignated 23d Fighter Group, Single Engine in 1946
- Activated on 10 October 1946
- Redesignated 23d Fighter Group, Jet on 3 May 1949
- Inactivated on 24 September 1949
- Redesignated 23d Fighter-Interceptor Group on 19 December 1950
- Activated on 12 January 1951
- Inactivated on 6 February 1952
- Redesignated 23d Fighter Group (Air Defense) on 20 June 1955
- Activated on 18 August 1955
- Inactivated on 1 July 1959
- Redesignated 23d Tactical Fighter Group on 31 July 1985 (remained inactive)
- Redesignated 23d Operations Group, and activated, on 1 June 1992
- Inactivated on 1 April 1997
- Redesignated: 23 Fighter Group on 26 September 2006
- Activated on 1 October 2006
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Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
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