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The 330 ASW also provides weapon system logistics support, oversee unscheduled and programmed |
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depot maintenance, and manage modification efforts for the Air Force’s fleet of C-5, C-130, C-17, F-15, U-2, and E-8C Joint STARS aircraft, Global Hawk, Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), MC-130, HC-130 and various special operations combat search and rescue aircraft and helicopters to include AC-130H/U,MC-130E/H/P/W, EC-130J, MH-53J/M, HH-60G, UH-1N, TH-1H, and HC-130P/N. |
depot maintenance, and manage modification efforts for the Air Force’s fleet of C-5, C-130, C-17, F-15, U-2, and E-8C Joint STARS aircraft, Global Hawk, Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), MC-130, HC-130 and various special operations combat search and rescue aircraft and helicopters to include AC-130H/U, MC-130E/H/P/W, EC-130J, MH-53J/M, HH-60G, UH-1N, TH-1H, and HC-130P/N. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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=== Cold War === |
=== Cold War === |
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Redesignated 330th Bombardment Group (Medium). Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 at March AFB, California as part of Strategic Air Command Fourth Air Force. Assigned to |
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Group (Medium). Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 at March AFB, California as part of Strategic Air Command Fourth Air Force. Assigned to Fifteenth Air Force 27 June 1949 and attached to 22d Bombardment Group (Medium). Equipped with B-29s from 22d Bombardment Group. |
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Inactivated on 16 Jun 1951. |
Inactivated on 16 Jun 1951. |
Revision as of 01:04, 10 August 2008
330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing | |
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Country | United States |
Branch | Air Force |
Type | Equipment Support |
Part of | Air Force Materiel Command |
Garrison/HQ | Robins Air Force Base |
The 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing (330 ASW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
Mission
The group serves as single focal point for cradle-to-grave sustainment management for the C-130 aircraft to sustain mission effectiveness throughout the system’s life cycle. Responsible for all sustainment activities required to ensure C-130 aircraft availability is adequate for the weapon system to fulfill its assigned missions.
Primary activities include engineering,worldwide logistics, weapon system readiness, and wartime support. Manages aircraft overhaul, modernization and modification programs, and unscheduled depot level maintenance for the C-130 aircraft to include foreign military sales.
The 330 ASW also provides weapon system logistics support, oversee unscheduled and programmed depot maintenance, and manage modification efforts for the Air Force’s fleet of C-5, C-130, C-17, F-15, U-2, and E-8C Joint STARS aircraft, Global Hawk, Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), MC-130, HC-130 and various special operations combat search and rescue aircraft and helicopters to include AC-130H/U, MC-130E/H/P/W, EC-130J, MH-53J/M, HH-60G, UH-1N, TH-1H, and HC-130P/N.
History
World War II
Operational Units
- 457th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944, 1944-1945
- 458th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944, 1944-1945
- 459th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944, 1944-1945
- 460th Bombardment Squadron 1942-1944, 1944
Aircraft Flown
Stations assigned
- Salt Lake City AAB, UT 6 Jul 1942
- Alamogordo, NM 1 Aug 1942
- Biggs Field, TX 5 Apr 1943-1 Apr 1944
- Walker AAFld, KS 1 Apr 1944-7 Jan 1945
- North Field, Guam 18 Feb-15 Nov 1945
- Camp Stoneman, CA unkn-3 Jan 1946
Constituted as 330th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 1 Jul 1942 and activated on 6 Jul. Assigned to Second AF. Functioned as an operational training and later as a replacement training unit, using B-24 aircraft. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944.
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated on 1 Apr 1944. Prepared for combat with B-29's. Moved to Guam, Jan-Apr 1945, and assigned to Twentieth AF. Entered combat on 12 Apr 1945 with an attack on the Hodogaya chemical plant at Koriyama, Japan. From Apr to May 1945, struck airfields from which the Japanese were launching suicide planes against the invasion force at Okinawa. After that, operations were principally concerned with incendiary attacks against urban-industrial areas of Japan. Received a DUC for incendiary raids on the industrial sections of Tokushima and Gifu and for a strike against the hydroelectric power center at Kofu, Japan, in Jul 1945. Received another DUC for attacking the Nakajima-Musashino aircraft engine plant near Tokyo in Aug 1945.
Dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show-of-force missions over Japan after the war. Returned to the US, Nov-Dec 1945. Inactivated on 3 Jan 1946.
Cold War
Redesignated 330th Bombardment Group (Medium). Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 at March AFB, California as part of Strategic Air Command Fourth Air Force. Assigned to Fifteenth Air Force 27 June 1949 and attached to 22d Bombardment Group (Medium). Equipped with B-29s from 22d Bombardment Group.
Inactivated on 16 Jun 1951.
Redesignated 330th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) and allotted to 1st Air Reserve District at Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania. Activated on 14 Jun 1952. Possibly equipped with Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft. Inactivated on 14 Jul 1952.