The 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing was a

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of the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

based at

Robins Air Force Base Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, south-southeast of Macon and approximately south-southeast o ...

, Georgia.

Mission

The group served 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 was adequate for the weapon system to fulfill its assigned missions. Primary activities included engineering, worldwide logistics, weapon system readiness, and wartime support. Managed 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 provided weapon system logistics support, oversaw unscheduled and programmed depot maintenance, and managed 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

Air Force Reserve

With the end of World War II, the 330th was allocated to the Air Force Reserve. It was redesignated as the 330th Bombardment Group (Medium) and assigned to

March Air Force Base March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command's ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

for training with

B-29 Superfortress The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 F ...

es of the active-duty Strategic Air Command 22d Bombardment Wing, being activated on 27 June 1949. The wing was assigned to Fifteenth Air Force on 27 June 1949. As a result of the

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its personnel were activated into Federal Service on 1 May 1951 and deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa for combat duty. . With its personnel deployed overseas, the wing was inactivated on 16 June. The 330th was again redesignated as the 330th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) and allotted to 1st Air Reserve District at

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on 14 Jun 1952. The unit may have just existed on paper and wasn't manned. It was also possibly equipped with Curtiss

C-46 Commando The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a twin-engine transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company pub ...

aircraft. Nevertheless, it was inactivated on 14 Jul 1952. Reactivated in 2005 as a Depot Support Wing at Robins AFB. The 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing was inactivated on 30 July 2010.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 330th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 16 May 1949 : Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949 : Ordered to active duty on 1 May 1951 : Inactivated on 16 Jun 1951 * Redesignated 330th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium on 26 May 1952 : Activated in the reserve on 14 June 1952 : Inactivated on 14 July 1952Ravenstein, p. 178 * Redesignated 330th Military Airlift Wing on 31 July 1985 * Redesignated 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing on 31 January 2005 : Activated on 4 March 2005 : Inactivated on 30 July 2010

Assignments

Tenth Air Force The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswel ...

, 27 June 1949 (Attached to 22d Bombardment Wing, 27 June 1949 - 30 April 1951) * Fifteenth Air Force, 1 May 1951 - 26 June 1951 (attached to 12th Air Division until 16 June 1951) *

, 14 June 1952 – 14 July 1952 * Air Force Materiel Command, 4 May 2005 - 30 June 2010

Components

330th Bombardment Group (VH) The 330th Bombardment Group ("Empire Busters") was a bomber Group (military aviation unit), group of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was formed on 1 July 1942 at Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah. Initially, the group ...

(later 330th Troop Carrier Group, 330th Tactical Airlift Sustainment Group, 330th Aircraft Sustainment Group): 27 June 1949 - 26 June 1951, 14 June 1952 - 14 July 1952, 4 March 2005 - 30 June 2010 * 330 Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sustainment Group: 4 March 2005 - 14 April 2006 * 330 Fighter Sustainment Group: 4 March 2005 - 14 April 2006 * 330 Special Operations Forces and Combat Search and Rescue Sustainment Group: 4 March 2005 - 14 April 2006 * 330 Strategic Airlift Sustainment Group: 4 March 2005 - 14 April 2006 * 560th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 14 April 2006 - 30 June 2010 * 580th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 14 April 2006 - 30 June 2010 * 730th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 14 April 2006 - 30 June 2010 * 830th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 14 April 2006 - 30 June 2010

Stations

, California, 27 Jun 1949-16 Jun 1951 *

, Pennsylvania, 14 Jun-14 Jul 1952 *

, Georgia, 4 March 2005 - 30 June 2010

Aircraft assigned

* Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1949–1951) * Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1951

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Robins AFB Home Page

330th Bomb Group Website
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