84th Combat Sustainment Wing

84th Combat Sustainment Wing
Emblem of the 84th Combat Sustainment Wing
Active	1942-Present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Equipment Support
Part of	Air Force Material Command
Garrison/HQ	Hill Air Force Base

The 84th Combat Sustainment Wing (84 CSW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

Mission

Provide system support manager functions for air-to-surface munitions, and multiple Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence (C3I) systems, and supply chain management for space systems, C3I systems, landing gear, power systems and multiple aircraft programs.

Subordinate organizations

• 84th Combat Sustainment Group (84 CSG)
• 784th Combat Sustainment Group (784 CSG)
• 884th Combat Sustainment Group (884 CSG)
• 984th Combat Sustainment Group (984 CSG)

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 84th Bombardment Group (Light) on 13 Jan 1942

Activated on 10 Feb 1942

Redesignated as 84th Bombardment Group (Dive) in Jul 1942

Redesignated as 84th Fighter-Bomber Group in Aug 1943

Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944

• Established as 84th Fighter Group (All Weather) on 16 May 1949

84th Fighter Group reconstituted, redesignated as 84th Fighter Group (All Weather), 26 May 1949

Group assigned to wing as subordinate unit

Activated in the Reserve on 1 Jun 1949

Ordered into active service on 1 Jun 1951

Inactivated on 2 Jun 1951.

• Established as 530th Air Defense Group on 18 Feb 1953

Redesignated 84th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated on 18 Aug 1955

Inactivated on 30 Sep 1968

• Reactivated and resedesignated as 84th Combat Sustainment Wing in 2000

Assignments

• III Fighter Command, 10 Feb 1942
• 72d Fighter Wing, 1 Nov 1943-1 Apr 1944
• Air Force Reserve, 16 May 1949
• Air Defense Command, 1 Jun 1949
• Western Air Defense Force, 1 Sep 1949

• 4702d Defense Wing, 18 Feb 1953
• 9th Air Division, 18 Aug 1955
• 25th Air Division, 15 Aug 1958
• Spokane Air Defense Sector, 1 Sep 1958-30 Sep 1968
• Ogden Air Logistics Center, 2000-Present

Units assigned

• 440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 18 Feb 1953-2 Dec 1954
• 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 20 Mar 1953-18 Aug 1955
• 491st (formerly 304th) Fighter Squadron: 1942-1944
• 496th (formerly 30ist) Fighter Squadron: 1942-1944; 1949-1951
• 497th (formerly 302d) Fighter Squadron: 1942-1944; 18 Aug 1955-5 Jul 1958
• 498th (formerly 303d) Fighter Squadron: 1942-1944; 18 Aug 1955-30 Sep 1968
• 520th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 8 Dec 1954-18 Aug 1955

Stations

• Hunter Field, Georgia, 10 Feb 1942
• Drew Field, Florida, C. 7 Feb 1943
• Harding AAF, Louisiana, 4 Oct 1943-1 Apr 1944
• Mitchel AFB, New York, 1 Jun 1949
• McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 10 Oct 1949-2 Jun 1951

• Geiger Field, Washington, 18 Feb 1953
• McChord AFB, Washington, 1 Jul 1963
• Paine Field, Washington, 14 Jun 1966
• Hamilton AFB, California, 30 Sep 1968
• Hill Air Force Base, Utah 2000 – Present

Aircraft

• V-72 Vengeance, 1942
• A-24 Dauntless, 1942-1943
• P-39 Aircobra, 1943
• P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943-1944

• F-86D Sabre, 1953-1958
• F-102A Delta Dagger, 1957-1959
• F-106 Delta Dart 1959-1968

Operations

During World War II, the 84th Group served as an operational training and a replacement training unit. Also participated occasionally in demonstrations and maneuvers 1942-1944.

Activated in the Reserve in 1949 to train as a fighter corollary of the 52d Fighter Wing, All Weather in the regular Air Force, but apparently undermanned and thus performed very little training. During its only 2-week summer encampment (12-26 Jun 1950), the wing had only four pilots capable of flying the F-82 Twin Mustangs it was assigned to provide training. Even nonflying units of the 84th Wing seem to have been poorly manned, and the 52d Wing made little use of its corollary units. The 84th Wing was ordered to active service on 1 Jun 1951, inactivated the next day, and its few people became "fillers" in other USAF units.

Reactivatted as an Air Defense Command organization and assigned to Geiger Field, Washington for air defense of Pacific Northwest, 1953-1968. Inactivated immediately upon assignment to Hamilton AFB, California in 1968 and its assets reassigned to the 78th Fighter Group (84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron).

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.

External links

• Hill AFB Home Page
• 84th Combat Sustainment Wing