554th Electronic Systems Wing

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Active1943-1945; 1980-1991; 2004-2010
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Part of Air Force Materiel Command
Electronic Systems Center
Garrison/HQ Hanscom Air Force Base
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
554th Electronic Systems Wing Emblem (approved 17 December 1980) [1] 554th Electronic Systems Wing.png

The 554th Electronic Systems Wing (554 ELSW) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force. It was last stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it was inactivated in 2010.

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History

World War II

The wing was first activated in Northern Ireland under VII Air Force Composite Command as the 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group. It used Martin B-26 Marauders and Douglas A-20 Havocs to provide combat and theater indoctrination for Eighth Air Force combat crews from November 1943 until September 1944, when the need for dedicated Army Air Forces training units in the United Kingdom was reduced. [1]

The group's resources were used to man and equip provisional air disarmament units participating in Operation Lusty. These units moved to France in February 1945 and advanced with Allied ground forces, seizing, securing, inventorying, and disposing of captured Luftwaffe equipment and materiel through October 1945. The group inactivated the following month. It was disbanded in the fall of 1948. [1]

Support for Nellis Air Force Base and the Continental Range

The group was reconstituted as the 554th Operations Support Wing in 1980. It provided base support functions for Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada and its associated ranges from 1980 to 1991. The wing developed, operated, and maintained all range facilities and threat simulators and provided combat support functions at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field. [1]

Systems Management

The 554th Electronic Systems Wing was consolidated in 2006 with the Operations Support Systems Wing, which had been established in 2004 at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. The wing was inactivated in June 2010.

Lineage

Assignments

Stations

Components

Groups

Operational Squadrons

Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Airfield, Nevada

Systems Squadrons

Gunter Annex, Alabama

Support Squadrons

Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Airfield, Nevada

Aircraft

Awards and Campaigns

Award streamerAwardDatesNotes
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1983-30 June 1985554th Operational Support Wing [1]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1985-30 June 1987554th Operational Support Wing [1]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1987-30 June 1989554th Operations Support Wing [1]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1989-30 Jun e1991554th Operations Support Wing [1]
Campaign StreamerCampaignDatesNotes
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Rhineland5 September 1944 – 21 March 19453d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group [5]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Central Europe22 March 1944 – 21 May 19453d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group [5]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bailey, Carl E. AFHRA Factsheet 554 Electronic Systems Wing Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine 1/2/2008 Retrieved 15 October 2013
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lineage, assignments, stations, operational components, and aircraft through April 2008 in AFHRA Factsheet.
  3. 1 2 Station number in Anderson.
  4. 1 2 Station number in Johnson
  5. 1 2 AF Pamphlet 900-2, p. 46

Bibliography

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