84th Combat Sustainment Wing

84th Combat Sustainment Wing
84th Combat Sustainment Wing
	Emblem of the 84th Combat Sustainment Wing
Active	1949–1951, 2005–2014
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Equipment Support
Part of	Air Force Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ	Hill Air Force Base

Last updated November 06, 2024

The 84th Combat Sustainment Wing was a wing of the United States Air Force based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah from 2005 to 2014. Its history dates back to the 84th Fighter Wing of 1949.

Its mission was to 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. Perhaps its most notable subordinate organization was the 84th Combat Sustainment Group.

History

The 84th Fighter Wing was established in 1949 as a reserve corollary unit of the 52d Fighter Wing at Mitchel AFB, New York but was not manned until it moved to McGuire AFB, New Jersey later that year.^[1] Even after its move, the wing remained undermanned and performed little training.^[1] It had no aircraft assigned, but flew North American F-82 Twin Mustang aircraft of the 52d Wing. However, during its only active duty encampment it had only four pilots qualified to fly this aircraft.^[1] It was called to active duty in 1951 for twenty-one months, but the day after it was activated its personnel were transferred to the 52d Fighter Wing.^[2]

The wing was reactivated in 2005 as part of the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation, which converted its traditional staff agency organizations into wings, groups, and squadrons. It was originally assigned four functional groups, but all but one of the groups was inactivated by 2008.

The wing is also authorized the honors and history of its subordinate 84th Combat Sustainment Group, earned as a fighter group during World War II ^[3] and as a component of Air Defense Command ^[4] during the Cold War.

Lineage

Constituted as the 84th Fighter Wing, All Weather on 16 May 1949^[1]

Activated in the Reserve on 1 June 1949

Redesignated as the 84th Fighter All-Weather Wing on 1 March 1950

Ordered into active service on 1 June 1951

Inactivated on 2 June 1951.^[2]

Redesignated 84th Combat Sustainment Wing on 15 January 2005

Activated 24 February 2005

Inactivated in 2014^[5]

Assignments

First Air Force, 1 June 1949 (attached to 52d Fighter Wing)^[1]
Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 September 1950 – 2 June 1951 (remained attached to 52d Fighter-Interceptor Wing)^[1]
Ogden Air Logistics Center, 24 February 2005 –

Components

84th Air Base Group: 1 June 1949 – 2 June 1951
84th Commodities Sustainment Group: 24 February 2005 – 28 April 2006
84th Fighter Group, All Weather (later 84th Fighter All-Weather Group, 84th Space and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Sustainment Group, 84th Combat Sustainment Group): 1 June 1949 – 2 June 1951,^[1] 24 February 2005 –
84th Maintenance & Supply Group: 1 June 1949 – 2 June 1951
84th Materiel Sustainment Group: 24 February 2005 – 28 April 2006

84th Medical Group: 1 June 1949 – 2 June 1951
84th Specialized Management Sustainment Group: 24 February 2005 – 28 April 2006
784th Combat Sustainment Group: 28 April 2006 – 30 June 2010
884th Combat Sustainment Group: 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
984th Combat Sustainment Group: 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008

Stations

Mitchel AFB, NY, 1 June 1949^[1]
McGuire AFB, NJ, 10 October 1949 – 2 June 1951^[1]
Hill AFB, UT, 24 February 2005 –

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
1 2 Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
↑ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.
↑ Cornett & Johnson, p. 74
↑ Gorny, Mary Lou. "Aerospace Sustainment Directorate takes on platform program offices". Hilltop Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

Bibliography

Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977 . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.

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[Ravenstein119-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.

[CJ63-2] 1 2 Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[3] Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 150–151. ISBN 0-912799-02-1.

[4] Cornett & Johnson, p. 74

[5] Gorny, Mary Lou. "Aerospace Sustainment Directorate takes on platform program offices". Hilltop Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

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