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
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