402d Maintenance Wing
| 402d Maintenance Wing | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Maintenance |
| Size | 7,000 |
| Part of |
Air Force Materiel Command Warner Robins Air Logistics Center |
| Garrison/HQ | Robins Air Force Base |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | BGen Lee Levy II |
| Insignia | |
| 402d Maintenance Wing emblem (approved 25 May 2005)[1] |
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The 402d Maintenance Wing (402 MXW) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force last based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
As a maintenance wing it provided depot maintenance, engineering support, and software development to major weapon systems (F-15 Eagle, C-5 Galaxy, C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III and Special Operations Forces aircraft).
Lineage
- Constituted as the 402d Air Depot on 30 March 1943
- Activated on 15 April 1943
- Redesignated 402d Base Air Depot on 17 July 1944
- Inactivated on 24 November 1945
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948
- Reconstituted and redesignated 402d Maintenance Wing on 31 January 2005
- Activated on 4 March 2005
- Inactivated on 1 October 2012[1]
Assignments
- Eighth Air Force (later United States Strategic Air Forces, United States Air Forces Europe), 15 April 1943 - 24 November 1945
- Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (later Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex), 4 March 2005[1] (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 17 July 2012)
- Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – present
Components
- 402d Aircraft Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012 (attached to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex after 17 July 2012)
- 402d Commodities Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012 (attached to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex after 17 July 2012)
- 402d Electronics Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012 (attached to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex after 17 July 2012)
- 402d Maintenance Support Group, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012 (attached to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex after 17 July 2012)
- 402d Software Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012 (attached to Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex after 17 July 2012)
Stations
- RAF Warton (Station 582),[2] England, 15 April 1943 - 24 November 1945
- Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 4 March 2005[1] - 1 October 2012
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Haulman, Daniel L. (2012-04-05). "Factsheet 402 Maintenance Wing (AFMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ↑ Station number in Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
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