478th Aeronautical Systems Wing

478th Aeronautical Systems Wing
Emblem of the 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Aeronautical Systems
Role	Depot Level Aircraft Maintenance
Part of	Air Force Material Command
Garrison/HQ	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

The 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing (478 ASW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

The antecedent group was a Fourth Air Force RTU and west coast air defense fighter unit, 1943-1944. It provided Air Defense in the North-Central United States, 1957-1963. From 2004 to the present it provided Depot level maintenance.

Mission

The 478th ASW is a depot-level maintenance organization tasked with the servicing of F-22A Raptor aircraft and weapons systems.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as 478th Fighter Group on 12 October 1943

Activated on 1 December 1943

Disbanded on 31 March 1944

• Reconstituted and redesignated 478th Fighter Group (Air Defense), on 11 December 1956

Activated on 28 February 1957

Resesignated 478th Fighter Wing (Air Defense) on 28 December 1960

Inactivated on 1 July 1963

• Reactivated and redesignated 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing, Appx 2004.

Assignments

• San Francisco Fighter Wing, 1 December 1943
• Seattle Fighter Wing, 3 February-31 March 1944
• Central Air Defense Force, 28 February 1957
• 31st Air Division, 8 February 1957
• 29th Air Division, 1 January 1959
• Central Air Defense Force, 1 July 1959
• Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, 28 December 1960 – 1 July 1963
• Air Materiel Command, 2004–present (Apprx)

Components

• 18th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 1 February 1961 – 1 July 1963
• 546th Fighter Squadron, 1 December 1943 – 31 March 1944

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 1 December 1943
• Santa Rosa Army Airfield, California, 12 December 1943
• Redmond Army Airfield, Oregon, 3 February-31 March 1944
• Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, 20 February 1957 – 1 July 1963
• Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 2004–present (Apprx)

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.