478th Aeronautical Systems Wing

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 websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• 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.