327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing

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327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing
Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
Motto(s)Ne Defecit Animus Latin
(Courage Does Not Fail Me) (1942–1958)
Intercipere Recognoscere Destuere Latin
(Intercept, Identify, Destroy) (1958–1966)
Insignia
327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing emblem
Patch with 327th Fighter Group (Air Defense) emblem (Approved 12 May 1958)[1]
327th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 27 February 1943)[1]

The 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing is an inactive

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
.

The

Army Air Forces
.

In 1955, as part of

Air Defense Command's Project Arrow, which was aimed at reviving fighter units that had served during World War II, the group was reactivated at Paine Field, where it replaced the 520th Air Defense Group. It provided air defense for the Pacific northwest with North American F-86 Sabres and Convair F-102 Delta Daggers
until it was inactivated in 1966.

The group was upgraded to wing size in 2005 and activated at Tinker Air Force Base when Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) replaced its traditional directorate organizations with wings, groups and squadrons. It controlled logistic support systems for various large aircraft until 2010, when it was inactivated as AFMC returned to its previous organizational structure.

History

World War II

Group's first plane, the Curtiss P-40
P-47 as flown by the 327th Fighter Group

The 327th Fighter Group was activated at

cadres to "satellite groups."[5]

In February 1943, the 327th replaced its Warhawks with

However, the

Cold War

Hamilton Air Force Base, California[4] respectively. These moves were made because another purpose of Project Arrow was to reunite fighter squadrons with their traditional groups.[9] The group was assigned air defense of Great Lakes area and also was the host organization for USAF units at Truax. It was assigned a number of support organizations to fulfill its host responsibilities.[13][14][15]

325th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102s

The group's 323d Squadron converted to

61st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was assigned to the group and moved to Truax Field from Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Canada, where it had been part of the 4731st Air Defense Group,[16] in a swap with the 323d, which replaced the 61st at Ernest Harmon.[2] The group was reduced to a single operational squadron in 1960, when the 61st inactivated.[16]

On 22 October 1962, at the beginning of the

alert status. The increased alert posture was maintained through mid-November, when CONAD returned units to their normal alert status, except for those under the control of its 32d Region, which controlled air defense in the Southeastern United States.[17][18]

Although the number of ADC interceptor squadrons remained almost constant in the early 1960s, attrition (and the fact that production lines closed in 1961) caused a gradual drop in the number of planes assigned to a squadron, from 24 to typically 18 by 1964. The force reduction continued, finally resulting in a reduction in the number of interceptor units, and the group was inactivated in the spring of 1966.[19][20]

Logistics support

The group was redesignated the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and activated in 2005 as part of the

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center when Materiel Command returned to its traditional organizational structure.[22]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 327th Fighter Group (Single Engine) on 24 June 1942
Activated on 19 August 1942
Disbanded on 10 April 1944
  • Reconstituted and redesignated 327th Fighter Group (Air Defense), on 20 June 1955
Activated on 18 August 1955[23]
Discontinued and inactivated on 25 June 1966[19]
  • Redesignated 327th Tactical Fighter Group on 31 July 1985[24]
  • Redesignated 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing on 31 January 2005[25]
Activated on 18 February 2005[25]
Inactivated on 30 June 2010[26]

Assignments

Stations

Components

Sustainment Units

Aircraft

  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1942–1943[1]
  • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944[1]
  • North American F-86D Sabre, 1955–1957[12]
  • Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, 1956–1966[12]

Campaigns

Service Streamer Campaign Dates Notes
American Theater without inscription 25 August 1942 – 10 April 1944 327th Fighter Group[1]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Millville Army Air Field
    in September 1943, but returned to Richmond before moving to Norfolk.
  2. ^ Aircraft is North American F-86D-30-NA Sabre serial 51-5949

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 208–209
  2. ^ a b c d Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 398
  3. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 399
  4. ^ a b c d Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 400–401
  5. ^ Craven & Cate, Introduction, p. xxxvi
  6. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 548–549
  7. ^ Goss, p. 75
  8. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 82
  9. ^ a b Buss, et al., p.6
  10. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 534
  11. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 562
  12. ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson, p. 125
  13. ^ a b "Abstract, History 327 Infirmary, Jul–Dec 1955". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  14. ^ a b "Abstract, History 327 Air Base Squadron, CY 1958–1959". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  15. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 145
  16. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 237
  17. ^ NORAD/CONAD Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, pp. 16, 26
  18. ^ McMullen, pp. 10–12
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Cornett & Johnson, p. 79
  20. ^ McMullen, pp. 41, 43–45
  21. ^ a b c "Factsheet, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center". Tinker Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Armstrong, Brandice J. (16 July 2010). "Previous 327th ASW unit to new OC-ALC/GK names and symbols". Tinker Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  23. ^ Lineage to this entry at Maurer, Combat Units, p. 209
  24. ^ DAF/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations
  25. ^ a b c d e Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Feb 2005, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Jun 2010, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
  27. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 428
  28. ^ Stations to this entry at Maurer, Combat Units, p. 209
  29. ^ Robertson, Patsy (22 May 2009). "Factsheet 61 Fighter Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  30. ^ "Abstract, History 327 Dispensary, Jan–Mar 1966". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  31. ^ "Abstract, History 327 Combat Support Squadron, Jan–Mar 1965". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  32. ^ a b c d Cornett & Johnson, p. 139
  33. ^ "Abstract, History 327 Supply Squadron, Jan–Mar 1965". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  34. ^ Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Jan 2008, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
  35. ^ Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Apr 2008, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency
  36. ^ a b c Air Force Organization Status Change Report, Apr 2006, Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency

Bibliography

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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  • 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 13 February 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2012. Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1956
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