554th Electronic Systems Wing
The 554th Electronic Systems Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force. It was last stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it was inactivated in 2010.
History
World War II
The wing was first activated in Northern Ireland under VII Air Force Composite Command as the 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group. It used Martin B-26 Marauders and Douglas A-20 Havocs to provide combat and theater indoctrination for Eighth Air Force combat crews from November 1943 until September 1944, when the need for dedicated Army Air Forces training units in the United Kingdom was reduced.The group's resources were used to man and equip provisional air disarmament units participating in Operation Lusty. These units moved to France in February 1945 and advanced with Allied ground forces, seizing, securing, inventorying, and disposing of captured Luftwaffe equipment and materiel through October 1945. The group inactivated the following month. It was disbanded in the fall of 1948.
Support for Nellis Air Force Base and the Continental Range
The group was reconstituted as the 554th Operations Support Wing in 1980. It provided base support functions for Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada and its associated ranges from 1980 to 1991. The wing developed, operated, and maintained all range facilities and threat simulators and provided combat support functions at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field.Systems Management
The 554th Electronic Systems Wing was consolidated in 2006 with the Operations Support Systems Wing, which had been established in 2004 at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. The wing was inactivated in June 2010.Lineage
554th Operations Support Wing- Constituted on 2 November 1943 as the 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948
- Reconstituted on 26 February 1980 and redesignated 554th Operations Support Wing
- Constituted as the Operations Support Systems Wing on 23 November 2004
Assignments
- VIII Air Force Composite Command, 21 November 1943
- Air Disarmament Command, ca. 23 September 1944
- VIII Air Force Composite Command, 10 October 1944
- IX Air Force Service Command, 1 February 1945
- 1587th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, 16 October 1945
- Detachment B, 9th Base Air Depot Area, 12 November 1945 – 22 November 1945
- USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- Electronic Systems Center, 17 December 2004 – 30 June 2010
Stations
- RAF Toome, Northern Ireland, 21 November 1943
- RAF Chipping Ongar, England, September 1944
- Vittel, France, by 15 March 1945
- Öhringen, Germany, by 30 April 1945
- Schwetzingen, Germany, by 1 May 1945
- Fillingen, Germany, by 15 May 1945
- Nellingen, Germany, by 31 May 1945
- Kaufbeuren, Germany, 15 October 1945
- Leipheim, Germany, ca. 31 October 1945 – 22 November 1945
- Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 17 December 2004 – 30 June 2010
Components
Groups- 554th Combat Support Group, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- 554th Electronic Systems Group, 17 April 2006 – 30 June 2010
- USAF Hospital, Nellis, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- 554th Range Group, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- 554th Security Police Group, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- 754th Electronic Systems Group, 17 April 2006 – 30 June 2010
- 2069th Communications Group, 1 September 1990 – 1 November 1991
- 3d Replacement and Training Squadron, 21 November 1943 – 22 November 1945
- 4460th Helicopter Squadron, 1 June 1985 – 31 December 1987
- Engineering and Integration Systems Squadron 17 December 2004 – 30 June 2010
- 554th Combat Support Squadron, 1 March 1986 – 31 December 1987
- 554th Supply Squadron, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
- 554th Transportation Squadron, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1991
Aircraft
- Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1944
- Martin B-26 Marauder, 1943–1944
- Fairchild AT-23, 1944
- Bell UH-1N Huey, 1985–1987
Awards and campaigns
| Campaign Streamer | Campaign | Dates | Notes |
| Rhineland | 5 September 1944 – 21 March 1945 | 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group | |
| Central Europe | 22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945 | 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group |