402nd Maintenance Wing
The 402nd Maintenance Wing, sometimes written as 402d Maintenance Wing, 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.
From 1943 to 1945, RAF Station Warton, 6.9 miles west of Preston, Lancashire, where the 402d Air Depot, later the 402d Base Air Depot, was located, operated as a United States Army Air Forces depot and staging point. Thousands of aircraft were processed at Warton on their way to active service in Great Britain, North Africa, the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, and mainland Europe.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 402d Air Depot on 30 March 1943
- Disbanded on 8 October 1948
- Reconstituted and redesignated 402d Maintenance Wing on 31 January 2005
Assignments
- Eighth Air Force, 15 April 1943 – 24 November 1945
- Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, 4 March 2005
- Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – present
Components
- 402d Aircraft Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 – 1 October 2012
- 402d Commodities Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 – 1 October 2012
- 402d Electronics Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 – 1 October 2012
- 402d Maintenance Support Group, 4 March 2005 – 1 October 2012
- 402d Software Maintenance Group, 4 March 2005 – 1 October 2012
Stations
- RAF Warton, Lancashire, 15 April 1943 – 24 November 1945
- Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 4 March 2005 - 1 October 2012