328th Armament Systems Wing The 328th Armament Systems Wing ( 328 ARSW ) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force . It was last active in 2007 , assigned to the Air Armament Center , part of Air Force Material Command ( AFMC ) at Eglin Air Force Base , Florida . It was first activated in 1942 as the 328th Fighter Group and served during World War II as a fighter aircraft training unit until disbanded in 1944 in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces . The group was reactivated in 1955 in a reorganization of Air Defense Command ( ADC ) in which ADC replace its existing Air Defense Groups with fighter groups that had served during World War II . It provided air defense for the central United States and supported all USAF units at Richards - Gebaur AFB , Missouri . In 1961 , the mission expanded and the 328th Fighter Group became the 328th Fighter Wing until the wing was inactivated in 1968 and its operational squadron reassigned . The wing was activated a final time in 2004 as the Air to Air Systems Wing in the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation , which replaced the traditional staff office organization of the Air Armament Center and other AFMC centers with wing , groups , and squadrons . It became the 328 ARSW in 2006 . but in 2008 AFMC returned to its traditional organization for most of its centers and the wing was inactivated . History . World War II . The 328th Fighter Group was activated in 1942 with the 326th , 327th , and 329th Fighter Squadron s assigned . The 328th group served as part of the west coast air defense force from 1942 to 1944 . While performing this duty it also acted as an operational training unit ( OTU ) until early 1944 . The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to “ satellite groups . ” It then acted as a replacement training unit ( RTU ) for fighter pilots . RTUs were also oversized units that trained individual pilots or aircrew s . In March 1943 , the group added a fourth squadron , the newly activated 444th Fighter Squadron , and in began split operations , with its squadrons located at various airfields in California and Nevada , although group headquarters remained at Hamilton Field . The group was disbanded in 1944 in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces in which units that were not programmed to transfer overseas were disbanded and replaced by AAF Base Units . Standard military units , based on relatively inflexible tables of organization proved less well adapted to the mission . Accordingly a more functional system was adopted in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit . The group was replaced by the 434th AAF Base Unit ( Replacement Training Unit ) at Santa Rosa AAF , where two of its operational squadrons were located . Cold War . The group was reconstituted , assigned to Air Defense Command and activated as the 328th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) , in 1955 . It replaced the 4676th Air Defense Group at Grandview AFB , Missouri as part of ADC ' s Project Arrow , which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars . The personnel and equipment of the 4676th were transferred to the 328th , including its operational squadron , the 326th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron ( FIS ) , flying radar equipped and rocket armed F - 86 Sabre aircraft . The 328th Fighter Wing provided active air defense of a portion of the central United States from 1955 - 1968 . It was also USAF host unit for Grandview AFB , Missouri . It was assigned a number of support organizations to fulfill this function . The 326th FIS upgraded to F - 102 Delta Dagger aircraft , armed with AIM - 4 Falcon Air - to - air missile s by June 1957 . In November , the 65th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron transferred on paper ( without personnel or equipment ) to the wing , and was inactivated two months later . In response to the Cuban Missile Crisis , the wing increased its alert state , deployed the 326th FIS to the Southeastern US and deployed aircraft to Grand Island Municipal Airport ( MAP ) , NE . The wing later maintained air defense detachments at Homestead Air Force Base , Florida , 19 December 1962 – 15 February 1963 , and at Naval Air Station Key West , Florida , 1 August 1965 – 1 July 1966 . From 1966 to the inactivation date July 1968 the 328th maintained an Air Defense Alert Detachment at Grand Island MAP , Nebraska . In early 1967 , the wing was briefly without an operational squadron , when the 326th FIS inactivated Two weeks later , the 71st Fighter - Interceptor Squadron , flying F - 106 Delta Dart s was assigned to the wing . In 1968 , the wing was inactivated and its operational squadron reassigned to the 28th Air Division . Modern Era . The wing was activated in 2005 as the Air to Air Missile Systems Wing as part of the Air Force Materiel Command ( AFMC ) Transformation , in which traditional program offices were replaced by wings , groups , and squadrons . The following year , it was consolidated with the 328th Tactical Fighter Wing , as AFMC assigned its systems wings the numbers of World War II units . The wing performed cradle - to - grave management of air dominance weapon system programs , including the AIM - 120 Advanced Medium Range Air - to - Air Missile ( AMRAAM ) , AIM - 9 X Follow - on Sidewinder , High - speed Anti - Radiation Missile ( HARM ) Targeting System , Miniature Air Launched Decoy , and aerial target systems . It was inactivated in 2007 and its subordinate units reassigned or inactivated as the Air Armament reduced its subordinate systems organizations . 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