330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing The 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing ( 330 ASW ) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Robins Air Force Base , Georgia . Mission . The group serves as single focal point for cradle - to - grave sustainment management for the C - 130 aircraft to sustain mission effectiveness throughout the system ’ s life cycle . Responsible for all sustainment activities required to ensure C - 130 aircraft availability is adequate for the weapon system to fulfill its assigned missions . Primary activities include engineering , worldwide logistics , weapon system readiness , and wartime support . Manages aircraft overhaul , modernization and modification programs , and unscheduled depot level maintenance for the C - 130 aircraft to include foreign military sales . The 330 ASW also provides weapon system logistics support , oversee unscheduled and programmed depot maintenance , and manage modification efforts for the Air Force ’ s fleet of C - 5 , C - 130 , C - 17 , F - 15 , U - 2 , and E - 8C Joint STARS aircraft , Global Hawk , Distributed Common Ground System ( DCGS ) , MC - 130 , HC - 130 and various special operations combat search and rescue aircraft and helicopters to include AC - 130H / U , MC - 130E / H / P / W , EC - 130J , MH - 53J / M , HH - 60G , UH - 1N , TH - 1H , and HC - 130P / N . History . World War II . The 330th Bombardment Group was constituted on 1 July 1942 at Salt Lake City Army Air Base , Utah . It was assigned to Second Air Force as a B - 24 Liberator Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) and later as a Replacement Training Unit ( RTU ) . The group performed this training at Alamogordo Army Airfield in New Mexico , then later at Biggs Field near El Paso , Texas . With the drawdown of heavy bomber training in 1944 , the group was redesignated as the 330th Bombardment Group and was designated as a B - 29 Superfortress operational bomb group being assigned to the 314th Bombardment Wing , to be sent to the Pacific Theater as part of the war against the Japanese Empire . The group was assigned to Walker AAF , Kansas for equipping and training . The group deployed to Guam in late 1944 , and was assigned to XXI Bomber Command of the Twentieth Air Force . It entered combat on 12 Apr 1945 with an attack on the Hodogaya chemical plant at Koriyama , Japan . From April to May 1945 , it struck airfields from which the Japanese were launching suicide planes against the invasion force at Okinawa . After that , operations were principally concerned with incendiary attacks against urban - industrial areas of Japan . It received a Distinguished Unit Citation for incendiary raids on the industrial sections of Tokushima and Gifu and for a strike against the hydroelectric power center at Kofu , Japan , in July 1945 . Another DUC was received for attacking the Nakajima - Musashino aircraft engine plant near Tokyo in August 1945 . The unit dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show - of - force missions over Japan after the war . The Group remained in Western Pacific , although largely demobilized in the fall of 1945 . Some aircraft were scrapped on Tinian ; others flown to storage depots in the United States . the group was inactivated in December 1945 . Cold War . With the end of World War II , the 330th was allocated to the Air Force Reserve . It was redesignated as the 330th Bombardment Group ( Medium ) and assigned to March Air Force Base , California for training with B - 29 Superfortress es of the active - duty Strategic Air Command 22d Bombardment Wing , being activated on 27 June 1949 . The wing was assigned to Fifteenth Air Force on 27 June 1949 . ( Attached to the 22nd Bomb Wing 27 June 1949 to 30 April 1951 ) As a result of the Korean War its personnel were activated into Federal Service on 1 May 1951 and deployed to Kadena AB , Okinawa for combat duty . ( Attached to the 12th Air Division from 1 May to 16 June 1951 ) . With its personnel deployed overseas , the wing was inactivated on 16 June . The 330th was again redesignated as the 330th Troop Carrier Group ( Medium ) and allotted to 1st Air Reserve District at Greater Pittsburgh Airport , Pennsylvania on 14 Jun 1952 . The unit may have just existed on paper and wasn ' t manned . It was also possibly equipped with Curtiss C - 46 Commando aircraft . Nevertheless , it was inactivated on 14 Jul 1952 . Reactivated in 2000 as a Depot Support Wing at Robina AFB .