408th Armament Systems Group The 408th Armament Systems Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with Air Force Materiel Command ' s 308th Armament Systems Wing at Eglin Air Force Base , Florida . It was inactivated in 2010 . History . World War II . The group was activated in April 1943 as the 408th Bombardment Group at Key Field , Mississippi , with the 636th , 637th , 638th , and 639th Bombardment Squadrons assigned . In August , as were other Army Air Forces ( AAF ) single engine bomber units , it was redesignated as the 408th Fighter - Bomber Group and its squadrons were renumbered as the 518th , 519th , and 520th Fighter - Bomber Squadrons . The group did not receive aircraft to begin training until October . It served as an operational training unit , providing cadres to " satellite groups " and a replacement training unit , training individual pilots . In February 1944 , the 455th Fighter - Bomber Squadron was assigned , although it was detached from the group for most of its assignment . The 455th also participated occasionally in demonstrations and maneuvers . The group was disbanded in 1944 and replaced by the 267th AAF Base Unit ( Combat Crew Training Station , Fighter ) in a reorganization of the AAF in which all units not programmed for deployment overseas were replaced by AAF Base Units to free up manpower for assignment overseas . Cold War . The group was reconstituted and redesignated as the 408th Fighter Group ( Air Defense ) in 1955 and activated in 1956 at Kalmath Falls Municipal Airport , Oregon to perform active air defense of the Pacific Northwest . It also served as the host base unit for USAF units at Klamath Falls and was assigned a number of support organizations to fulfill this mission . Its operational squadron was the 518th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron ( FIS ) , which was activated and assigned in June . The group and squadron were authorized rocket and radar equipped F - 86 Sabre s , but the squadron was not manned and the group remained only a support organization . Instead , the group oversaw the construction of facilities to support its squadron and the 827th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron , located at nearby Keno Air Force Station . In April 1959 , the group gained its second operational squadron , the 322d FIS , which moved to what was now Kingsley Field and immediately began converting to F - 101 VooDoo aircraft . Three months later , the 518th FIS inactivated without ever having been more than a paper unit at Kingsley . At the end of September 1968 , the 322d FIS inactivated and was replaced by the activating 59th FIS , which took over its personnel and equipment . In December 1969 , the 59th FIS stood down shortly after the 460th FIS , flying F - 106 Delta Darts moved to Kingsley from Oxnard AFB , California . In the fall of 1970 , the group inactivated and transferred its remaining support mission , personnel and equipment to the 4788th Air Base Group , while the 460th FIS was reassigned directly to the 25th Air Division . Air Armament Center . The Area Attack Systems Group was activated at Eglin AFB , Florida in 2005 as part of the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation reorganization , in which traditional project offices were replaced by wings , squadrons and groups . In 2006 most of these organizations were consolidated with World War II units and given the numbers of the older units . As a result of this , the group became the 408th Armament Systems Group . Its mission was to provide armament acqisition support . Its support responsibilities included Advanced Medium - Range Air to Air Missile ( AMRAAM ) , Joint Direct Attack Munition ( JDAM ) , Communications and Information Technology ( C & IT ) , Foreign Military Sales ( FMS ) , and weaponeering . In 2007 , the various systems squadrons assigned to the 308th wing were realigned . The group was inactivated in 2010 , along with its assigned squadrons , when the 308th Armament Systems Wing was inactivated and the center returned to a project office organizational structure . Lineage . 408th Fighter Group Area Attack Systems Group Units assigned . Operational Squadrons Support Units Awards . Air Force Outstanding Unit Award