542d Combat Sustainment Wing The 542d Combat Sustainment Wing ( CSW ) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force last stationed at Robins Air Force Base , Georgia . It was inactivated in June 2010 . It was first organized as a heavy bombardment headquarters of VIII Bomber Command during World War II . It was active a second time as part of Military Airlift Command , then Air Mobility Command and Air Education and Training Command from 1971 to 1994 , training aircrew for search and rescue and special operations missions . It was most recently a logistics support organization from 2005 to 2010 . History . World War II . The wing was originally organized in 1943 as the 92d Bombardment Wing , an operational command wing for Eighth Air Force . The wing entered combat on 11 December 1943 , but its groups were withdrawn and it was not operational again until May 1944 , although it conducted flying training operations in April . The wing flew in combat in the European Theater until November 1944 when its assigned bombardment group s were attached to another wing . In February 1945 the groups were reassigned . The wing returned to the United States in July 1945 and was disbanded the following month . Crew Training . The 1550th Aircrew Test and Training Wing was activated in 1973 at Hill AFB , Utah , where it trained all USAF helicopter aircrew s and trained HC - 130 crews for search and rescue missions . It also provided pararescue training and , operational test and evaluation of materiel , and performed local search and rescue missions . It moved to Kirtland AFB , New Mexico . in 1976 and expanded its mission to include special operations training . By 1990 , the wing ' s primary focus would be on special operations training . In 1983 , the wing deployed three aircraft to support Operation Urgent Fury , the invasion of Grenada in the Windward Islands . From 1984 it focused on the training mission and was redesignated the 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing . In 1991 , as the Air Force abolished the MAJCON ( four - digit ) unit system , the wing was merged with the 92d Bombardment Wing and renamed the 542d Crew Training Wing . Along with the new name , the wing acquired three groups and assumed host responsibility for Kirtland from the 1606th Air Base Wing as it reorganized as a USAF Objective Wing . That same year it deployed aircrew , maintenance personnel and operations personnel to support Operation Desert Storm . Wing aircrews were responsible for the rescue of seven aircrew during the operation . It also deployed personnel to support Operation Provide Hope in Somalia . At the start of 1993 , Kirtland AFB transferred to Air Force Materiel Command , and the wing lost its responsibility to act as host together with two of its groups . With General Merrill McPeak ' s call to retain historic United States Air Force units on the active list , the 542d was inactivated on 1 April 1994 , while the newly redesignated 58th Special Operations Wing took over its training mission . Logistics Operations . The wing was again activated in 2005 as the 542d Combat Sustainment Wing as part of the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation project , which replaced the staff agencies at Air Logistics Centers with wings , groups , and squadrons . Its mission was to design , acquire , install , and sustain electronic warfare , avionics , support equipment , vehicles , missiles , automatic test systems and weapons . It was responsible for supply chain management for F - 15 , C - 130 and C - 5 aircraft and provided calibration standards and certification of Precision Measurement Laboratories worldwide . It was responsible for life - cycle management of over 800 systems valued at over $ 56 Billion . Its 542d Combat Sustainment Group supported assugned electronic warfare systems , the 642d Combat Sustainment Group supported assigned support equipment systems , the 752d Combat Sustainment Group supported assigned electronics systems , the 762d Combat Sustainment Group managed logistics support for all assigned systems , and its 782d Combat Sustainment Group supported assigned armament systems . the 742d Combat Sustainment Group supported precision measurement equipment worldwide . Lineage . 92d Bombardment Wing 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing Consolidated Wing Components . Groups . World War II Crew Training Crew Training and Logistics Operations Logistics Operations References . Bibliography . Further reading