448th Supply Chain Management Wing

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The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing (448 SCMW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Until 2008, it was designated as the 448th Combat Sustainment Wing.

Mission

Supply chain management, including acquisition, repair, storage, distribution, disposal and the technical and engineering services, for the center's assigned engines (F100, F101, F107, F112, F108, F110, F118, F119, J69, J79, J85, T56, TF33, TF34, TF39, Helicopter engines) and aircraft commodities.

Units

* 448th Combat Sustainment Group (448 CBSG)
* 748th Combat Sustainment Group (748 CBSG)
* 848th Combat Sustainment Group (848 CBSG)
* 948th Combat Sustainment Group (948 CBSG)

History

Lineage

* Constituted as 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 Apr 1943.
** Activated on 1 May 1943.
** Inactivated on 4 Aug 1946.
* Allotted to the reserve. Activated on 19 Apr 1947.
** Redesignated: 448th Bombardment Group (Light) in Jun 1949.
** Ordered to active duty on 17 Mar 1951.
** Inactivated on 21 Mar 1951.
* Redesignated: 448th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 12 Apr 1955.
** Activated in the Reserve on 18 May 1955.
** Inactivated on 16 Nov 1957.
* Redesignated: 448th Combat Sustainment Wing
** Activated 1993
* Redesignated: 448th Supply Chain Management Wing

Assignments

* Second Air Force, 1 May - Nov 1943
* Eighth Air Force, 1 Dec 1943 - Jul 1945
* Continental Air Forces: Second Air Force, 15 Jul 1945 - 4 Aug 1946
* Continental Air Command : Fourth Air Force, 1949-1951:: 304th Bombardment Wing,19 Apr 1947-27 Jun 1949
* Tactical Air Command: Fourteenth Air Force, 1955-1957
* Air Force Material Command, 1993 - Present

Bases assigned

* Gowen Field, ID 1 May 1943
* Wendover Field, UT c. 3 Jul 1943
* Sioux City AAB, IA c. Sep-Nov 1943
* RAF Seething, England c. 1 Dec 1943-c. Jul 1945
* Sioux Falls AAFld, SD c. 15 Jul 1945
* McCook AAFld, NE c. 8 Sep 1945
* Ft Worth AAFld, TX c. Dec 1945-4 Aug 1946
* Long Beach Municipal Airport, California 1949-1951
* Dallas NAS, Texas 1955-1957
* Tinker AFB, OK 1993 - Present

Weapons systems

* Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1943-1946)
* Douglas B-26 Invader (1949-1951)
* Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (1955-1957)
* North American F-86 Sabre (1957)

Operational history

World War II

Constituted as 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 Apr 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Prepared for duty overseas with B-24's. Moved to RAF Seething England, Nov-Dec 1943, and assigned to Eighth Air Force. Assigned to the 20th Combat Bombardment Wing. The group tail code was a "Circle-I". It's operational squadrons were:

* 712th Bomb Squadron (CT)
* 713th Bomb Squadron (IG)
* 714th Bomb Squadron (EI)
* 715st Bomb Squadron (IO)

The 448th flew B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. The group enered combat on 22 December 1943, and until April 1945 served primarily as a strategic bombardment organization, hitting such targets as aircraft factories in Gotha, ball-bearing plants in Berlin, an airfield at Hanau, U-boat facilities at Kiel, a chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, synthetic oil refineries at Politz, aircraft engine plants at Rostock, marshalling yards at Cologne, and a Buzz-bomb assembly plant at Fallersleben. The group took part in the intensive campaign of heavy bombers against the German aircraft industry during Big Week, 20-25 February 1944.

In addition to strategic operations, flew interdictory and support missions. Bombed V-weapon sites, airfields, and transportation facilities prior to the Normandy invasion in June 1944, and on D-Day attacked coastal defenses and choke points. Struck enemy positions to assist the Allied offensive at Caen and the breakthrough at St Lo in July. Dropped supplies to airborne troops near Nijmegen during the airborne attack on Holland in September. Bombed transportation and communications centers in the combat zone during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - January 1945. Dropped supplies to troops at Wesel during the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945.

The group flew its last combat mission on 25 April, attacking a marshalling yard at Salzburg. It returned to Sioux Falls AAF South Dakota the US in Jul 1945.

Cold War

Trained as a reserve bomb wing, most personnel called up to active duty during the Korean War and assigned to other units. Inactivated March 1951. Reactivated as a reserve tactical fighter wing in 1955. Inactivated 1957

References

* Freeman, Roger A. (1978) Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now. After the Battle ISBN 0900913096
* Freeman, Roger A. (1991) The Mighty Eighth The Colour Record. Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35708-1
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.

External links

* [http://www.Tinker.af.mil/ Tinker AFB Home Page]
* [http://usafengineers.com/modules.php?name=Units&file=details&id=228&unit=Combat 448th Combat Sustainment Wing]