448th Supply Chain Management Wing

Plan and execute the Air Force supply chain to enable weapon system employment when and where needed. ==History==

: For additional history and lineage, see 448th Fighter-Bomber Group The wing was first activated at Long Beach Municipal Airport when Continental Air Command reorganized its reserve flying units under the wing base organization system as the headquarters for the 448th Bombardment Group, which was already stationed at Long Beach, and the 448th's support elements. The wing was equipped with Douglas B-26 Invaders and a variety of trainers. It trained as a reserve bombardment wing under supervision of the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center. The 448th was ordered to active service in March 1951 as the war continued, but its personnel were used as fillers in other units. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 448th Bombardment Wing, Light on 10 May 1949 : Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949 : Ordered into active service on 17 March 1951 : Inactivated on 21 March 1951 • Redesignated 448th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 12 April 1955 : Activated in the reserve on 18 May 1955 : Inactivated on 16 November 1957 • Redesignated 448th Tactical Fighter Wing on 31 July 1985 (remained inactive) • Redesignated 448th Combat Sustainment Wing on 31 January 2005 : Activated on 18 February 2005 : Redesignated: 448th Supply Chain Management Wing on 1 April 2008 Assignments • Fourth Air Force, 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951 • Fourteenth Air Force, 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957 • Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (later Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex), 18 February 2005 (attached to Air Force Sustainment Center after 11 July 2012) • Air Force Sustainment Center, 1 October 2012 – present Components • 448th Air Base Group: 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951; 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957 • 448th Aircraft Commodities Sustainment Group: 18 February 2005 – 14 April 2006 • 448th Fighter-Bomber Group (later 448th Eagle Propulsion Sustainment Group, 448th Combat Sustainment Group, 448th Supply Chain Management Group): 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951; 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957; 18 February 2005 – 30 June 2010 • 448th Hawk Propulsion Sustainment Group, 18 February 2005 – 14 April 2006 • 448th Maintenance and Supply Group: 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951; 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957 • 448th Materiel Sustainment Group, 18 February 2005 – 14 April 2006 • 448th Medical Group (later 448th Tactical Hospital): 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951; 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957 • 638th Supply Chain Management Group: 1 April 2008 – present :: Robins Air Force Base, Georgia • 748th Combat Sustainment Group (later 748th Supply Chain Management Group): 14 April 2006 – present :: Hill Air Force Base, Utah • 848th Combat Sustainment Group (later 848th Supply Chain Management Group): 14 April 2006 – present • 948th Combat Sustainment Group (later 948th Supply Chain Management Group): 14 April 2006 – present Stations • Long Beach Municipal Airport, California 27 June 1949 – 21 March 1951 • Hensley Field (later Naval Air Station Dallas), Texas 18 May 1955 – 16 November 1957 • Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 18 February 2005 – present Aircraft • North American T-6 Texan, 1949–1950 • Beechcraft T-7 Navigator, 1949–1951 • Beechcraft T-11 Kansan, 1949–1951 • Douglas B-26 Invader, 1949–1951 • North American T-28 Trojan, 1955, 1955–1957 • Lockheed T-33 T-Bird, 1955–1957 • Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1955–1957 • North American F-86 Sabre, 1957 ==See also==