328th Armament Systems Wing
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 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-106[note 1] | |
| Active | 1942–1944, 1955–1968, 2005–2007 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Weapons development management |
| Part of | Air Force Materiel Command |
| Motto(s) | Fast and Furious (WW II) |
| Insignia | |
| 328th Armament Systems Wing emblem |  |
| 328th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 24 November 1958)[1] |  |
| 328th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 23 February 1943)[1] |  |
| Air to Air Missile Systems Wing logo[2] |  |
The 328th Armament Systems Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was last active in 2007, assigned to the Air Armament Center, part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It was first activated in 1942 as the 328th Fighter Group and served during World War II as a fighter aircraft training unit until disbanded in 1944 in a major reorganization of the Army Air Forces.
The group was reactivated in 1955 in a reorganization of Air Defense Command (ADC) in which ADC replaced its existing air defense groups with fighter groups that had served during World War II. It provided air defense for the central United States and supported all USAF units at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. In 1961, the unit's mission expanded and the 328th Fighter Group was replaced by the 328th Fighter Wing until the wing was inactivated in 1968 and its remaining operational squadron was reassigned. In 1985 the 328th Group and Wing were consolidated into a single unit.
The wing was activated a final time in 2005 as the Air to Air Missile Systems Wing in the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation, which replaced the traditional staff office organization of the Air Armament Center and other AFMC centers with wing, groups, and squadrons. It was consolidated with the 328th in 2006, receiving its most recent name. In 2007 the wing was inactivated when all systems development activities at Eglin were moved under the 308th Armament Systems Wing.
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- ^ a b Maurer, Combat Units pp. 209–210
- ^ "Factsheet 328th Armament Systems Wing". 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2015.