542nd Combat Sustainment Wing

542nd Combat Sustainment Wing
A member of a Navy SEAL team climbs aboard a 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter at Elephant Butte Lake
Active	1943–1945, 1971–1994, 2005–2010
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Logistics Support
Part of	Air Force Materiel Command
Engagements	European Theater of World War II
Decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Notable commanders	General Hunter Harris, Jr.
Insignia
542nd Combat Sustainment Wing emblem (approved 9 June 2005)[1]
1550th Combat Crew Training Wing emblem (approved 30 Aug 1972[note 1]

The 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing, sometimes written as 542d Combat Sustainment Wing, is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force last stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It was inactivated in June 2010.

The wing was first organized in England as the 92nd Bombardment Wing, a heavy bombardment headquarters of VIII Bomber Command during World War II and took part in the air offensive against Germany until the surrender of Germany in 1945. In 1973, Military Airlift Command (MAC) activated the 1550th Aircrew Test and Training Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The wing trained aircrews for MAC, Air Mobility Command and Air Education and Training Command from 1971 to 1994 for search and rescue and special operations missions. In 1991 the wing was renumbered and consolidated with the 92nd Bombardment Wing as the 542nd Crew Training Wing. It was inactivated in 1994 and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 58th Special Operations Wing, which was simultaneously activated. The wing was redesignated the 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing in 2005 and activated as a logistics support organization, part of the Air Force Materiel Command Transformation project.

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