when Air Force Materiel Command returned to its traditional directorate system for program and maintenance management. Lineage 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing Constituted as the 508th Fighter Group on 5 October 1944 Activated on 12 October 1944 Inactivated on 25 November 1945 Redesignated 508th Tactical Fighter Group Activated in the reserve on 1 January 1973 Inactivated on 25 March 1973 Activated in the reserve on 17 October 1975 Inactivated on 1 October 1982 Consolidated with the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing on 31 January 1984 Redesignated 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing on 31 January 2005 Activated on 24 February 2005 Redesignated 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing on 13 August 2007 Inactivated on 30 June 2010 508th Strategic Fighter Wing Established as the 508th Fighter-Escort Wing on 19 June 1952 Activated on 1 July 1952 Redesignated 508th Strategic Fighter Wing on 20 January 1953 Inactivated on 11 May 1956 Consolidated with the 508th Tactical Fighter Group as the 508th Tactical Fighter Group on 31 January 1984 Assignments 72d Fighter Wing, 12 October 1944 VII Fighter Command, 6 January – 25 November 1945 (attached to 7th Fighter Wing) 40th Air Division, 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956 (attached to 39th Air Division, 8 February – 13 May 1953; 12 February – 7 May 1954) 301st Fighter Wing, 1 January 1973 – 25 March 1972 301st Fighter Wing, 17 October 1975 – 1 October 1982 Ogden Air Logistics Center, 24 February 2005 – 30 June 2010 Components Groups 508th Fighter Sustainment Group (later 508th Aircraft Sustainment Group): 24 February 2005 – 30 June 2010 508th Mature Aircraft and Simulator Sustainment Group: 24 February 2005 – 28 April 2006 508th Medical Group (later 508th Tactical Hospital): 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956 526th ICBM Systems Group: 13 August 2007 – 30 May 2008 538th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 30 July 2007 – 30 June 2010 558th Aircraft Sustainment Group: 28 April 2006 – 30 June 2010 Squadrons 466th Fighter Squadron (later 466th Strategic Fighter Squadron, 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron): 12 October 1944 – 25 November 1945; 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956 (not operational until September 1952), 1 January 1973 – 25 March 1973, 17 October 1975 – 1 August 1982 467th Fighter Squadron (later 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron): 12 October 1944 – 25 November 1945; 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956 468th Fighter Squadron (later 468th Strategic Fighter Squadron): 12 October 1944 – 25