Talk:330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing

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Zureks (talk) 20:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Merge Discussion

 * I don't think these should be merged at all. WWII should be treated separately from the rest of these groups. --B29bomber (talk) 20:30, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

2009 (UTC)
 * They're the same unit. The history and honors of the 330th Bombardment Group are held by the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing, so I support merging them.  If the history is sufficiently long for a 'History of the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing' page to exist I'd support that, but as is I think a mission-by-mission blow is a bit much for an encyclopedia.  Just my two cents anyway.--Ndunruh (talk) 01:02, 9 July
 * If the units have the same lineage, then retain it as one article. Bwmoll3 (talk) 14:50, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I think the mission info is valuable data, but maybe not for this site. Should it be shrunk down to just briefly describe the mission, aircraft involved and tonnage dropped. Still think it should be separate. The group now is but a shadow of what this group once was and its significance will be lost on the Sustainment Wing page.--B29bomber (talk) 16:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think that's a bit unfair to the current mission. During WWII it was one of how many bombardment groups?  Certainly it made a contribution to the allied success of the war, but today it is the sole unit responsible for the depot level maintenance for 17 different airframes including the entire strategic airlift fleet and most of the special operations and reconnaissance fleet.  With the limited size of the aircraft fleet compared to World War II its role today is absolutely critical.  True it's not winning fame by driving the Taliban out of Afghanistan, but if it wasn't doing its job planes would literally be falling out of the sky.  In short, please don't discount the importance of logistics to a war effort (and no, I'm not a loggie myself, but that doesn't mean I don't respect their contribution).--Ndunruh (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Not discounting them at all. Said no such thing. Please re-read what was written. You may require reading something several times, before it sinks in. There were dozens and dozens of bombardment groups with thousands and thousands of men and machine. There story needs to be told and not subjected to the sidelines. If anything, the Sustainment Wing should be merged with the Bombardment Group as it is, name only, a direct descendent.--98.116.179.148 (talk) 14:30, 12 July 2009 (UTC)