544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

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544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
"V" Device
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Col Ronald Hopkins, USAF
Insignia
544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group emblem[a][1]
544th Intelligence Group emblem[b]

The 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is a

70th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
on 26 September, 2022.

A multi-domain intelligence organization, the 544th is a team of approximately 400 Air Force members executing overhead technical signals and infrared intelligence with tradecraft development to achieve mission outcome success in all circumstances.[citation needed]

History

The 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group was initially activated as the 544th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron on 16 November 1950 at

photo interpretation during the Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) for the National Command Authority
.

The next designation was as the 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical Wing when it was redesignated on 1 January 1963. It was assigned directly to

SIGINT receivers, created much of the 544th Wing's work, an activity known as 'Finder'.[2]

Personnel from the 544th Air Reconnaissance Technical Wing at

Top Secret. Some of the pilots did not want to attack. The pilots said, 'This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?' And ground control came back and said, 'Yes, follow orders.'"[4] Gotcher and Forslund agreed with Block that a transcript published by The Jerusalem Post was not the same one they saw. Gotcher noted, "There is simply no way that [the Post's transcript is] the same as what I saw. More to the point, for anyone familiar with air-to-ground [communications] procedures, that simply isn't the way pilots and controllers communicate."[4] Block observed that, "the fact that the Israeli pilots clearly identified the ship as American and asked for further instructions from ground control appears to be a missing part of that Jerusalem Post article."[4]

In 1979 the 544th was designated as a

Major Command
Special Activity and on 15 October 1979, was redesignated the 544th Strategic Intelligence Wing. The 544th was redesignated the 544th Intelligence Wing on 1 September 1991, still at Offutt, and then inactivated on 1 June 1992.

On 7 September 1993, Colonel Eric Larson became the commander of the newly reactivated 544th Intelligence Group at

group also provided support to Detachment 45 of the Air Force Technical Applications Center.[7] The group was inactivated on 24 July 2020 when it was replaced by Space Delta 7 of the United States Space Force.[8]

On 26 September 2022, the group was reactivated as a part of Air Combat Command with the headquarters at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado under the command of Colonel Ronald Hopkins. Airmen at the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group execute overhead technical signals intelligence and overhead persistent infrared operations. They partner with base agencies to produce integrated intelligence that is critical to the security of the United states. The group is composed of three squadrons (566th Intelligence Squadron, 18th Intelligence Squadron, 26th Intelligence Squadron), all located at Buckley Space Force Base, as well as one detachment in Australia.[citation needed]

Lineage, assignments, and stations

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 544th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron on 2 November 1950
Activated on 16 November 1950
Redesignated 544th Reconnaissance Technical Group on 11 July 1958
Redesignated 544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical Wing on 1 January 1963
Redesignated 544th Strategic Intelligence Wing on 15 October 1979
Redesignated 544th Intelligence Wing on 1 September 1991
Inactivated on 1 June 1992
  • Redesignated 544th Intelligence Group on 3 September 1993
Activated on 7 September 1993
Redesignated 544th Information Operations Group on 1 August 2000
Redesignated 544th Intelligence Group on 1 April 2007
Redesignated 544th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group on 1 January 2009[9]
Inactivated on 24 July 2020
Activated on 26 September 2022[8]

Assignments

Components

Squadrons
  • 18th Intelligence Squadron, 7 September 1993 – 24 July 2020, September 2022 – present[c]
  • 26th Intelligence Squadron, Colorado, September 2022 – present
  • 451st Intelligence Squadron, 1 October 2004 – 31 January 2008[d]
  • 544th Defensive Intelligence Squadron, by 1978 – 1 June 1992
  • 544th Intelligence Analysis Squadron, 1 October 1973 – unknown
  • 544th Intelligence Exploitation Squadron, 1 October 1973 – unknown
  • 544th Intelligence Support Squadron, by 1978 – 1 June 1992
  • 544th Offensive Intelligence Squadron, by 1978 – 1 June 1992
  • 544th Target Materials Squadron, 1 October 1973 – 1 June 1992
  • 566th Intelligence Squadron, September 2022 – present
Detachments

Stations

  • Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, 16 November 1950
  • Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 12 April 1952 – 1 June 1992
  • Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, 7 September 1993 – 24 July 2020
  • Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, 26 September 2022 - Present [9]

List of commanders

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Modified 3 August 2010.
  2. ^ 544th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron emblem modified 13 February 1995.
  3. ^ Stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 1993-2020. Dollman, TSG David (18 October 2016). "Factsheet 18 Intelligence Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ Stationed at – RAF Menwith Hill, United Kingdom.Haulman, Daniel L. (26 January 2015). "Factsheet 451 Intelligence Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
Citations
  1. ^ a b Kane, Robert B. (17 August 2017). "Factsheet 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (AFISRA)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ Unknown (1985). "Warzone: Sigint over Vietnam". Warplane (27). Orbis Publishing.
  3. ^ "Air Force Intelligence Analyst Steve Forslund Statement Re USS Liberty Attack | PDF | Military Science | Warfare".
  4. ^ a b c d e "New revelations in attack on American spy ship". Chicago Tribune.
  5. ^ "Captain Richard Block; Heard Attacking Pilots Being Ordered to Attack Known to be American Ship". YouTube.
  6. ^ Denton, Craig (27 June 2018). "Col. Calabrese assumes command of 544 ISRG". 21st Space Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e no byline. "544th Intelligence Group". Fellowship of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b No byline, staff writer. "Units: Space Delta 7". Peterson Air Force Base. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Lineage information through July 2009 in Kane, Factsheet.
  10. ^ "544th ISRG gets new commander". Peterson Air Force Base.
  11. ^ "COLONEL MAURIZIO D. CALABRESE". www.nasic.af.mil.

Bibliography

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