Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.5 inch-90mm
373rd INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE GROUP
Lineage. Constituted as 7th Photographic Group on 5 Feb 1943. Activated on 1 May 1943. Redesignated 7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group in May 1943. Redesignated 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in Nov 1943; Redesignated 7th Reconnaissance Group in June 1945. Inactivated in England on 21 Nov 1945. Disbanded on 6 Mar 1947. Reconstituted and redesignated 373rd Electronic Warfare Group on 31 Jul 1985. Redesignated 373rd Intelligence Group on 16 Sep 2000; 373rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group on 1 Jan 2009-.
Assignments. Second Air Force, 1 May 1943; VIII Air Force Service Command, 7 Jul 1943; 325th Photographic Wing (later 325th Reconnaissance Wing), 9 Aug 1944; United States Strategic Air Forces (later United States Air Forces in Europe), 16 Jul 1945-21 Nov 1945. 70th Intelligence Wing (later 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing), 16 Sep 2000-.
Components. Squadrons. 13th Photographic (later 13th Photographic Reconnaissance), 7 Jul 1943-21 Nov 1945; 14th Photographic (later 14th Photographic Reconnaissance), 7 Jul 1943-21 Nov 1945; 22nd Tactical Reconnaissance, 29 Jan 1945-29 Jul 1945; 27th Photographic Reconnaissance, 9 Dec 1943-21 Nov 1945; 28th Photographic, 1 May 1943 – 21 Jun 1943; 29th Photographic, 1 May 1943 – 21 Jun 1943; 30th Photographic, 1 May 1943-21 Jun 1943; 301st Intelligence, 16 Sep 2000-; 373rd Support (later 373rd Intelligence Support), 16 Sep 2000-; 381st Intelligence, 1 June 2008-.
Stations. Peterson Field, CO, 1 May 1943; RAF Mount Farm, England, 7 Jul 1943; RAF Chalgrove, England, Mar 1945; Hitcham Air Depot, England, October 1945-21 Nov 1945. Misawa AB, Japan, 7 Sep 2000-.
Aircraft. L-4, ?; L-5, 1943; F-5, ?; Spitfire PR XI, 1943-?; P-51, 1944-1945.
Operations. Ensures the training and readiness of USAFR intelligence squadrons engaged in diverse and complex intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission sets, including human intelligence, signals intelligence, geospatial and measurement intelligence, targeting, distributed common ground systems and ISR support to Special Operations Forces and Airborne Linguists. Supports Air Combat Command; Air Force Materiel Command; Air Force Special Operations Command; National Air and Space Intelligence Center; Defense Intelligence Agency; National Security Agency; and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with classic associate intelligence squadrons imbedded and working daily with their active duty counterparts to further the intelligence capabilities of the USAF.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation, France 31 May 1944-30 Jun 1944; French Croix de Guerre with Palm, 1944.