53rd Electronic Warfare Group
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The 53rd Electronic Warfare Group was a component of the 53rd Wing of the Air Force Warfare Center, Air Combat Command, headquartered at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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53rd Electronic Warfare Group | |
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Active | 1941–1944; 1947–1949; 1952–1982; 1982–1991; 1993–1998; 1998–2021 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Motto(s) | Victoria per Observatiam Latin Victory through Observation[1] Follow Me[2] |
Engagements | American Theater of World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award |
Insignia | |
Patch with 53rd Electronic Warfare Group emblem[note 1] | |
Patch with 68th Electronic Warfare Group emblem | |
68th Air Refueling Wing emblem (approved c. December 1986)[3][note 2] | |
68th Air Refueling Group emblem (approved September 1982)[4] | |
Patch with 68th Bombardment Wing emblem (approved 3 October 1952)[2] | |
Emblem of the 68th Reconnaissance Group (approved 17 September 1942)[1] |
The group was responsible for providing operational, technical and maintenance electronic warfare (EW) expertise for the combat air forces and for systems engineering, testing, evaluation, tactics development, employment, capability and technology assessment. This includes the wartime responsibility for emergency reprogramming and dissemination of EW system mission data software for combat aircraft. The group managed the Combat Shield Electronic Warfare Assessment Program for combat aircraft EW systems. Combat Shield provides operational units a system-specific capability assessment for their radar warning receivers, electronic attack pods, and integrated EW systems.
Established in 1941, the unit traces its lineage and heritage the 68th Strategic Reconnaissance Group; the 68th Air Refueling Group; the 68th Bombardment Wing, Heavy, and the 68th Electronic Combat Group.