53d Electronic Warfare Group [SEP] inception
inactivated and their personnel and equipment assigned to elements of the 4th Wing or transferred,
History Modern era.
The group was activated again on 15 April 1993 as the 68th Electronic Combat Group. It provided operational and technical electronic combat expertise for US combat air forces from 1993 to 1998 when it was inactivated and replaced by the 53d Electronic Warfare Group due to USAF policy that groups carry the same number as their parent wing. Two years later USAF once again acted to preserve this historic unit by consolidating it with the organization that
Electronic Warfare Squadron
- 53d Communication Support Squadron
- Det 1, 53d Communication Support Squadron
- 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron
- 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron
- 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron
- Det 1, 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron
- 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron
History.
History World War II.
The group was first established as the 68th Observation Group in 1941 at Brownwood Army Air Field, Texas, on 1 September 1941. Its primary mission was observation aircraft training and antisubmarine patrols. The group moved to