This article'slead sectionmay be too short to adequatelysummarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead toprovide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article.(September 2017)

373rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
Group emblem
Active	1943–1945 2000 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	group
Role	Intelligence andcryptologic operations
Part of	Air Combat Command
Headquarters	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
Engagements	European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre with Palm

TheUnited States Air Force's373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is aTwenty-Fifth Air Force unit located atJoint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska.^[1]

The 373rd Group is the Department of Defense host service organization and primary force provider for theNational Security Agency'sAlaska Mission Operations Center, providing warfighters and strategic/national level policy makers with actionable, time-critical intelligence.^[2]

Thegroup traces its history to the7th Photographic Group, activated on 1 May 1943. It transferred, without personnel and equipment, to England on 7 July 1943 and assigned toEighth Air Force. The group usedSupermarine Spitfires andStinson L-5s to obtain information about bombardment targets and damage inflicted bybombardment operations; provide mapping service for air and ground units; observe and report on enemy transportation, installations, and positions; and obtain data on weather conditions.

Prior to June 1944, the group photographedairfields, cities, industrial establishments, and ports in France, the Low Countries, and Germany. Received aDistinguished Unit Citation for operations during the period 31 May – 30 June 1944, when its coverage of bridges, marshalling yards, canals, highways, rivers, and other targets contributed much to the success of the Normandy campaign.

The unit coveredmissile sites in France during July, and in August carried out photographic mapping missions for ground forces advancing across France. It providedreconnaissance support for theairborne attack on the Netherlands in September and for theBattle of the Bulge, December 1944– January 1945. UsedNorth American P-51 Mustangs to escort its own reconnaissance planes during the last months of the war as the group supported the Allied drive across the Rhine and into Germany. Took part in the final bomb damage assessment following V–E Day

• Constituted as7th Photographic Group on 5 February 1943

Activated on 1 May 1943

Redesignated7th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group in May 1943

Redesignated7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in November 1943

Redesignated7th Reconnaissance Group in June 1945

Inactivated in England on 21 November 1945

Disbanded on 6 March 1947

• Reconstituted 31 July 1985 and redesignated373d Electronic Warfare Group^[3]

Redesignated373d Intelligence Group

Activated on 16 September 2000

Redesignated373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group on 1 January 2009^[4]

• Second Air Force, 1 May 1943
• VIII Air Force Service Command, 7 July 1943
• 325th Photographic Wing (later 325th Reconnaissance Wing), 9 August 1944
• United States Air Forces in Europe (later United States Air Forces in Europe), 16 July 1945 – 21 November 1945
• 70th Intelligence Wing (later 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing), 16 September 2000 – present

• 13th Photographic Squadron (later 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 7 July 1943 – 21 November 1945^[5]
• 14th Photographic Squadron (later 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 7 July 1943 – 21 November 1945^[6]
• 22nd Photographic Squadron (later 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 7 July 1943 – 21 November 1945^[7]
• 22d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 29 January 1945 – 29 July 1945^[8]
• 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 9 December 1943 – 21 November 1945^[9]
• 28th Photographic Squadron: 1 May 1943 - 21 June 1943^[10]
• 29th Photographic Squadron: 1 May 1943 - 21 June 1943^[11]
• 30th Photographic Squadron: 1 May 1943 - 21 June 1943^[12]
• 301st Intelligence Squadron: 16 September 2000–present
• 373d Support Squadron (later 373d Intelligence Support Squadron): 16 September 2000 – c. 1 June 2015^[13]
• 381st Intelligence Squadron: 1 June 2008 – present

• Peterson Field, Colorado, 1 May 1943
• RAF Mount Farm, England, 7 July 1943
• RAF Chalgrove, England, March 1945
• Hitcham Air Depot, England, October 1945 - 21 November 1945
• Misawa Air Base, Japan, 7 Sep 2000
• Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson c. 1 July 2015 – present^[13]

• Piper L-4 Grasshopper
• Stinson L-5 Sentinel
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning
• Supermarine Spitfire PR XI
• North American P-51 Mustang

• 
• Distinguished Unit Citation
• France 31 May 1944 - 30 June 1944
• 
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award^[14]
• 
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm
• 1944
• 
• European Theater of World War II
• Campaigns

• List of United States Air Force Groups

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Freeman, Roger A.; Keen. Patricia (1996).Eyes of the Eighth: a story of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 1942–1945. Sun City, Ariz: CAVU Publishers.ISBN 0-9649119-0-6.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961].Air Force Combat Units of World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-02-1. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Rogers, Brian. (2005).United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications.ISBN 1-85780-197-0.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to373d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (United States Air Force).

• Official website (70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing)

• Intelligence groups of the United States Air Force
• Reconnaissance groups of the United States Air Force

• Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from September 2017
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Wikipedia introduction cleanup from September 2017
• All pages needing cleanup
• Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2017
• All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify
• Use dmy dates from January 2020
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
• Commons category link from Wikidata
• Official website not in Wikidata