453d Electronic Warfare Squadron
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The 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron (453 EWS) is a United States Air Force
unit. It is assigned to the 53rd Wing and is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base
, Forida
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. It is assigned to the 53rd Wing and is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County....
, Forida
Overview
The 453rd EWS provides a full spectrum of EW support to DoD and coalition warfighters. The 453 EWS provides EW support through four flights, operating together to create a foundation of EW knowledge, maintain and update such knowledge, provide in-depth radio frequency and other electronic warfare analyses and create a realistic training environment for the warfighter. The 453 EWS products and services are utilized in a variety of areas, including mission planning, training, and exercises.Units
- The 453 EWS data flight provides the foundation of EW knowledge used by mission planners and the acquisition community through the development and maintenance of the Combat Support Database, Blue Airborne Target Signatures Database, US Electromagnetic Systems Database, Commercial Emitter Database, and the Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming (EWIR) Database.
- The 453 EWS flagging analysis flight provides a 24/7 tactical comparison of "current expectations" to current reality to ensure the warfighter is prepared to deploy and operate effectively. Tactical monitoring of the worldwide threat environment is crucial to the detection and identification of new or changed threat radars that may impact the performance of aircraft EW systems. Flagging analysis provides the detection of anomalous threat operation and provides the trigger to energize the EWIR community.
- The 453 EWS Analysis Flight provides analyses of EW systems' performance in support of operational, acquisition, and training activities. The Improved Many-on-Many (IMOM) EW analysis tool is the most prominent part of the Analysis flight, supporting mission planners with comprehensive EW analyses, including radar detection, threat engagement, communications jamming, ISR collection, PSYOP broadcast, and passive detection capabilities.
- The 453 operations flight provides the constructive EW environment used in generating country-specific opposing force integrated air defense system threats. Additionally, the light provides constructive (computer-based) EW target sets and various other modeling and simulation-based training scenarios to meet a wide range of warfighter training objectives. The DMO approach to training provides flexibility with respect to scenario generation and realism. The inherent flexibility of DMO allows for endless potential with respect to integration across the entire Live, Virtual, and Constructive training spectrum. The 453 EWS is looking to the future and building key partnerships to provide comprehensive EW support to the joint warfighter community as well as coalition partner countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
History
- Formed under III Bomber CommandIII Bomber CommandThe III Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.-Lineage:...
in early 1943 as a B-26 MarauderB-26 MarauderThe Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe....
medium bomber squadron. Trained for duty in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with Ninth Air ForceNinth Air ForceThe Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
. Engaged in combat beginning in early 1944, attacked tactical targets in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Low CountriesLow CountriesThe Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
and GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
supporting Allied ground forces advancing after D-DayD-DayD-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...
in Northern France Campaign and the Western Allied invasion of Germany, 1945. Earned a Presidential Unit Citation for actions on 24 December 1944 through 27 December 1944, during the Battle of the BulgeBattle of the BulgeThe Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
, when squadron effectively attacked transportation installations used by enemy forces to bring reinforcements to the ArdennesArdennesThe Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
. Served in the Army of Occupation involved with disarming the Luftwaffe. Received A-26 InvaderA-26 InvaderThe Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts...
s in April 1945, however did not use in combat. Returned to the United States for inactivation. - Trained as a reserve unit, and personnel used as fillers when activated for the Korean War 1949-1951. Probably assigned AT-6T-6 TexanThe North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
, AT-7Beechcraft Model 18The Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech", as it is better known, is a 6-11 seat, twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas...
, and AT-11Beechcraft Model 18The Beechcraft Model 18, or "Twin Beech", as it is better known, is a 6-11 seat, twin-engine, low-wing, conventional-gear aircraft that was manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas...
trainers for aircrew proficiency flying, but not an operational unit. - Trained electronic warfare officers 1973-1993
Lineage
- Constituted as the 453d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 19 June 1942
- Activated on 4 August 1942
- Redesignated 453d Bombardment Squadron, Medium on or about 9 October 1944
- Inactivated on 14 December 1945
- Redesignated 453d Bombardment Squadron, Light on 10 May 1949
- Activated in the Air Force Reserve on 27 June 1949
- Ordered to active service on 10 March 1951
- Inactivated on 17 March 1951
- Redesignated 453d Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 9 May 1955
- Activated on 8 August 1955
- Inactivated on 1 September 1957
- Redesignated 453d Flying Training Squadron on or about 28 July 1972
- Activated on 1 April 1973
- Inactivated on 31 May 1993
- Redesignated 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron
- Activated
Assignments
- 323d Bombardment Group, 4 August 1942 - 12 December 1945
- 323d Bombardment Group, 27 June 1949 - 17 March 1951
- 323d Fighter-Bomber Group, 8 August 1955 - 1 September 1957
- 323rd Flying Training Wing, 1 April 1973 - 15 December 1991
- 323d Operations Group, 15 December 1991 - 31 May 1993
- 318th Information Operations Group318th Information Operations GroupThe United States Air Force's 318th Information Operations Group is an United States Air Force information operations unit located at Lackland AFB, Texas.-Mission:...
, unknown - 5 August 2009 - 53d Electronic Warfare Group53d Electronic Warfare GroupThe 53d Electronic Warfare Group is a component unit of the United States Air Force 53d Wing, stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida....
, 5 Aug 2009 -
Stations
- Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina, 4 August 1942 - 21 August 1942
- MacDill Field, Florida 21 August 1942 - 2 November 1942
- Myrtle Beach Bombing Range, South Carolina 2 November 1942 - 25 April 1943
- RAF Earls Colne, England (Station 358) , 14 June 1943 - 21 July 1944
- RAF BeaulieuRAF BeaulieuRAF Station Beaulieu was a World War II airfield in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It was also known as Beaulieu airfield, Beaulieu aerodrome and USAAF Station AAF 408...
, England (Station 408), 21 July 1944 - 26 August 1944 - LessayLessayLessay is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.-History:It was originally founded as a monastery but a town grew up around it over the years. The 10th century monastery is one of the greatest examples of Romanesque architecture in Normandy...
(A-20), France, 26 August 1944 - 21 September 1944 - ChartresChartresChartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located southwest of Paris.-Geography:Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country...
, France (Station 190, A-40), 21 September 1944 - 13 October 1944 - Laon-Athies Airfield (A-69), France 13 October 1944 - 9 February 1945
- Denain-Prouvy Airfield (A-83), France, 9 February 1945 - 15 May 1945
- AugsburgAugsburgAugsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
, Germany (R-84), 15 May 1945 - 12 July 1945 - Haunstetten, Germany, 12 July 1945 - ca. 1 October 1945
- ClastresClastresClastres is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France....
, France (A-71), ca. 1 October 1945 - ca. 3 December 1945 - Camp Myles StandishCamp Myles StandishCamp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It functioned as a prisoner-of-war camp, a departure area for about a million U.S...
, Massachusetts, 13 December 1945 - 14 December 1945 - Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 27 June 1949 - 17 March 1951
- Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana, 8 August 1955 - 1 September 1957
- Mather AFB, California, 1 April 1973 - 31 May 1993
- Lackland AFB, Texas
Aircraft
- B-26 MarauderB-26 MarauderThe Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. First used in the Pacific Theater in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theater and in Western Europe....
1942-1945 - F-86 Sabre 1956
- F-100 Super SabreF-100 Super SabreThe North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard until 1979. The first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of...
1956-1957 - T-29 1973-1975
- T-43Boeing T-43|-See also:-External links:* http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictures/military/aircraft/T-43/T-43A_Gator.html* http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/t43a.shtml* http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/12ftw.htm...
1975-1993