659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

The 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (659 ISRG) is an intelligence unit of the United States Air Force. It is located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and its mission is to provide direct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the Sixteenth Air Force, which in turn contributes to United States Cyber Command's mission. Squadron personnel assigned to the group focus on digital network exploitation analysis and digital network intelligence, and they provide support to the National Security Agency. The group traces its lineage to the Air Force's activation of the 770th ISR Group (P) as a provisional group in October 2009, which was established to evaluate providing ISR support to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force. The 770th ISR Group (P) was inactivated with the activation of the 659 ISRG. The 659 ISRG was assigned to the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency from 8 September 2010 to 28 September 2014, then to the Twenty-Fifth Air Force from 29 September 2014 to 10 October 2019, and has been assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force since 11 October 2019. It has been part of the 70th ISR Wing since 8 September 2010 and under Air Combat Command since 29 September 2014. The group's subordinate squadrons are the 5th Intelligence Squadron at Fort Gordon, Georgia; the 7th Intelligence Squadron at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; the 35th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas; and the 37th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. Its headquarters has been stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, since 8 September 2010.

The 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (659 ISRG) is a United States Air Force intelligence unit. Its lineage begins with the activation of the 770th ISR Group (P) as a provisional group in October 2009. That provisional group was created to evaluate providing ISR support to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force. The 770th ISR Group (P) was inactivated with the activation of the 659 ISRG. The 659 ISRG was activated on 8 September 2010 and assigned to the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, with the 70th ISR Wing. Its headquarters was established at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, where it has remained stationed since 8 September 2010. On 29 September 2014, the group was reassigned to the Twenty-Fifth Air Force and to Air Combat Command, where it remained until 10 October 2019. On 11 October 2019, the 659 ISRG was reassigned to the Sixteenth Air Force, which contributes to United States Cyber Command's mission. The group's mission is to provide direct ISR support to the Sixteenth Air Force. Squadron personnel focus on digital network exploitation analysis and digital network intelligence, and provide support to the National Security Agency. The group's subordinate squadrons are the 5th Intelligence Squadron at Fort Gordon, Georgia; the 7th Intelligence Squadron at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; the 35th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas; and the 37th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii.

• The 770th ISR Group (P) is activated as a provisional group to evaluate providing ISR support to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force.

• The 659 ISRG is activated and assigned to the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency and the 70th ISR Wing; headquarters established at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

• The 659 ISRG is reassigned to the Twenty-Fifth Air Force and Air Combat Command.

• The 659 ISRG is reassigned to the Sixteenth Air Force.

United States Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance unit supporting cyber operations and the National Security Agency.

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