| 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group | |
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361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group emblem |
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| Active | 1943–1944; 2008–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Group (air force) |
| Role | Intelligence |
| Part of | Air Force ISR Agency |
| Garrison/HQ | Hurlburt Field, Fla. |
The United States Air Force's 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (361st ISR Group) is an intelligence unit located at Hurlburt Field, Fla..
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The 361st ISR Group provides direct threat warning and enhanced situational awareness to Air Force Special Operations Command aircrews. The 361st brings all Air Force ISR Agency units supporting special operations forces (SOF) under the umbrella of one group to better present ISR capabilities to the SOF community and to streamline the unit's command and control.[1]
The 361st ISR Group began as the 11th Photographic Group (Mapping) 19 Nov. 1943. The group's early missions included the photographic mapping of the United States and sending detachments to the Chine-Burma-India Theater, the Near and Middle East, Mexico, Canada, Alaska and the Caribbean to conduct similar missions. It was officially disbanded 5 Oct. 1944.
The Air Force re-established and redesignated the 11th PG as the 361st Tactical Intelligence Group 31 July 1985, but the unit was never activated. This allowed the 361st TIS to be re-established and redesignated 10 Oct. 2008, as the 361st ISR Group.
Later that month, 29 Oct. 2008, the Air Force ISR Agency then activated the 361st ISR Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The new group, under AFSOC operational control, took command of the 19th Intelligence Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and the 25th Intelligence Squadron at Hurlburt Field.
When the 361st ISR Group was the 11th PG, the unit flew B-17, B-24, B-25, B-29, F-2, F-9, F-10 and A-20 aircraft until the unit was officially disbanded 5 Oct. 1944.
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