543rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group

{{Use American English|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 543rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group | native_name = | image = 543rd intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance group emblem.JPG | image_size = 175px | alt = | caption = Group emblem | dates = {{hlist|1942–1945|1950–1951|1997 – present}} | disbanded = | country = {{USA}} | branch = {{air force|USA}} | type = Dependant group | role = Intelligence and cryptologic operations | size = | command_structure = 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing | garrison = Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas | garrison_label = Base | nickname = Warrior scouts<ref name=BarnettTakesCommand>{{cite web |url= http://www.25af.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6217/Article/663037/col-thomas-barnett-takes-over-543-isrg.aspx |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161009161547/http://www.25af.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/6217/Article/663037/col-thomas-barnett-takes-over-543-isrg.aspx |url-status= dead |archive-date= 9 October 2016 |last1=Michael|first1=TSG|title=Col. Thomas Barnett Takes over 543 ISRG|date=13 August 2015|publisher=Twenty-Fifth Air Force Public Affairs|access-date=13 November 2015}} (as of 13 August 2015)</ref> | patron = | motto = {{Language with name/for|fr|Archez bien|Shoot well}} (World War II) | colors =  | colors_label =  | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = | battles_label = | decorations = *Air Force Outstanding Unit Award *Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat V *Distinguished Unit Citation *Korean Presidential Unit Citation | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | website =  | current_commander = | commander1 = | commander1_label = | notable_commanders =  | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = }} The ''' 543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group''' is an intelligence unit of the United States Air Force. It is located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. It has been located there since 1997, when it was activated as the '''543d Intelligence Group'''. It focuses on cryptography operations and signals intelligence.

The group's earliest predecessor was established in June 1942 as the '''3d Photographic Group'''. After training in the United States, the group deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it performed reconnaissance missions, primarily for Twelfth Air Force, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for its support of Operation Dragoon. After the surrender of Germany, the group was inactivated in Italy in September 1945.

The second ancestor of the group is the '''543d Tactical Support Group''', a United States Air Force unit that fought in the Korean War under Fifth Air Force. The 543d was established in September 1950 to control tactical reconnaissance units operating in Korea. In February 1951, the group was inactivated and replaced by the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and its subordinate units transferred or replaced by units of the 67th Wing.

==Mission== The '''543rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group''' is a force provider for national cryptologic operations and serves as Sixteenth Air Force's primary service cryptologic component for the Department of Homeland Security. The group provides air signals intelligence analysts for the National Security Agency as well as Air Force national and tactical intelligence integration for Air Forces Southern and Air Forces Northern's air operations centers. The group also supports cryptologic missions within North American Air Defense Command and United States Southern Command.<ref name="70ISRWfacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.25af.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/6260/Article/671802/70th-intelligence-surveillance-and-reconnaissance-wing.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009163633/http://www.25af.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/6260/Article/671802/70th-intelligence-surveillance-and-reconnaissance-wing.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2016|title=70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing|date=15 July 2015|publisher=70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>

==History== ===World War II=== thumb|left|3d Reconnaissance Group F-4 The group was first activated in June 1942 as the '''3d Photographic Group''' and assigned directly to Headquarters, Army Air Forces. The group's initial components were the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadrons.<ref name=Maurer12PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 67</ref><ref name=Maurer13PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 73–74</ref><ref name=Maurer14PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 79–80</ref><ref name=Maurer15PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 84–85</ref> It trained at Peterson Field, Colorado until September 1942, when it moved (less its 14th Squadron and B and C Flights of the 15th) to England, where it flew missions with Eighth Air Force as it prepared for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa.<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /><ref name=Maurer14PRS/>

In December 1942, the group moved to North Africa along with its 12th and 15th Squadrons. The 15th's A Flight preceded other group elements, arriving at Tafaroui, Algeria on 18 November, ten days after the initial Torch landings.<ref name=Maurer15PRS/> Although the 13th Photographic Squadron continued to be assigned to the 3d Group until July 1943, the squadron remained in England where it was attached to elements of Eighth Air Force.<ref name=Maurer13PRS/>

The group provided photographic intelligence that assisted the campaign for Tunisia, Operation Corkscrew, the neutralization of Pantelleria, the Sardinia campaign, and Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. It reconnoitered airfields, roads, marshalling yards and harbors both before and after Operation Avalanche, the Allied landings at Salerno. It provided coverage for the Battle of Anzio early in 1944 and continued to support the United States Fifth Army in its drive through Italy by determining troop movements, gun positions, and terrain. In Italy, the 23d Photographic Squadron filled out the group again. The squadron was attached to the 3d Group several times in 1943 and 1944, before finally being assigned in November 1944.<ref name=Maurer23PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 123–124</ref>

Flying from Corsica, the 3d flew reconnaissance missions supporting Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France in August 1944. The group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for a mission on 28 August 1944 when it provided photographic intelligence that assisted the rapid advance of Allied ground forces. The group also mapped areas in France and the Balkans. The group was inactivated in Italy in September 1945 and disbanded in 1947.<ref name="Maurer3RG2" />

===Korean War=== [[File:12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photographic RB-26 Invader 44-35686.jpg|thumb|RB-26 Invader at Komaki Air Base during the Korean War<ref group=note>Aircraft is Douglas RB-26 serial 44-35686 of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. The 12th absorbed the aircraft of the 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in February 1951 when the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing replaced the 543d. Endicott, p. 80.</ref>]] When the Korean War broke out in June 1950, Far East Air Forces reconnaissance assets included the 8th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, which began flying missions with its Lockheed RF-80 Shooting Stars from Itazuke Air Base.<ref name=Maurer8PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 48</ref> In August, the 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Itazuke from Langley Air Force Base. Virginia with its Douglas RB-26 Invaders to augment Fifth Air Force night reconnaissance operations in Korea.<ref name=Maurer162TRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 362–363</ref> However, because of the demand for photographic reconnaissance products, the 162d Squadron flew mostly daylight missions.<ref name=Futrell229>Futrell, p. 229</ref>

When the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was activated on 26 September,<ref name=Maurer155PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp 355–356</ref> the '''543d Tactical Support Group''' was organized as the headquarters for Fifth Air Force's tactical reconnaissance units operating in Korea. The 45th was activated to fill the gap in visual reconnaissance, which was being performed by a handful of North American T-6 Texans.<ref name=Futrell229/> The 543d and two of its squadrons moved to Korea three days after it was activated.<ref name=543ISRGfacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=17612 |last1=Robertson |first1=Patsy |title=Factsheet 543 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (AFISRA) |date=20 April 2012 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929011247/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=17612 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |access-date=12 November 2015 }}</ref> The move was already planned as Fifth Air Force moved units to Korea following the Inchon Landings.<ref>Futrell, pp. 177–178</ref>

The shortage of photographic interpreters in United States Eighth Army, required the group's 363d Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, which had moved from Langley along with the 162d, to reproduce materials on behalf of the Army.<ref name=Futrell229>Futrell, p. 229</ref> In early November, when reports were received that People's Liberation Army forces were advancing under cover of night, the group's 162d Squadron to begin flying the night missions it had been organized to perform.<ref name=Futrell229/> Until December, the lack of air opposition permitted group aircraft to operate over Korea without fighter cover. However, the increased presence of Chinese MiG-15s resulted in a requirement for high altitude cover, while group reconnaissance aircraft were flying at low level near the Yalu River.<ref>Futrell, p.247</ref>

As the Chinese advanced southward through the Korean Peninsula through December 1950, the quality of photographic interpretation provided by the group diminished as other intelligence sources from ground and air dried up, leaving interpreters without context for their work, This lessened the effectiveness of a push during the last ten days of December in which the reconnaissance squadrons mapped the area in front of Eighth Army's lines to a depth of forty miles.<ref>Futrell, pp. 272–273</ref> In early 1951, as enemy forces continued their southward advance, group headquarters returned to Japan, where its mission, personnel and equipment was absorbed by the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, which was simultaneously activated at Komaki Air Base. The 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was transferred to the 67th, while the other squadrons of the 543d Group were replaced by newly activated squadrons of the 67th Wing.<ref name=Endicott80>Endicott, p. 80</ref><ref>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 134</ref> In 2005, the 543d was consolidated with the 543d Intelligence Group.<ref name=543ISRGfacts/>

===Intelligence operations=== alt=3drg-emblem|thumb|169x169px|3d Reconnaissance Group Emblem (approved 29 October 1942)<ref name="Maurer3RG2">Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 33–34</ref> The 3d Reconnaissance Group was reconstituted in July 1985 and redesignated the '''543d Tactical Intelligence Group''' on the inactive list. In 1997, the "Tactical" was dropped from its name and it was activated as an element of the 67th Intelligence Wing at the Medina Annex of Kelly Air Force Base. Three years later, the group transferred to the 70th Intelligence Wing.<ref name="543ISRGfacts" />

==Lineage== ; 543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group * Established as the '''3rd Photographic Group''' on 9 June 1942 : Activated on 20 June 1942 * Redesignated '''3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group''' on 19 May 1943 * Redesignated '''3rd Photographic Group''' (Reconnaissance) on 13 November 1943 * Redesignated '''3rd Reconnaissance Group''' on 13 May 1945 : Inactivated on 12 September 1945 * thumb|150x150px|543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group emblem (approved 5 October 2010)<ref name="543ISRGfacts2">{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Patsy |date=20 April 2012 |title=Factsheet 543 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (AFISRA) |url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=17612 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929011247/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=17612 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |access-date=12 November 2015 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref>Disbanded on 6 March 1947 * Reconstituted and redesignated '''543d Tactical Intelligence Group''' on 31 July 1985 * Redesignated '''543d Intelligence Group''' on 22 January 1997 : Activated on 1 March 1997 * Consolidated with the '''543d Tactical Support Group''' on 10 February 2005 * Redesignated '''543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group''' on 1 January 2009<ref name=543ISRGfacts/>

; 543d Tactical Support Group * Established as the '''543d Tactical Support Group''' on 19 September 1950 : Activated on 26 September 1950 : Inactivated on 25 February 1951 * Consolidated with the '''543d Intelligence Group''' as the '''543d Intelligence Group''' on 10 February 2005<ref name=543ISRGfacts/>

=== Assignments === * Army Air Forces, 20 June 1942 * Eighth Air Force, c. 8 September 1942 * Twelfth Air Force, 16 October 1942<ref group="note">Futrell indicates the group was assigned to XII Bomber Command until 5 January 1943, then to the Northwest African Photographic Wing. Futrell, p. 22.</ref> * 90th Photographic Wing, c. 15 August 1943 * Twelfth Air Force, 1 October 1944 – 12 September 1945 * Fifth Air Force, 19 September 1950 – 25 February 1951 (attached to 6149th Tactical Support Wing 1 October 1950, 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing 1 December 1950 – 25 February 1951) * 67th Intelligence Wing, 1 March 1997 * 70th Intelligence Wing (later 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, 16 August 2000 – present<ref name=543ISRGfacts/>

=== Components === ; World War II * 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: (attached 1 October 1942 – 21 January 1944), 21 January 1944 – 12 September 1945<ref name=Maurer5PRS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 36–37</ref> :: Flight further attached to 5th Reconnaissance Group, 10 March – 5 May 1944<ref name=Maurer5PRS/> * 12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 12th Photographic Squadron, 12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 20 June 1942 – 12 September 1945<ref name=Maurer12PRS/> * 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 13th Photographic Squadron): 20 June 1942 – 7 July 1943 (attached to 1st Bombardment Wing, 2 December 1942 – 16 February 1943, Eighth Air Force until 7 July 1943)<ref name=Maurer13PRS/> * 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: 20 June 1942 – 7 July 1943 (attached to Second Air Force, 31 August 1942, Army Air Forces, 6 October 1942 Eighth Air Force until 7 July 1943<ref name=Maurer14PRS/> * 15th Photographic Mapping Squadron (later 15th Photographic Squadron, 15th Combat Mapping Squadron, 15th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 20 June 1942 – 21 June 1944 (attached to 5th Reconnaissance Group, 21 November 1943 – 21 June 1944)<ref name=Maurer15PRS/> * 23d Photographic Squadron (later 23d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): (attached 15 July – 8 September 1943, 9 February – 9 March 1944, 23 August – 15 November 1944 ); 15 November 1944 – 12 September 1945<ref name=Maurer23PRS/>

; Korean War * 8th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 26 September 1950 – 25 February 1951<ref name=Maurer8PRS/> * 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 26 September 1950 – 25 February 1951<ref name=Maurer155PRS/> * 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: (attached from 26 September 1950) 10 November 1950 – 25 February 1951<ref name=Maurer162TRS/> * 363d Reconnaissance Technical Squadron c. 26 September 1950 – 25 February 1951<ref>Futrell, p. 71</ref> * 6166th Air Weather Reconnaissance Flight: 10 December 1950 – 25 February 1951<ref name=Endicott80/>

; Intelligence since 1997 * 31st Intelligence Squadron, 1 April 1997 – 14 July 2006<ref>Lent, pp. 27–28</ref> * 93d Intelligence Squadron: c. 1 April 1997 – present<ref name=70ISRWfacts/> * 531st Intelligence Squadron, 1 July 2015 – present<ref name="70ISWheritage">{{cite web|url=http://www.25af.af.mil/Portals/100/Documents/AFD-150827-018.pdf?ver=2016-02-23-160937-690|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009155613/http://www.25af.af.mil/Portals/100/Documents/AFD-150827-018.pdf?ver=2016-02-23-160937-690|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2016|title=70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing Heritage Pamphlet|date=July 2015|publisher=Twenty-Fifth Air Force Public Affairs|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> * 543d Support Squadron: c. 6 August 2004 – unknown<ref name=70ISRWfacts/><ref>''See'' 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing Heritage Pamphlet (not listed as assigned)</ref> * 668th Alteration and Installation Squadron: 22 June 2011 – present<ref name=70ISWheritage/> * 743d Intelligence Support Squadron (Provisional): (attached 27 February 2012 – c. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rallypoint.com/units/743-iss-743d-intelligence-support-squadron-joint-base-san-antonio-tx |title=743d Intelligence Support Squadron|publisher=RallyPoint.com|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>

=== Stations === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Peterson Field, Colorado, 20 June – 13 August 1942 * RAF Membury (Station 466),<ref name=Anderson>Station number in Anderson</ref> England, 8 September 1942 * RAF Steeple Morden (Station 122),<ref name=Anderson/> England, 26 October – 22 November 1942 * Oran Es Sénia Airport, Algeria, 10 December 1942 * Maison Blanche Airport, Algeria, 25 December 1942 * La Marsa Airfield, Tunisia, 13 June 1943 * San Severo Airfield, Italy, 8 December 1943 * Pomigliano Airfield, Italy 4 January 1944 * Nettuno Airfield, Italy, 16 June 1944 * Viterbo Airfield, Italy, 26 June 1944 * Corsica, c. 14 July 1944 * Rosia Airfield, Italy, C. September 1944 * Florence Airfield, Italy, 17 January 1945 * Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, 26 August – 12 September 1945 * Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 26 September 1950 * Taegu Air Base, South Korea, 29 September 1950 * Komaki Air Base, Japan, 26 January – 25 February 1951 * Kelly Air Force Base (Medina Annex) (later Lackland Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, 1 April 1997 – present<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> {{div col end}}

=== Aircraft === {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Lockheed F-4 Lightning, 1942–1944<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /> * Lockheed F-5 Lightning, 1943–1945<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /> * Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942–1943<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /> * Potez 540, 1943<ref name=70ISWheritage/> * Supermarine Spitfire, 1943–1945<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /> * Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1944–1945<ref name="Maurer3RG2" /> * North American B-25 Mitchell, 1944–1945<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090720-032.pdf |last1=Bailey |first1=Carl E. |title=Lineage and Honors History of the 543 Intelligence Group (ACC) |date=16 March 2005 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222145715/http://www.foia.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090720-032.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=12 November 2015 }}</ref> * Douglas RB-26 Invader, 1950–1951<ref name=Maurer162TRS/> * North American F-51 Mustang, 1950–1951<ref name=Maurer155PRS/> * Lockheed RF-80 Shooting Star, 1950–1951<ref name=Maurer8PRS/> * North American T-6 Texan, 1950–1951<ref name=Maurer155PRS/> {{div col end}}

===Awards and campaigns=== {{unit awards table |award_image1=AF PUC |award_name1=Distinguished Unit Citation |award_date1=28 August 1944 |award_notes1=3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image2=AF OUA w/ v |award_name2=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device |award_date2=1 June 2001 – 31 May 2003 |award_notes2=543d Intelligence Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image3=AF OUA |award_name3=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date3=1 October 1997 – 30 September 1998 |award_notes3=543d Intelligence Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image4=AF OUA |award_name4=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date4=1 October 1999 – 30 September 2000 |award_notes4=543d Intelligence Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image5=AF OUA |award_name5=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date5=1 June 2004 – 31 May 2005 |award_notes5=543d Intelligence Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image6=AF OUA |award_name6=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date6=1 June 2006 – 31 December 2007 |award_notes6=543d Intelligence Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image7=AF OUA |award_name7=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date7=1 June 2008 – 31 May 2009 |award_notes7=543d Intelligence Group (later 543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group)<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |award_image8=AF OUA |award_name8=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date8=1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010 |award_notes8=543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<ref name=Awards>{{cite web |url= https://access.afpc.af.mil/AwardsDMZNet40/SearchAwards.aspx |title=Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards|publisher=Air Force Personnel Center|access-date=19 November 2015}} (search)</ref> |award_image9=AF OUA |award_name9=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date9=1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011 |award_notes9=543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<ref name=Awards/> |award_image10=AF OUA |award_name10=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date10=1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012 |award_notes10=543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<ref name=Awards/> |award_image11=AF OUA |award_name11=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date11=1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013 |award_notes11=543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<ref name=Awards/> |award_image12=AF OUA |award_name12=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |award_date12=1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014 |award_notes12=543d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group<ref name=Awards/> |award_image13=KPUC |award_name13=Korean Presidential Unit Citation |award_date13=10 February 1951 – 25 February 1951 |award_notes13=543d Tactical Support Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> }}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Campaign Streamer ! Campaign ! Dates ! Notes |- |200px||Tunisia||12 November 1942 – 13 May 1943||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Sicily||14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943||3d Photographic Group (later 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group)<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Naples-Foggia||18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944||3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group (later 3d Photographic Group)<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Anzio||22 January 1944 – 24 May 1944||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Rome-Arno||22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Southern France||15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||North Apennines||10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Po Valley||3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Rhineland||15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945||3d Photographic Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Central Europe||22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945||3d Photographic Group (later 3d Reconnaissance Group)<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||Air Combat, EAME Theater||8 September 1942 – 11 May 1945||3d Photographic Group (also 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group)<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||UN Offensive ||26 September 1950 – 2 November 1950 ||543d Tactical Support Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||CCF Intervention ||3 November 1950 – 24 January 1951||543d Tactical Support Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |- |200px||1st UN Counteroffensive||25 January 1951 – 25 February 1951||543d Tactical Support Group<ref name=543ISRGfacts/> |}

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