Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group 5th Intelligence Squadron (Fort Gordon, Georgia) 7th Intelligence Squadron 35th Intelligence Squadron (Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas) 37th Intelligence Squadron (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii) 41st Intelligence Squadron 75th Intelligence Squadron (Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas) 691st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group 22nd Intelligence Squadron 29th Intelligence Squadron 34th Intelligence Squadron 707th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group 32nd Intelligence Squadron 94th Intelligence Squadron 707th Communications Squadron 707th Force Support Squadron History The 70th ISR Wing has its origins in the World War II 70th Reconnaissance Group, which was activated at Gray Army Airfield in September 1941. The 70th Reconnaissance Group was originally a Fourth Air Force training unit in observation and artillery adjustment, supporting Army ground units at Fort Lewis. After the Pearl Harbor Attack, the unit began antisubmarine patrols along the Pacific Coast, and provided support to II Bomber Command heavy bomber training units. It was largely unmanned after August 1943 when the United States Navy took over antisubmarine duty. The group moved to Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma under Third Air Force in November 1943, and was programmed for training as a photo-reconnaissance unit, but the unit was never manned or equipped and was inactivated 30 November 1943. The group was reactivated as part of the Air Force Reserve in 1947 as a reconnaissance group at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It was assigned to Fourth Air Force, but it is unclear whether or not the unit had any assigned aircraft or personnel. It was inactivated in 1949 when Continental Air Command converted its reserve units to the Wing-Base organizational system (Hobson Plan). Strategic Reconnaissance The 70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was established by SAC on 23 March 1953, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. However, Little Rock AFB was still under construction at the time, so the unit was temporarily stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio until October. Few wing components were manned until October when Little Rock was ready for operational use. The 70th SRW's mission was to gather intelligence on a global scale as part of the strategic reconnaissance force of SAC. Equipped with Boeing RB-47E Stratojets, the wing conducted a variety of spectacular overflights of the Soviet Union during the 1950s, including overflying Murmansk. RB-47s had a fairly low operational ceiling of 40,000 feet and relied on speed, as opposed to altitude, to evade interception. Some of these flights were