November 1942 Drew Field, Tampa, Florida, 7 January 1943 Fort Myers Army Air Field (later Page Field, Florida, 6 February 1943 – 1 May 1944 Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa, 18 August 1955 – 1 April 1960) Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1 November 1963 – present Components Wing 4485th Test Wing: 16 March 1964 – 30 June 1965 Groups 41st Training Group (see 4441st Tactical Training Group) 53rd Electronic Warfare Group: November 1998 - 25 June 2021 (formed from personnel and assets of 68th Electronic Combat Group) 53d Test and Evaluation Group (see 4443d Test and Evaluation Group) 53d Test Management Group: 1 October 2002 – 1 October 2021 53d Weapons Evaluation Group (See 475th Weapons Evaluation Group) 57th Test Group: 1 October 1996 – 1 August 1997 68th Electronic Combat Group: activated 15 April 1993, inactivated on 20 November 1998 (personnel and assets to 53rd Electronic Warfare Group) 79th Test and Evaluation Group (see 4443d Test and Evaluation Group) 475th Weapons Evaluation Group (later 53d Weapons Evaluation) Group: 23 January 1991 – present 505th Air Control Group (see 4442nd Tactical Control Group0 753d Test and Evaluation Group: 1 October 2021 – present 4441st Tactical Training Group (Blue Flag) (later 41st Training Group): 1 March 1977 – 15 April 1993 4442nd Tactical Control Group (later 505th Air Control Group, 505th Command and Control Evaluation Group): 1 March 1980 – 1 October 1997 4443d Test and Evaluation Group (later 79th Test and Evaluation Group, 53d Test and Evaluation Group): 1 July 1988 – present Squadrons Fighter Squadrons 13th Pursuit Squadron (later 13th Fighter Squadron, 13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron): 15 January 1941 – 1 May 1944; 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1957. 14th Pursuit Squadron (later 14th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron): 15 January 1941 – 1 May 1944; 18 August 1955 – 1 April 1960. 15th Pursuit Squadron (later 15th Fighter Squadron): 15 January 1941 – 1 May 1944 438th Fighter Squadron: 20 February 1943 – 1 May 1944 Test Squadrons 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 15 April 1993 49th Test Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 15 April 1993 513th Test Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 15 April 1993 727th Tactical Control Squadron (Test): 1 October 1979 – 1 March 1980 3907th Systems Evaluation Squadron: 1 June 1992 – 15 April 1993 4484th Fighter Weapons Squadron: 1 October 1978 – 1 June 1984 4484th Test Squadron: