363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
| 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing | |
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To activate the 363d Training Group in an official ceremony on 26 March 2007, U.S. Central Command Air Forces Commander Lt Gen Gary North unfurls the unit colors as Col Michael Cosby, right, stands ready to assume command.
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| Active | 1947-1993; 2007-2011, 2015-present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing |
| Role | ISR |
| Part of | Twenty-Fifth Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. |
| Motto(s) | VOIR C'EST SAVOIR – "To see is to know" |
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| Decorations |
 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device (3x) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (8x) |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Col Michael Stevenson |
| Insignia | |
| 363d ISR Wing emblem(Approved 16 June 1952) |  |
| Patch with wing emblem in subdued desert colors. |  |
The 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (363 ISRW) is a United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Force Twenty-Fifth Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
The mission of the wing is content-dominant multi-intelligence analysis and targeting for five distinct mission sets: Air Defenses, Counter-Space, Counter-ISR, Theater Ballistic Missile/Cruise Missile Threat, and Air Threat
In a ceremony on 11 July 2011, the group was inactivated and replaced by the AFCENT Air Warfare Center. On 13 February 2015, the 363 FTG was redesignated as the 363d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing. The wing activated on 17 February 2015.
The 363d Reconnaissance Wing was activated on 15 August 1947 when the Army Air Forces introduced the experimental wing base organization which established a single wing on each base. It was stationed at Langley Field, Virginia in December 1947 by the newly established USAF. It was redesignated the 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 27 August 1948. President Truman’s reduced 1949 defense budget required reductions in the number of groups in the Air Force to 48 and the unit was inactivated on 26 April 1949. Once North Korea invaded South Korea, this constraint was removed and the group was again activated on 1 September 1950 at Langley.
Due to the pressing needs of Far East Air Forces in Japan the 162nd TRS, flying RB-26s, and the photo-processing 363rd Reconnaissance Technical Squadron (RTS) were reassigned from Langley to Itazuke Air Base Japan for Korean War service and began operations in August 1950 as part of the 543d Tactical Support Group.
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