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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=53rd Wing
|image=31st Test and Evaluation Squadron Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II 09-5006.png
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|caption=[[31st Test and Evaluation Squadron]] [[F-35 Lightning II]]<ref group=note>Aircraft is Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II, serial 09-5006.</ref>
|dates=1941–1944; 1955–1960; 1963–present
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|branch={{air force|USA}}
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|role=Operational test and evaluation
|size=2100
|command_structure=[[Air Combat Command]]
|current_commander=[[Colonel (United States)|Col.]] Daniel J. Lehoski
|commander2= Col. Daniel J. Knerl
|commander2_label= Deputy Commander
|commander3= [[Command Chief Master Sergeant|CCM]] Randolph M. Crosslin Jr.
|commander3_label= Command Chief Master Sergeant
|garrison=[[Eglin Air Force Base]]
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|motto=Defense by Offense (1941–1960)
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|notable_commanders= [[Paul V. Hester]] <br /> [[Ronald Keys]]
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|decorations=[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] <br /> [[Organizational Excellence Award]]
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The '''53rd Wing''' is a [[wing (air force unit)|wing]] of the [[United States Air Force]] based at [[Eglin Air Force Base]], Florida. The [[wing (military aviation unit)|wing]] reports to the [[United States Air Force Warfare Center]] at [[Nellis Air Force Base]], Nevada, which in turn reports to Headquarters Air Combat Command.
The 53d Wing serves as the focal point for the combat air forces in [[electronic warfare]], armament and [[avionics]], [[chemical warfare|chemical]] defense, [[reconnaissance]], and aircrew training devices.  The wing is also responsible for operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of new equipment and systems proposed for use by these air forces.  Current wing initiatives include advanced self-protection systems for combat aircraft, aircrew life support systems, [[aerial reconnaissance]] improvements, new armament and weapons delivery systems, and improved maintenance equipment and logistics support.  The 53d Wing, which consists of four [[group (military aviation unit)|groups]], numbers almost 2,000 military and civilians at 17 locations throughout the United States.
==Units==
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* [[53d Test and Evaluation Group]]
: [[28th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[59th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[85th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[88th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[418th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[556th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force
* [[53d Weapons Evaluation Group]]
: 53d Test Support Squadron
: [[81st Air Control Squadron]]
: [[82d Aerial Targets Squadron]]
: [[83d Fighter Weapons Squadron]] ''Combat Archer''
: [[86th Fighter Weapons Squadron]] ''Combat Hammer''
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* 753d Test and Evaluation Group<ref name=53group>{{cite web |url= https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2800326/53d-test-management-group-now-the-753d-test-and-evaluation-group/ |last1=Bray|first1=Capt Savannah|title=53d Test Management Group now the 753d Test and Evaluation Group|date=October 1, 2021|publisher=53rd Wing public Affairs|access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref>
: [[15th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[29th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[31st Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[49th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: 53rd Computer Systems Squadron
: [[72d Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[337th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[410th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
: [[417th Test and Evaluation Squadron]]
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==History==
===World War II===
The group was activated in 1941 as the '''53d Pursuit Group''' with the [[13th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron|13th]],<ref name=Maurer73>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 73</ref> [[14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron|14th]],<ref name=Maurer78>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 78</ref> and [[15th Pursuit Squadron]]s<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 83–84</ref> assigned.<ref name=Maurer115>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 115–116</ref> The 53d trained fighter pilots with [[Seversky P-35]] and [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] aircraft from its activation until December 1941.<ref name=53wgfacts/><ref name=53fgWWII>{{cite web |url= http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/080/260.xml |title=Abstract, History 53 Fighter Group 1941-1944|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref> After the United States entered [[World War II]] the group moved to the [[Panama Canal Zone]] to fly [[patrolling|patrols]] in defense of the [[Panama Canal]].<ref name=53wgfacts/> In conjunction with the move, the group converted to [[Bell P-39 Airacobra]] aircraft.<ref name=53fgWWII/> There it was redesignated as the '''53d Fighter Group'''.<ref name=Maurer115/> The group returned to Florida in November 1942, where it became a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) training replacement [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilots.  RTUs were oversized units whose mission was to train individual [[aviators|pilots]] or [[aircrew]]s.<ref>Craven & Cate, Vol. VI, p. xxxvi</ref> It used P-39s until June 1943 and [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt]]s thereafter.<ref name=53fgWWII/> In early 1943, the group added a fourth squadron, the [[438th Fighter Squadron]].<ref>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 543</ref>
The AAF found that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were proving less well adapted to the training mission.  Accordingly, a more functional system was adopted in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit.<ref>Craven & Cate, p. 75</ref> The group was disbanded in as a result of this reorganization in 1944<ref name=53wgfacts/> and its personnel, equipment and mission were assumed by the 338th AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/176/320.xml |title=Abstract, History Sections T and O 338 AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter) |date=1 May 1944|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>
===Cold War Air Defense===
The group was reconstituted, redesignated as the '''53d Fighter Group''' (Air Defense) and activated<ref name=Maurer115/> to replace the [[521st Air Defense Group]]<ref>Cornett & Johnson, p. 82</ref> at [[Sioux City Municipal Airport]] as part of [[Air Defense Command]]'s Project Arrow to bring back on the active list fighter units that had achieved memorable records in the two World Wars.<ref>Buss (ed), Sturm, Volan & McMullen, p. 6</ref> The 14th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), already at Sioux City transferred from the 521st,<ref name=Maurer78/> while the 13th FIS moved to Sioux City to replace the [[519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron|519th FIS]].<ref name=Maurer73/> Both squadrons flew [[rocket (weapon)|rocket]] armed and [[radar]] equipped F-86D Sabres.<ref name=CJ114>Cornett & Johnson, p. 114</ref> Between August 1955 and April 1960 the 53d served as an [[air defense]] unit, participating in [[North American Air Defense Command]] (NORAD) [[military exercise|exercises]] and testing automated air defense systems.<ref name=53wgfacts/> It also was the host organization for the USAF and was assigned several support units to carry out this function.<ref name=53USAFI1956>''See'' {{cite web |url= http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/406/779.xml |title=Abstract, History 53 Infirmary Jul-Dec 1956|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=53USAFD1959>{{cite web |url= http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/406/785.xml |title=Abstract, History 53 Infirmary Jul-Dec 1959|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=CJ136>Cornett & Johnson, p. 136</ref><ref name=CJ145>Cornett & Johnson, p. 145</ref> In the fall of 1957 both of the group's squadrons upgraded their Sabres to F-86L models with [[data link]] for interception control through the [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] system.<ref name=CJ114/> In July 1959 the 13th FIS moved to [[Glasgow AFB]], Montana and was reassigned.  The group and its remaining components were inactivated in 1960.<ref name=53wgfacts/> In 1985, the group was redesignated as the '''53d Tactical Fighter Group''', but it was never active under that designation.<ref name=53wgfacts/>
===Test and Evaluation===
The '''USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center''' was activated in 1963 to improve use of USAF tactical aviation in support of ground forces by operationally testing weapon systems and [[Military tactics|tactics]] for the joint U.S. Strike Command.  It employed a cross-section of tactical aircraft from [[Tactical Air Command]] (TAC) bases across the country.<ref name=53wgfacts/> During the [[Vietnam War]] it tested tactical weapons systems and tactics for use in Southeast Asia.<ref name=53wgfacts/> After the war it continued operational testing of new tactical aviation weapon systems. In 1977 the center began an annual series of Air Force-wide exercises to improve [[Command and control (military)|command, control]], communications, and [[Military intelligence|intelligence]] (C3I) techniques.<ref name=53wgfacts/> Around the same time it embarked on the electronic warfare evaluation program, and continued OT&E of aviation weapon systems for TAC and later [[Air Combat Command]], the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], and the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]].<ref name=53wgfacts/> From 1983 to present, responsible for the operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of all Air Force aircraft/weapons systems, and providing range control for live-firing missile programs on the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf]] range and aerial targets, using full scale and subscale [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drones]].<ref name=53wgfacts/> In September 1995, the '''53d Tactical Fighter Group''' and '''USAF Air Warfare Center''' were consolidated and the consolidated unit was redesignated as the '''53d Wing''' the following month.<ref name=53wgfacts/>
In 2021 on the activation of the [[350th Spectrum Warfare Wing]], the [[53rd Electronic Warfare Group]] was inactivated, broken up, and its units transferred to the new wing.
==Lineage==
'''Group'''
* Constituted as the '''53d Pursuit Group''' (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940
: Activated on 15 January 1941
: Redesignated as the '''53d Fighter Group''' on 15 May 1942
: Disbanded on 1 May 1944
* Reconstituted and redesignated as the '''53d Fighter Group''' (Air Defense), on 20 June 1955
: Activated on 18 August 1955
: Discontinued on 1 April 1960
: Redesignated as the '''53d Tactical Fighter Group''' on 31 July 31, 1985
: Consolidated with the '''USAF Air Warfare Center''' on 25 September 1995 (consolidated unit designated the USAF Air Warfare Center)<ref name=53wgfacts/>
'''Center'''
* Designated and organized as the '''USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center''' on 1 November 1963
: Redesignated as the '''USAF Air Warfare Center''' on 1 October 1991
: Consolidated with the '''53d Tactical Fighter Group''' on 25 September 1995<ref name=53wgfacts/>
'''Consolidated Wing'''
* Redesignated as the '''53d Wing''' on 1 October 1995<ref name=53wgfacts/>
== Assignments ==
* 22d Pursuit Wing, 15 January 1941
* [[III Fighter Command|3d Interceptor (later III Fighter) Command]], 2 October 1941
* [[Sixth Air Force|Caribbean (later, Sixth) Air Force]], 1 January 1942
* [[XXVI Fighter Command|26th Interceptor (later, 26th Fighter, XXVI Fighter) Command]], 6 March 1942
* III Fighter Command, 26 November 1942 – 1 May 1944
* [[31st Air Division]], 18 August 1955
* [[20th Air Division]], 1 March 1956
* [[Kansas City Air Defense Sector]], 1 January 1960 – 1 April 1960
* Tactical Air Command, 1 November 1963
* Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992
* [[United States Air Force Warfare Center]], 1 October 1985 – present<ref name=53wgfacts/>
== Stations ==
* [[MacDill Field]], Florida, 15 January 1941
* [[Dale Mabry Field]], [[Tallahassee, Florida]], 8 May 1941 – 8 December 1941
* [[Howard Air Force Base|Howard Field]], [[Panama Canal Zone]], 1 January 1942 – 10 November 1942
* Dale Mabry Field, Florida, 26 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<ref name=53wgfacts/>
== Components ==
=== Wing ===
* 4485th Test Wing: 16 March 1964 – 30 June 1965
=== Groups ===
* 57th Test Group (later 53d Test Management): 1 November 1991 – 1 August 1997, 1 October 2002 – 1 October 2021<ref name=53group/>
* [[53d Electronic Warfare Group|68th Electronic Combat Group (later 53d Electronic Warfare)]]: 15 April 1993 - 25 June 2021
* '''475th Weapons Evaluation Group (later 53d Weapons Evaluation)''': 23 January 1991 – present
* '''753d Test and Evaluation Group''': 1 October 2021 – present<ref name=53group/>
* 4441st Tactical Training Group (Blue Flag) (later 41st Training Group): 1 March 1977 – 15 April 1993
* 4442d Tactical Control Group (later 505th Air Control, 505th Command and Control Evaluation): 1 March 1980 – 1 October 1997
* '''4443d Test and Evaluation Group (later 79th Test and Evaluation, 53d Test and Evaluation)''': 1 July 1988 – present<ref name=53wgfacts/>
=== 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<ref name=53wgfacts/>
; 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: 15 October 1983 – 1 August 1988
* 4485th Test Squadron: 12 April 1971 – 1 August 1988
* [[4486th Fighter Weapons Squadron]]: 1 October 1985 – 1 August 1988, later 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron
* 4487th Electronic Warfare Aggressor (later 87th Electronic Warfare Aggressor) Squadron: 1 October 1990 – 15 April 1993<ref name=53wgfacts/>
===Flight===
* [[15th Test Flight]]: 1 March 2016 – 1 October 2021<ref name=15TESfacts>{{cite web |url= https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2905433/15-test-and-evaluation-squadron-acc/ |last1=Lahue|first1=Melissa|title=Factsheet 15 Test and Evaluation Squadron (ACC)|date=December 14, 2021|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
===Support Units===
* 53d USAF Infirmary<ref name=53USAFI1956/> (later 53d USAF Dispensary),<ref name=53USAFD1959/> 18 August 1955 – 1 April 1960
* 53d Air Base Squadron, 18 August 1955 – 1 April 1960
* 53d Materiel Squadron, 18 August 1955 – 1 April 1960<ref name=CJ145/>
* 53d Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 8 July 1957 – 1 May 1959<ref name=CJ136/>
== Aircraft flown ==
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* P-35 (1941)
* P-39 Airacobra (1942–1943)
* P-40 Warhawk (1941)
* P-47 Thunderbolt (1943–1944)
* [[P-51 Mustang]] (1943)
* F-86 Sabre (1955–1959)
* [[C-119 Flying Boxcar]] (1956, 1963–1973)
* [[Beechcraft Model 18|C-45 Expeditor]] (1957)
* [[T-33 Shooting Star]] (1957, 1963–1973)
* [[A-4 Skyhawk]] (1963–1973)
* [[Cessna T-37|A-37 Dragonfly]] (1963–1973)
* [[B-57 Canberra]] (1963–1973)
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* [[C-123 Provider]] (1963–1973)
* [[C-124 Globemaster II]] (1963–1973)
* [[H-3 Sea King]] (1963–1973)
* [[Piasecki H-21|CH-21 Shawnee]] (1963–1973)
* [[F-100 Super Sabre]] (1963–1973)
* [[F-101 Voodoo]] (1963–1973)
* [[F-104 Starfighter]] (1963–1973)
* [[F-105 Thunderchief]] (1963–1973)
* [[O-1 Bird Dog]] (1963–1973)
* [[OV-10 Bronco]] (1963–1973)
* [[B-66 Destroyer|RB-66 Destroyer]] (1963–1973)
* [[UH-1 Iroquois]] (1963–1973)
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* [[C-130 Hercules]] (1964–1974)
* [[General Dynamics F-111|F-111 Aardvark]] (1968–1978)
F-86 Sabre (1955–1959)
* [[F-4 Phantom II|RF-4]] (1964–1994)
* [[Northrop F-5|F-5 Freedom Fighter]] (1965–1978)
* [[A-7 Corsair II]] (1972–1974)
* [[Lockheed AC-130|AC-130 Spectre]] (1972–1978)
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]] (1976–present)
* [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] (1978–present)
* [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]] (1978–present)
* [[Boeing E-3 Sentry]] (1980)
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* [[SR-71 Blackbird]] (1986–89)
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15 Strike Eagle]] (1988-present)
* [[Bombardier E-9|E-9]] (1996–present)
* [[F-117 Nighthawk]] (1996–2008)
* [[HH-60 Pave Hawk]] (1996–present)<ref name=53wgfacts/>
* [[HC-130J Combat King II]] (2010–present)
* [[F-22A Raptor]] (2010-present)
* [[F-35 Lightning II|F-35A Lightning II]] (2014-present)
* [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15EX Eagle II]] (2021-present)
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===Awards and campaigns===
{{unit awards table
|award_image1=AF OUA
|award_name1=[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]
|award_date1=1 June 1998 – 31 May 2000
|award_notes1=53d Wing<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image2=AF OUA
|award_name2=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date2=1 June 2002 – 31 May 2004
|award_notes2=53d Wing<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image3=AF OUA
|award_name3=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|award_date3=1 June 2004 – 31 May 2006
|award_notes3=53d Wing<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image4=AF OEA
|award_name4=[[Air Force Organizational Excellence Award]]
|award_date4=1 January 1981 – 1 January 1983
|award_notes4=53d Wing<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image5=AF OEA
|award_name5=Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
|award_date5=28 February 1984 – 28 February 1986
|award_notes5=USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image6=AF OEA
|award_name6=Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
|award_date6=1 March 1986 – 28 February 1988
|award_notes6=USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image7=AF OEA
|award_name7=Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
|award_date7=1 January 1989 – 31 December 1990
|award_notes7=USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image8=AF OEA
|award_name8=Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
|award_date8=1 January 1992 – 31 December 1993
|award_notes8=USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center<ref name=53wgfacts/>
|award_image9=AF OEA
|award_name9=Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
|award_date9=1 January 1994 – 30 April 1995
|award_notes9=USAF Air Warfare Center<ref name=53wgfacts/>
}}
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==References==
===Notes===
; Explanatory notes
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; Citations
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===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1956.
* {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980|url=http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=23 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123115752/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite book|editor=Craven, Wesley F|editor2=Cate, James L|title=The Army Air Forces in World War II|volume=VI, Men & Planes|year=1955|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|lccn=48003657}}
* {{cite book|last=Hagendorn|first=Dan|title=Alae Supra Canalem: Wings Over the Canal|year=1995|publisher=ingram Publishing Services|isbn=978-1563111532}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf|edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
* {{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Brian|title=United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978|year=2005|publisher=Midland Publications|location=Hinkley, UK|isbn=1-85780-197-0}}
==External links==
*[https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/ 53d Wing Home Page]
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