Unit Name: | 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group |
Dates: | 2010–present |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Type: | Intelligence |
Role: | Combat Support |
Command Structure: | 16 AF/70th ISR Wing |
Current Commander: | Colonel Brian W. Garino[1] |
Garrison: | Fort George G. Meade, Maryland |
The United States Air Force's 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (659 ISRG) is an intelligence unit located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
The mission of the 659 ISRG is to provide direct ISR support to the Sixteenth Air Force, which contributes to United States Cyber Command's mission.[2] Squadron personnel focus on digital network exploitation analysis and digital network intelligence, and provide support to the National Security Agency.
The Air Force activated the 770th ISR Group (P) as a provisional group in October 2009 to evaluate providing ISR support to the Twenty-Fourth Air Force. The 770th ISR Group (P) was inactivated with the activation of the 659 ISRG.