page_title: 301st Intelligence Squadron
section_title: 6920th Electronic Security Group
hierarchical_section_title: 301st Intelligence Squadron / History / 6920th Electronic Security Group
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 在日米空軍三沢基地 姉沼通信所のAN/FLR-9アンテナ、通称「象のオリ」English: AN/FLR-9 circular antenna array, a.k.a. "Elephant Cage", at Anenuma Communication Site, USAF Misawa Air Base, Japan
context_page_description: The United States Air Force's 301st Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
  The squadron's first predecessor was organized in 1942 as the 138th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, a signals intelligence unit. The company served in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, then moved to Japan to join the occupation forces. Redesignated 1st Radio Squadron, Mobile in 1946, the unit transferred from the United States Army to the United States Air Force in 1949 and served in Japan until inactivation in May 1955.
  The squadron's other predecessor was organized at Misawa Air Base, Japan in 1978 as the 6920th Security Squadron. In October 1993, the two units were consolidated as the 301st. It continued to serve at Misawa until June 2014, when it moved to its present location.
context_section_description: The second squadron antecedent was activated as the 6920th Security Squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan in October 1978.  When USAF Security Service became Electronic Security Command, the squadron was expanded to group size as the 6920th Electronic Security Group.
  In October 1992, the unit became one of the operational components, with the Naval Security Group Activity, Misawa, a Marine company, and the 750th Military Intelligence Company, in the Misawa Cryptologic Operations Center.
caption: AN/FLR-9 "elephant cage" antenna used by the squadron at Misawa
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