Although its headquarters remained in the United States, squadrons and detachments of the group served in most combat theaters.

The group provides threat warning and enhances situational awareness to AFSOC aircrews across the spectrum of operations from conflict through humanitarian relief.

[6] In April 1944, the 3d Squadron moved to Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, where it began to train with the Boeing F-13 Superfortress in preparation for its September move to Saipan where it began performing long range reconnaissance missions for Twentieth Air Force, although it was still assigned to the 11th.

[1] In the 2019 film Terminator: Dark Fate, the character of Major Dean(played by actor Fraser James) identifies himself as a member of the 361st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group.

[10] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency