The 544th moved to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska in April 1952, although a small unit (Detachment 1) continued operation at Bolling.

[2] Personnel from the 544th Air Reconnaissance Technical Wing at Offutt AFB, then the highest-level strategic planning office in the U.S. Air Force, have corroborated reports that the Israeli Defense Forces knew they were attacking an American ship during the 1967 USS Liberty incident.

Captain Steve Forslund, an intelligence analyst, recalled: "The ground control station stated that the target was American and for the aircraft to confirm it.

The ground control station ordered the aircraft to attack and sink the target and ensure they left no survivors.

"[4] Captain Richard Block, an Air Force intelligence officer in Crete who commanded more than 100 analysts and cryptologists monitoring Middle Eastern communications as part of the 6931st Security Group, has also confirmed that radio transcripts proved the Israelis knew they were striking a U.S. ship:[5] "[The transcripts] were teletypes, way beyond Top Secret.

"[4] Block observed that, "the fact that the Israeli pilots clearly identified the ship as American and asked for further instructions from ground control appears to be a missing part of that Jerusalem Post article.

The award did not extend to the detachments' host commands such as the Naval Security Group Activities Sabana Seca and Sugar Grove.

[citation needed] The group also provided support to Detachment 45 of the Air Force Technical Applications Center.

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