1 00:00:03,809 --> 00:00:07,170 On June 1st of 1948 the 1 33rd air 2 00:00:07,179 --> 00:00:09,012 control and warning squadron was 3 00:00:09,012 --> 00:00:11,068 established of the Iowa Air National 4 00:00:11,068 --> 00:00:13,012 Guard with its headquarters at Eno 5 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:16,030 Airport in Fort Dodge , Iowa . The unit 6 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,260 had two detachments , one located at 7 00:00:18,459 --> 00:00:20,459 Sly and the other in Cedar Rapids , 8 00:00:20,459 --> 00:00:22,681 Iowa . The unit was supplied with handy 9 00:00:22,681 --> 00:00:24,681 down radar communications equipment 10 00:00:24,681 --> 00:00:26,681 from World War two . Soon after the 11 00:00:26,681 --> 00:00:28,403 squadron was established , the 12 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:30,649 detachment in Sli would be reorganized 13 00:00:30,659 --> 00:00:32,603 and relocated to the Army National 14 00:00:32,603 --> 00:00:34,799 Guard in 1949 . Following the North 15 00:00:34,810 --> 00:00:37,000 Korean invasion of South Korea . The 16 00:00:37,009 --> 00:00:39,120 young squadron was called into active 17 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,529 duty service in 1951 . During the 18 00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:44,240 massive call up , nearly 80% of the Air 19 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:46,472 National Guard was activated . Iowa Air 20 00:00:46,472 --> 00:00:48,528 Guard members from Fort Dodge joined 21 00:00:48,528 --> 00:00:50,639 others from Des Moines and Sioux City 22 00:00:50,639 --> 00:00:52,472 during the activation where they 23 00:00:52,472 --> 00:00:54,694 eventually made their way to Alexandria 24 00:00:54,694 --> 00:00:56,806 Air Force Base in Louis . A few years 25 00:00:56,806 --> 00:00:59,919 later in November of 1953 the unit was 26 00:00:59,930 --> 00:01:03,040 reorganized and redesignated as a 133rd 27 00:01:03,049 --> 00:01:05,129 air control and warning flight . The 28 00:01:05,139 --> 00:01:06,972 detachment in Cedar Rapids would 29 00:01:06,972 --> 00:01:09,160 permanently relocate to Fort Dodge 30 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:11,336 following the completion of the unit's 31 00:01:11,336 --> 00:01:13,730 armory building in 1959 through the 32 00:01:13,739 --> 00:01:15,906 next half century , the unit's mission 33 00:01:15,906 --> 00:01:17,961 would continue to evolve . The 133rd 34 00:01:17,961 --> 00:01:19,683 would serve missions worldwide 35 00:01:19,683 --> 00:01:21,940 including battle management , aerial 36 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:24,639 refueling , early warning , homeland 37 00:01:24,650 --> 00:01:27,739 defense , counter drug operations and 38 00:01:27,750 --> 00:01:29,694 protection of the president of the 39 00:01:29,694 --> 00:01:31,861 United States as the mission evolved . 40 00:01:31,861 --> 00:01:34,028 So did their equipment . The airman of 41 00:01:34,028 --> 00:01:36,250 the unit saw the transition from analog 42 00:01:36,250 --> 00:01:38,139 to digital to internet protocol , 43 00:01:38,139 --> 00:01:40,306 communications technologies . With the 44 00:01:40,306 --> 00:01:41,972 mission changing , the unit's 45 00:01:41,972 --> 00:01:44,319 designation also changed first becoming 46 00:01:44,330 --> 00:01:46,940 a tactical patrol squatter . In 1971 47 00:01:47,650 --> 00:01:49,919 the unit was then redesignated as a 48 00:01:49,930 --> 00:01:52,940 forward air control flight in 1976 49 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,649 and then back to a tattoo control 50 00:01:55,650 --> 00:01:59,010 squadron in 1989 which remained 51 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:01,940 until 2002 for the past 20 years . The 52 00:02:01,949 --> 00:02:04,139 unit has been training working and 53 00:02:04,150 --> 00:02:06,569 deploying as the nation's only air 54 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:08,802 National Guard test squad following the 55 00:02:08,809 --> 00:02:11,289 events of September 11th , 2001 , the 56 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:13,133 unit worked with the air control 57 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:15,356 squadron community to broaden the scope 58 00:02:15,356 --> 00:02:17,300 of the United States ring of radar 59 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:19,133 coverage to encompass all of the 60 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:21,356 continental United States as the global 61 00:02:21,356 --> 00:02:23,411 war on terror ramped up . So did the 62 00:02:23,411 --> 00:02:25,467 mission of the 130 13 squadron . The 63 00:02:25,467 --> 00:02:27,689 need for communications and information 64 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:29,800 security expanded . As did the United 65 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,967 States defense strategies ? The unique 66 00:02:31,967 --> 00:02:33,967 mission set for the 133 has been to 67 00:02:33,967 --> 00:02:36,022 provide and maintain a technological 68 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:38,189 edge in the military sphere . The unit 69 00:02:38,189 --> 00:02:40,244 now performs about 30 tests per year 70 00:02:40,244 --> 00:02:42,520 consisting of multi week operations to 71 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:44,696 test and refine experimental equipment 72 00:02:44,696 --> 00:02:47,369 for air force use 1 33rd airmen are 73 00:02:47,380 --> 00:02:49,547 routinely called upon to augment other 74 00:02:49,547 --> 00:02:51,580 units as subject matter experts and 75 00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:53,940 qualified operators . The squadron has 76 00:02:53,949 --> 00:02:56,171 been instrumental in the testing of new 77 00:02:56,171 --> 00:02:58,149 equipment and new technologies to 78 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,216 include cross continental control of 79 00:03:00,216 --> 00:03:02,438 air refueling missions , the testing of 80 00:03:02,438 --> 00:03:04,438 flight simulation equipment for the 81 00:03:04,438 --> 00:03:06,549 distributed training operation center 82 00:03:06,549 --> 00:03:08,771 and next generation command and control 83 00:03:08,771 --> 00:03:09,039 systems .