Joint Base Langley–Eustis 45th IS

Joint Base Langley–Eustis 45th Intelligence Squadron poster art.

The 45th Intelligence Squadron (45 IS) is based at Distributed Ground System-1 (DGS-1) and is subordinate to the 497th ISR Group, 480 ISR Wing, 25 AF, Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS), also referred to as the AN/GSQ-272 SENTINEL weapon system, is the Air Force’s primary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) planning and direction, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and dissemination (PCPAD) weapon system. The weapon system employs a global communications architecture that connects multiple intelligence platforms and sensors.  Airmen assigned to AF DCGS produce actionable intelligence from data collected by a variety of sensors on the U-2, RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper and other ISR platforms. The squadron is known as the “Owls”.