The A/G WESP was conducted by the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group was composed of 4 squadrons and one Detachment. The 81st Test Support Squadron and the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron and the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron were both located at Tyndall. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron was located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Detachment 1, 82nd ATRS was located at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Group conducted both the United States Air Force (USAF) Air-to-Air Weapon System Evaluation Program, known as Combat Archer (COMACC Plan 85), and the USAF Air-to-Ground Weapon System Evaluation Program, known as Combat Hammer (COMACC Plan 90). 

It also supported Weapons Instructor Course air-to-air formal training syllabi under COMACC Plan 92. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base hosted Combat Hammer. The primary mission of Combat Hammer was to verify the combat capability of precision-guided weapon systems. Air Combat Command (ACC) was interested in anything the program could reveal about the ability of a weapon system to do its job.