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United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

's 485th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at

Mainz-Kastel Mainz-Kastel is a district of the city Wiesbaden, which is the capital of the German state Hesse in western Germany. Kastel is the historical bridgehead of Mainz, the capital of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the right si ...

, Germany.

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; 85th Radio Squadron * Constituted as the 85th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 4 August 1953 : Activated on 8 December 1953 : Inactivated on 8 May 1955 : Disbanded on 15 June 1983 : Reconstituted and consolidated with the 6985th Electronic Security Squadron as the 485th Intelligence Squadron on 10 May 1995 ; 485th Intelligence Squadron * Designated as the 6985th Radio Squadron, Mobile and activated on 1 July 1962 : Redesignated 6985th Security Squadron on 1 July 1963 : Redesignated 6985 Electronic Security Squadron on 1 August 1979 : Inactivated on 30 June 1992 * Consolidated with the 6985th Electronic Security Squadron as the 485th Intelligence Squadron on 10 May 1995 : Activated on 1 July 1995

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United States Air Force Security Service Initially established as the Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command on Oct 20, 1948 (For redesignations, see Successor units.) The USAFSS was a secretive branch of the ...

, 8 December 1953 * 6910th Security Group, 19 May 1954 – 8 May 1955 * 6981st Radio Group, Mobile (later 6981st Security Group), 1 July 1962 * 6944th Security Wing, 1 July 1974 * United States Air Force Security Service (later Electronic Security Command), 1 March 1979 * 6949th Electronic Security Group, 1 January 1980 * Electronic Security, Strategic, 1 August 1981 * Electronic Security, Alaska, 1 October 1983 *

Pacific Electronic Security Division The United States Air Force's 692nd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is an intelligence unit located at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, performing operations as part of the Kunia Regional Security Operations Center (KRSOC). Mission The m ...

(later 692d Intelligence Wing), 1 June 1989 – 30 June 1992 * 26th Intelligence Group (later 26th Information Operations Group), 1 July 1995 * 70th Mission Support Group, 5 July 2006 * 693d Intelligence Group (later 693d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group), 12 July 2007 – present

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, Germany, 1 July 1995 – present *

Eielson Air Force Base Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field and redes ...

, Alaska, 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1992 *

Sembach Air Base Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army post in Donnersbergkreis, Germany, near Kaiserslautern, and is about 19 miles (30 km) east of Ramstein Air Base. Prior to 2010, the installation was a United States Air Force installation and prior t ...

, Germany, 2 May 1954 – 8 May 1955 *

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