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The 68th Network Warfare Squadron is part of the
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 ...
. It was previously called the 68th Information Operations Squadron, but as of mid-2008, the name changed to the 68th Network Warfare Squadron. Until 2011, the 68 NWS was assigned to
Brooks City-Base Brooks is a mixed-use development that was founded on the former Brooks Air Force Base when the 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 ...
. Due to the
2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense on May 13, 2005. It was the fifth Base Realignment and Closure ("BRAC") proposal generated since the process was created in ...
all Air Force units left prior to September 2011. The 68 NWS relocated to
Lackland AFB Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of Sa ...
in June 2011.


Lineage

* Constituted 958th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation, on 9 Oct 1942. * Activated on 1 Nov 1942. * Redesignated 8th Radio Squadron, Mobile (J) on 19 Feb 1944 * Redesignated 8th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 14 Nov 1946 * Inactivated on 8 May 1955 * Disbanded on 15 Jun 1983 * Reconstituted, and consolidated (1 Oct 1993) with the 6906th Security Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on 1 Nov 1977 * Redesignated 6906th Electronic Security Squadron on 1 Aug 1979 * Redesignated 68th Intelligence Squadron on 1 Oct 1993 * Redesignated 68th Information Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 2000. * Redesignated 68th Network Warfare Squadron on xx Xxx 2008.


Location

* Drew Field, FL, 1 Nov 1942; * Camp Pinedale, CA, 24 Jan 1943-Oct 1944; * Guam, 17 Oct 1944-6 Nov 1945; * Washington, DC, 6 Nov 1945; * Vint Hill Farms Station, Warrenton, VA, 5 Mar 1946; * Brooks AFB, TX, 23 Feb 1949; * Kelly AFB, TX, 1 Aug 1953; * Brooks AFB, TX 22 Mar-8 May 1955. * Brooks AFB ater, Brooks City-Base TX, 1 Nov 1977-2011 * Lackland AFB, 2011–present.


See also

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List of cyber warfare forces Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to operate in a cyberwarfare environment. In several cases this units acts also as the national computer emergency response team for civilian cybersecurity threa ...
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