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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 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is an intelligence unit located at

Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base or Ramstein AB is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and also ...

, Germany.

Mission

The mission of the 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is to lead theater Air Force ISR operations through effective planning, collection, analysis, and dissemination, enabling theater and national warfighters to secure global vigilance, reach, and power.

History

Lineage

* Established as the 693rd Electronic Security Wing on 21 June 1988 : Activated on 7 July 1988 : Inactivated on 1 October 1991 * Redesignated 693 Intelligence Wing and activated on 1 October 1991 : Inactivated on 1 October 1993 * Redesignated 693 Intelligence Group on 21 June 2007 : Activated on 12 July 2007 : Redesignated 693 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group on 1 January 2009

Assignments

European Electronic Security Division European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...

7 July 1988 *

Air Force Intelligence Command Twenty-Fifth Air Force (25 AF), also known as Air Force Intelligence, was a numbered air force (NAF) within the United States Air Force (USAF), and served as the Air Force's premier military intelligence organization. 25 AF was established on ...

, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 *

70th Intelligence Wing The 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (70th ISR Wing) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 16th Air Force. It is stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Known as "America's Cryptologic Wing", is the only A ...

, 12 July 2007 *

480th Intelligence Wing The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (480th ISR Wing) is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Mission The 480th ISR Wing leads Air Force globally networked ISR operations. The wing operates and maintains th ...

(later 480th intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing), 23 July 2008 – present

Components

; Groups *

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(later 450th Intelligence Squadron), 7 July 1988 – 23 July 1991, 12 July 2007 – present * 6960th Electronic Security Group, c. 1 October 1991 – c. 1 October 1993 ; Squadrons * 24th Intelligence Squadron, 1 April 2008 – present * 402nd Intelligence Squadron, 1 October 2011 – present ::

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

, GermanyComponents are stationed with

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headquarters, except as noted. * 450th Intelligence Squadron (see 6950th Electronic Security Group) *

485th Intelligence Squadron The United States Air Force's 485th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Mainz-Kastel, Germany. Mission History Lineage ; 85th Radio Squadron * Constituted as the 85th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 4 August 1953 : Activated o ...

, 12 July 2007 – present ::

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 *

600th Electronic Security Squadron 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smalles ...

, 27 August 1992 – 1 October 1993 ::

Langley Air Force Base Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Hampton, Virginia, adjacent to Newport News, Virginia, Newport News. It was one of List of airfields of the Training Section of the United States Army Air Service, thirty-two ...

, Virginia * 693rd Intelligence Support Squadron, 1 June 2010 – present * 6906th Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 ::

Brooks Air Force Base Brooks Air Force Base was a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas, southeast of Downtown San Antonio. In 2002, Brooks Air Force Base was renamed Brooks City-Base when the property was conveyed to the Brooks Developmen ...

, Panama * 6933rd Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 ::

Howard Air Force Base Howard Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama. It discontinued military operations on 1 November 1999 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which specified that US military facilities in the former Pa ...

, Panama * 6947th Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 ::

Naval Air Station Key West Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25 NAS Key West is an air ...

, Florida * 6948th Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 * 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 ::

Offutt Air Force Base Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Air ...

, nebraska * 6951st Electronic Security Squadron, 1 May 1991 – 1 October 1991 ::

RAF Harrogate Royal Air Force Harrogate or RAF Harrogate, sometimes known as Ministry of Defence (MoD) Harrogate, was the name for two distinct Royal Air Force establishments within the town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The main site was at St Geor ...

, England * 6952nd Electronic Security Squadron, c. 1 May 1991 – c. 1 October 1991 ::

RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The base also sits close to Brandon. Despite being an RAF stati ...

, England * Electronic Security Squadron, Provisional, 6975th, attached c. 1 May 1991 – c. 1 October 1991 ::

Prince Sultan Air Base Prince Sultan Air Base ( ar, قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية) (PSAB) is a military air base located in the closed-city of Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. History There was formerly a large United States presence there during Operat ...

, Saudi Arabia * 6993rd Electronic Security Squadron, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993

Stations

RAF Chicksands Ministry of Defence Chicksands or more simply MoD Chicksands is a UK Ministry of Defence station located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south east of Bedford, Bedfordshire and 11.6 miles (18.7 km) north east of Luton, Bedfordshire. Now the location of ...

, United Kingdom, 7 July 1988 *

Kelly Air Force Base Kelly Field (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) is a Joint-Use facility located in San Antonio, Texas. It was originally named after George E. M. Kelly, the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting. In ...

, Texas, 1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993 *

, Germany, 12 July 2007 – present

Awards

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations

Bibliography

External links

Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency

Air Force Historical Research Agency: 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
Intelligence groups of the United States Air Force {{USAF-stub