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The 67th Cyberspace Wing is a
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wing stationed at
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, Texas. It was activated in October 1993 as a
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unit and is assigned to the
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. The wing was first activated at
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as the 67th Reconnaissance Wing as part of the wing base organization system. However, only its
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 67 may refer to: * 67 (number) * one of the years 67 BC, AD 67, 1967, 2067 * ''67'', a 1992 song by Love Battery from the album ''Between the Eyes'' * 67 (rap group), a drill music group from London See also * 67th Regiment (disambiguation) * 67t ...
ever became operational and it relied on another wing for support. It was inactivated in the 1949 Truman reductions in the
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budget. In February 1951, the wing was reactivated in Japan as the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, replacing the 543d Tactical Support Group as the headquarters for
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units during the
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. It moved to Korea and served in combat until the
armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the La ...
was signed in July 1953. Following the war, it returned to Japan and by 1957 was the only reconnaissance unit assigned to
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. The wing was inactivated in 1960 and its remaining squadrons were assigned to other units. In 1966, the wing was reactivated at
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, Idaho and trained for reconnaissance missions. It became
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's replacement training unit for the
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. From 1968 to 1970, it acquired a fighter unit and also trained fighter aircrews on the F-4. In July 1971, Mountain Home became a fighter base and the wing moved without personnel or equipment to
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, Texas, where it absorbed the assets of the
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, which was inactivated. It continued its reconnaissance mission at Bergstrom until inactivating on 30 September 1993. The wing reactivated the following day at
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as the 67th Intelligence Wing under Air Intelligence Agency and continued the electronic intelligence mission. It has been redesignated multiple times since then, including a change to 67th Information Operations Wing and being assigned to
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. It was later redesignated as the 67th Network Warfare Wing. When the
Twenty-Fourth Air Force Twenty-Fourth Air Force / Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER) was a Numbered Air Force within the United States Air Force. The Air Force consolidated its cyberspace combat and support forces into 24 AF. 24 AF was the Air Force component of U.S. Cyber Com ...
was activated in 2009, it was reassigned from
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to
Twenty-Fourth Air Force Twenty-Fourth Air Force / Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER) was a Numbered Air Force within the United States Air Force. The Air Force consolidated its cyberspace combat and support forces into 24 AF. 24 AF was the Air Force component of U.S. Cyber Com ...
. It is currently assigned to
Sixteenth Air Force The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and ele ...
and is currently designated as the 67th Cyberspace Wing.


Mission

The 67th Cyberspace Wing operates, manages, and defends global Air Force
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. The wing trains and readies airmen to execute computer network exploitation and attack. It also executes full-spectrum Air Force network operations, training, tactics, and management. It provides network operations and network warfare capabilities to Air Force, joint task force, and
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s. Additionally, it performs electronic systems security assessments for the Air Force. The wing comprises four groups and a support squadron. * The
67th Cyberspace Operations Group The 67th Cyberspace Operations Group is a unit of the 67th Cyberspace Wing. Headquartered on Kelly Field Annex's Security Hill, the group is an Air Force information operations unit. The group was first organized during World War II as the 67th ...
provides forces to conduct Air Force computer network operations for
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,
United States Cyber Command United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integra ...
and other combatant commands. The group conducts computer network operations and warfare planning for the Air Force, joint task forces and combatant commanders. The group also conducts Secretary of Defense-directed special network warfare missions. * The 318th Cyberspace Operations Group's role is to innovate, partner and deliver combat capability in, through and from cyberspace through the development, testing, training and operational employment of materiel and non-materiel solutions. * The
567th Cyberspace Operations Group The 567th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force organization at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, assigned to the 67th Cyberspace Wing. It was activated in June 2018. The group's predecessor was activated as the 567th ...
prosecutes cyberspace operations and provides mission assurance for national, joint and service-level mission partners. * The 867th Cyberspace Operations Group executes defensive cyber operations (DCO) to Protect The Nation, including US allies and joint partners. * The
67th Operations Support Squadron 67 may refer to: * 67 (number) * one of the years 67 BC, AD 67, 1967, 2067 * ''67'', a 1992 song by Love Battery from the album '' Between the Eyes'' * 67 (rap group), a drill music group from London See also * 67th Regiment (disambiguation) ...
executes operational support for the 67th Cyberspace Wing and all Cyber Protection Teams. This unit develops and standardizes of operations training, synchronization and management of the wing's exercise, weapons and intelligence and tactics programs.


Component units

Unless otherwise indicated, units are based at
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, Texas, and subordinate units are located at the same location as their commanding group. 67th Wing Staff * 67th Operations Support Squadron
67th Cyberspace Operations Group The 67th Cyberspace Operations Group is a unit of the 67th Cyberspace Wing. Headquartered on Kelly Field Annex's Security Hill, the group is an Air Force information operations unit. The group was first organized during World War II as the 67th ...
*
91st Cyberspace Operations Squadron The 91st Cyberspace Operations Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, currently assigned to the 67th Cyberspace Wing at Kelly Annex, part of Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The 91st delivers cyber warfare capabilities to combatan ...
*
305th Cyberspace Operations Squadron 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
(
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, Georgia) * 352nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron ( Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii) * 367th Cyberspace Operations Squadron *
375th Cyberspace Operations Squadron 375th may refer to: *375th Air Mobility Wing, unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Forcestationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *375th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *375th Fighter Squadron ...
* 390th Cyberspace Operations Squadron
318th Cyberspace Operations Group The 318th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force information operations unit located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The group was first activated during World War II as the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. After tr ...
* 39th Information Operations Squadron (
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, Florida) * 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron * 318th Range Squadron * 346th Test Squadron
567th Cyberspace Operations Group The 567th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force organization at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, assigned to the 67th Cyberspace Wing. It was activated in June 2018. The group's predecessor was activated as the 567th ...
* 92nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron * 834th Cyberspace Operations Squadron * 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (
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, Illinois) * 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (Scott Air Force Base, Illinois) 867th Cyberspace Operations Group * 315th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (
Fort George G. Meade Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the N ...
, Maryland) *341st Cyberspace Operations Squadron (Fort George G. Meade, Maryland) *833rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron *836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron


History


Initial activation

The
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was first activated in November as the 67th Reconnaissance Wing at
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, California during the experimental implementation of the wing base organization.Although the wing base organization called for a combination of the tactical group with all base units supporting it, two wings were organized at March, each with separate support units assigned. ''See'' Mueller, p. 371 (listing support units organized at March in 1947). It was made a permanent unit and redesignated the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group in August 1948. During this period, only the wing's
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 67 may refer to: * 67 (number) * one of the years 67 BC, AD 67, 1967, 2067 * ''67'', a 1992 song by Love Battery from the album ''Between the Eyes'' * 67 (rap group), a drill music group from London See also * 67th Regiment (disambiguation) * 67t ...
was operational and the entire wing was attached to the
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.Ravenstein, pp. 105–107 The wing was equipped with various models of the
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,
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and
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. President Truman's reduced 1949 defense budget required reductions in the number of groups in the Air Force to 48 and the wing was inactivated in March 1949.


Korean War and service in the Pacific

By 1951,
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had combined its
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units under the 543d Tactical Support Group, which was stationed in Korea. In late January, the 543d
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moved to
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Japan, and the following month it was inactivated and the 67th was activated in its place and absorbed its personnel and equipment. The 543d's 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron was transferred to the 67th, while its other squadrons were replaced by newly activated units.Endicott, p. 80 The wing immediately began to fly combat reconnaissance missions over Korea, By August, the wing had consolidated its subordinate elements at
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. Gradually overcoming difficulties, it soon was providing adequate aerial intelligence for both air and ground units. However, the wing was hampered by a lack of suitable photographic equipment and aircraft and shortages of trained personnel. For a short time, the wing had to use
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trainers and
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cargo planes for visual reconnaissance. The wing sought to cure its problems using resources within the theater, managing its own training classes for inexperienced personnel and experimenting with aircraft, cameras and tactics. It sought to cure its lack of high speed reconnaissance aircraft by acquiring six
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modified for reconnaissance missions.Endicott, p. 79 The 67th continued flying combat missions until the
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in late July 1953. It provided photographic coverage of enemy front lines, battlefield positions, installations,
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s and rail lines, with
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as a secondary task. After the war, the wing remained in the Pacific theater, moving from Korea to
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, Japan in December 1954, continuing to provide reconnaissance as needed. Wing elements were dispersed to various bases in Japan. The 45th Squadron remained in Korea until March 1955, when it moved to
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on
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, while the 12th Squadron moved to
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in August 1956, and the 15th Squadron was at
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and, later, at
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. Only the 11th Squadron was stationed with the wing headquarters. On 1 July 1957, the 67th moved to Yokota Air Base, Japan as US operations at Itami came to a close. At Yokota, it absorbed the resources of the
6007th Reconnaissance Group The 6007th Reconnaissance Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 6007th Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was discontinued on 9 August 1957. History Performed highly classifie ...
, which was discontinued in August, becoming the sole reconnaissance wing in the Far East. In September, the wing converted to the Dual Deputate organization,Under this plan flying nd missilesquadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations and maintenance squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Maintenance and all flying squadrons were directly assigned to the wing when its 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group was inactivated. The 67th Group had moved to Yokota in 1956 and became nonoperational upon the wing's move to Yokota and its squadrons were attached to the wing before being assigned. The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was deployed to
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,
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from 13–23 July 1959, and aircraft were deployed to
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,
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from 10 – 20 May 1960. It also added
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and
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to its mission in September, with these new tasks continuing until the wing inactivated in Dec 1960.


Reconnaissance in the United States

After activation at
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, Idaho in 1966, the wing began training in the United States for aerial, visual, optical, electronic, thermal, and radar reconnaissance. In May, the wing added training of replacement
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reconnaissance aircrews to its mission, and between June 1968 and November 1970, it also trained tactical fighter crews with the F-4D. Preparing to turn
Mountain Home Air Force Base Mountain Home Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States. Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County, the base is southwest of Mountain Home, which is southeast of Boise via Interstate ...
over to the
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, the 67th served as headquarters for both organizations for its final two months at Mountain Home. The wing moved to Texas in 1971, replacing the
75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 75th may refer to: *75th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2002, held on March 23, 2003 * 75th Avenue–61st Street Historic District, a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York *75th Grey Cup, the 1987 Canadian Football Lea ...
at and absorbing its personnel and equipment. At Bergstrom, it concentrated on maintaining tactical reconnaissance mission forces capable of meeting worldwide operational requirements. It conducted reconnaissance training of Air Force,
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, and allied reconnaissance aircrews between 1982 and 1989. The wing acted as an advisor to Air National Guard reconnaissance units until 1992. It performed reconnaissance missions supporting the US Customs Service from 1983 until 1992. The wing hosted the
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sponsored worldwide tactical reconnaissance competition at its home base in 1986, 1988 and 1990.


Desert Storm and inactivation

The wing deployed personnel and equipment in support of
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in 1991, photographing enemy targets, conducting searches for enemy missile sites, tracking movement of the
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and oil slicks, and conducting overall
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. The wing ended flying operations in August 1992, but remained active until
Bergstrom Air Force Base Bergstrom Air Force Base (1942–1993) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years it was a major base for the U.S. Air Force's RF-4C reconnaissance fighter fleet. History Bergstrom was originally activated on 1 ...
closed the following year. Between 1993 and 2000, the wing's mission included directing planning of all-source intelligence, electronic combat, and security support for the
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. Since 2000, it has collected and analyzed intelligence and provided it to decision makers and the test and acquisition community. The wing also attacked adversary information and information systems while defending its own. In September 2020, the wing stood up the 867th Cyberspace Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio.


Lineage

* Established as the 67th Reconnaissance Wing on 6 November 1947 : Organized on 25 November 1947 : Redesignated 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 22 August 1948The experimental (table of distribution Reconnaissance Wing) was discontinued on 24 August 1948. The permanent (table of organization Tactical Reconnaissance Wing) had been established and activated two days earlier. The Air Force later consolidated the two wings and considers this to have been a redesignation. Ravenstein, pp. 105–107. : Inactivated on 28 March 1949 * Activated on 25 February 1951 : Discontinued and inactivated on 8 December 1960 * Activated on 2 August 1965 (not organized) : Organized on 1 January 1966 : Redesignated 67th Reconnaissance Wing on 1 October 1991 : Inactivated on 30 September 1993 * Redesignated 67th Intelligence Wing and activated on 1 October 1993 : Redesignated 67th Information Operations Wing on 1 August 2000 : Redesignated 67th Network Warfare Wing 5 July 2006 : Redesignated 67th Cyberspace Wing c. 15 September 2013


Assignments

*
Twelfth Air Force The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The command is the air component to U ...
, 25 November 1947 (attached to
1st Fighter Wing The 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. where it is a tenant unit, being supported by the 633d Air Base Wing. Its 1 ...
) *
Fourth Air Force The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California. 4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...
, 20 December 1948 – 28 March 1949 (attached to 1st Fighter Wing) * Fifth Air Force, 25 February 1951 *
41st Air Division The 41st Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fifth Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on 15 January 1968. History "The 41st Air Division was organized, administered, equipp ...
, 10 November 1958 – 8 December 1960 *
Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 J ...
, 2 August 1965 (not organized) * Twelfth Air Force, 1 January 1966 *
831st Air Division The 831st Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force at George Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 31 March 1991. The Ai ...
, 15 April 1966 * Twelfth Air Force, 20 April 1971 – 30 September 1993 *
Air Intelligence Agency 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 1993 *
Eighth Air Force The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Force ...
, 1 February 2001 *
Twenty-Fourth Air Force Twenty-Fourth Air Force / Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER) was a Numbered Air Force within the United States Air Force. The Air Force consolidated its cyberspace combat and support forces into 24 AF. 24 AF was the Air Force component of U.S. Cyber Com ...
, 18 August 2009Lineage, including components, assignments, stations and aircraft in Lacomia, 67 Cyberspace Wing Factsheet, except as noted. *
Sixteenth Air Force The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and ele ...
, 11 October 2019 – present


Components

; Groups * 26th Technical Group (later 26th Intelligence Group, 26th Information Operations Group, 26th Network Operations Group, 26th Cyberspace Operations Group): 1 October 1993 – present *
67th Reconnaissance Group 67 may refer to: * 67 (number) * one of the years 67 BC, AD 67, 1967, 2067 * ''67'', a 1992 song by Love Battery from the album ''Between the Eyes'' * 67 (rap group), a drill music group from London See also

* 67th Regiment (disambiguation) * ...
(later 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 67th Intelligence Group, 67th Information Operations Group, 67th Network Operations Group, 67th Cyberspace Operations Group): 25 November 1947 – 28 March 1949, 25 February 1951 – 1 October 1957 (attached to 6102 Air Base Wing after 1 July 1957), 1 October 1993 – present * 690th Information Operations Group (later 690th Network Support Group, 690th Cyberspace Operations Group): 5 November 2001 – present *
692d Intelligence Group 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 Information Operations Group, 692d Intelligence Group): 1 October 1993 – 1 October 2004 *
694th Intelligence Group The United States Air Force's 694th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (694 ISRG) is an intelligence unit located at Osan AB, Korea. Mission The mission of the 694th ISRG is to provide continuous armistice indications and warni ...
: 1 October 1993 – 1 January 1998 * 6960th Electronic Security Group: 1 October 1993 – c. 1994 * 867th Cyberspace Operations Group: 18 September 2020 – present ; Squadrons *
4th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron The 4th Reconnaissance Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 319th Operations Group and stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, from which it operates RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned vehicles. It was activated ther ...
: 15 July – 15 October 1971 *
7th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron The 7th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 34th Bombardment Group at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 28 August 1945. The squadron was activated in ...
: 15 December 1967 – 15 October 1971 *
9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 009 may refer to: * OO9, gauge model railways * O09, FAA identifier for Round Valley Airport * 0O9, FAA identifier for Ward Field, see List of airports in California * British secret agent 009, see 00 Agent * BA 009, see British Airways Flight 9 * ...
: 15 July – 31 August 1971 * 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 January 1966 – 30 June 1971 * 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 March 1960; assigned 1 April-25 October 1966 * 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 March 1960; assigned 1 July-2 September 1966; assigned 31 August 1971 – 30 September 1992 (detached 5 May – 4 June 1974, 8 – 29September 1977, 7 July – 7 August 1981, 15 May – 11 June 1984, 27 August – 24 September 1987) * 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 25 April 1960 *
22d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron The 22d Intelligence Squadron (22 IS) is a non-flying squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 691st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The 22 IS is one of the oldest u ...
: 20 September 1966 – 15 October 1971 (detached 8 – 26 October 1968, 15 July – 15 October 1971) * 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (later 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron): attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 25 April 1960; assigned 15 October 1971 – 31 October 1975 (detached 13 June – 7 July 1973); assigned 1 April 1982 – 30 September 1989 * 62d Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron: 1 July 1982 – 31 December 1989 * 67th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: 1 March 1951 – 8 December 1960, 15 July 1971 – 1 September 1977 * 91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 15 July 1971 – 30 August 1991 (detached 26 April – 25 May 1972, 25 May – 9 June 1977, 1 May – 2 June 1980, 2 May – 1 June 1983, 24 April – 23 May 1985) * 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 1 July 1968 – 15 November 1970 (detached 12 January – 4 April 1969 and 11 September – 10 October 1970) *
421st Air Refueling Squadron The 421st Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 41st Air Division at Yokota Air Base, Japan, where it was inactivated on 18 February 1965. In 1985 the squadron was consolidated with th ...
: attached 17 – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 December 1960 (detached 21 November – 8 December 1960) * 548th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: attached 1 July – 8 December 1957, assigned 8 December 1957 – 8 December 1960 * 801st Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: 1 January 1966 – 15 July 1971''See'' Mueller, p. 433 (showing dates at Mountain Home) * 4467th Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Support Squadron (later 4467th Reconnaissance Intelligence Support Squadron): 30 November 1990 – 30 September 1992 *
6021st Reconnaissance Squadron The 6021st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was discontinued on 8 December 1957. History The 6021st Re ...
: attached 1 July – 8 December 1957 *
6091st Reconnaissance Squadron The 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 41st Air Division, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on 1 July 1968. History The 6091st participated in overt an ...
: attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 December 1960 (detached 21 November – 8 December 1960) ; Flight * 6166th Air Weather Reconnaissance Flight, attached 25 February 1951 – 25 November 1953


Stations

* March Field (later March Air Force Base), California, 25 November 1947 – 28 March 1949 * Komaki Air Base, Japan, 25 February 1951 *
Taegu Air Base Daegu International Airport (Hangul: ; Hanja: ; Revised Romanization: ''Daegu Gukje Gonghang''; McCune-Reischauer: ''Taegu Kukche Konghang'') is the international airport serving the city of Daegu and the surrounding area in the southeast of ...
(K-2), South Korea, 21 March 1951 *
Kimpo Air Base Gimpo International Airport (), commonly known as Gimpo Airport , formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main interna ...
(K-14), South Korea, 20 August 1951 * Itami Air Base, Japan, 6 December 1954 * Yokota Air Base, Japan, 1 July 1957 – 8 December 1960 * Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, 1 January 1966 – 15 July 1971 * Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 15 July 1971 – 30 September 1993 *
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 ...
(later Kelly Field Annex, Lackland Air Force Base), Texas, 1 October 1993 – present


Aircraft

* Douglas B-26 Invader, 1947–1949; 1951–1957 * Douglas RB-26 Invader, 1947–1949; 1951–1957 * Douglas FA-26C Invader, 1947–1949 * Douglas WB-26 Invader, 1951–1957 * North American F-6 Mustang (later RF-51), 1947, 1951–1953 * Lockheed FP-80 Shooting Star (later RF-80), 1947–1949, 1951–1955 * Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953 * North American RF-86 Sabre, 1951–1956 * North American F-86F Sabre, 1953 *
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, the F-84F was a new design. The RF-84F Thunderflash was a photo reconnaissance version. ...
, 1955–1958 * Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, 1955 *
Douglas RB-66 Destroyer The Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is heavily based upon the United Stat ...
, 1956–1960 * Douglas WB-66 Destroyer, 1958–1960 * Douglas SC-47 Skytrain, 1957–1960 *
Douglas C-54 Skymaster The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian a ...
, 1957–1958 *
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechani ...
, 1957–1958 *
Boeing KB-50 Superfortress The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber. A post–World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines, stronger structure, a taller tail fin, and ot ...
, 1957–1960 * Boeing RB-50 Superfortress, 1957–1960 *
Martin RB-57 Canberra The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined Tactical bombing, tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a license-built version of the British ...
, 1957–1960 *
McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as a long-range bomber escort (known as a '' ...
, 1958–1960 * McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II, 1966–1992 * McDonnell F-4E Phantom II, 1968–1969, 1969–1970


List of commanders


References


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