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, is a United States Air Force group operating the Cyber Security and Control System weapon system. The group was established 1 April 1991 as the 6900 Communications-Computer Group. The group was redesignated the Air Intelligence Agency Intelligence Systems Group on 1 October 1993. It was redesignated again as the 690th Information Operations Group on 1 Oct 1997. On 5 July 2006, the group was again re-designated as the 690th Network Support Group. The group is responsible for operating and maintaining the Air Force's global enterprise network. 690th COG was moved under the
688th Cyberspace Wing The United States Air Force's 688th Cyberspace Wing is a cyberspace operations unit located at Joint Base San Antonio (Lackland), Texas. The wing delivers information operations and engineering infrastructure for air, space, and cyberspace mil ...
in 2018. Component units The group is composed of six squadrons and two detachments located around the world. 83d Network Operations Squadron 561st Network Operations Squadron
690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron 69 may refer to: * 69 (number) * A year, primarily 69 BC, AD 69, 1969, or 2069 *69 (sex position) Arts and media Music * 69 (album), ''69'', a 1988 album by A.R. Kane * '69 (Deep Purple song), "'69", a song by Deep Purple from ''Abandon'' * Majo ...
690th Intelligence Support Squadron 69 may refer to: * 69 (number) * A year, primarily 69 BC, AD 69, 1969, or 2069 *69 (sex position) Arts and media Music * ''69'', a 1988 album by A.R. Kane * "'69", a song by Deep Purple from ''Abandon'' * Major 6 add 9, a jazz chord * "Summer ...
690th Network Support Squadron 69 may refer to: * 69 (number) * A year, primarily 69 BC, AD 69, 1969, or 2069 *69 (sex position) Arts and media Music * ''69'', a 1988 album by A.R. Kane * "'69", a song by Deep Purple from ''Abandon'' * Major 6 add 9, a jazz chord * "Summer ...
691st Cyberspace Operations Squadron


Mission

Operate, sustain and defend the Air Force information network by employing the Cyberspace Security and Control System weapon system to assure global cyber supremacy, enforce network standards and develop Airmen as cyber warriors.


Lineage

* Established 1 April 1991 as the 6900th Communications-Computer Group * Redesignated Air Intelligence Agency Intelligence Systems Group on 1 October 1993 * Redesignated 690th Information Operations Group on 1 October 1997 * Redesignated 690th Network Support Group on 5 July 2006


Components

* 83rd Network Operations Squadron, August 2009 – present ::
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, Virginia * 561st Network Operations Squadron ("Gryphons"), August 2009 – present ::
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, Colorado * 690th Computer Systems Squadron (later 690th Network Support Squadron),Components stationed with group headquarters except as noted. 1 October 1997 – present * 690th Information Operations Squadron, 1 October 1997 – 1 August 2000 * 690th Intelligence Support Squadron, 1 October 1997 – present * 690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, 8 January 2015 – present ::
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, Hawaii * 691st Cyberspace Operations Squadron, 4 March 2016 – present ::
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, Germany


Assignments

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Electronic Security Command Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal * Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device * Electronic ...
(later Air Force Intelligence Command, Air Intelligence Agency), 1 April 1991 *
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, 1 February 2001 *
67th Information Operations Wing 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) * 67th ...
(later 67 Network Warfare Wing), 5 Nov 2001 – 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 ...


References


External links


Twenty-Fourth Air Force (AFSPC) fact sheet
* {{cite web, url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15952 , last1=Robertson, first1=Patsy, title=Factsheet 67 Network Warfare Wing (AFSPC), date=4 December 2009, publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150313200829/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15952 , archive-date=13 March 2015 , access-date=9 June 2016 Communications groups of the United States Air Force Information operations units and formations