The 690th Cyberspace Operations Group, at
Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas, 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.
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The United States Air Force's 688th Cyberspace Wing is a cyberspace operations unit located at Joint Base San Antonio (Lackland), Texas.
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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
The 561 Network Operations Squadron (NOS), AFCYBER's Workhorse Squadron, is located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is currently under the command of the 690 Cyberspace Operations Group, which is responsible for oper ...
690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron
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690th Intelligence Support Squadron
690th Network Support Squadron
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[
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Components
* 83rd Network Operations Squadron, August 2009 – present
:: Langley Air Force Base
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, Virginia
* 561st Network Operations Squadron
The 561 Network Operations Squadron (NOS), AFCYBER's Workhorse Squadron, is located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is currently under the command of the 690 Cyberspace Operations Group, which is responsible for oper ...
("Gryphons"), August 2009 – present
:: Peterson Air Force Base, 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
:: Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
* 691st Cyberspace Operations Squadron, 4 March 2016 – present
:: Ramstein Air Base
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, Germany
Assignments
* Electronic Security Command
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(later Air Force Intelligence Command, Air Intelligence Agency), 1 April 1991
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, 1 February 2001
* 67th Information Operations Wing (later 67 Network Warfare Wing), 5 Nov 2001 – present
See also
* List of cyber warfare forces
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