The 6933rd Electronic Security Squadron was a
signals intelligence
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unit of the
United States Air Force Security Service
Initially established as the Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command on Oct 20, 1948 (For redesignations, see Successor units.)
The USAFSS was a secretive branch of the ...
(USAFSS). It was initially designated the 6933rd Radio Group Mobile.
During the
Cold War
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, the
U.S. Air Force established the
Karamürsel Air Station, just outside the village of
Karamürsel, on the
Sea of Marmara in
Turkey
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. The Station was originally built by the
German Luftwaffe during World War II. The
USAF
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opened the Station in 1957 for the 6933rd Radio Group Mobile communications operations and designated it Detachment 3 of
The United States Logistics Group (TUSLOG). It was also known as Mainsite, as it exercised administrative control over at least two other sites designated Det 3-1 and Det 3-2. The site remained in operation until the late 1970s.
TUSLOG Det 3 (USAF) (6933rd RGM, USAFSS) was first established at Ankara in 1956 then moved to Karamursel and operated from 1957 to 1975. Det 3 became the 6933rd Security Wing around 1964 or 1965. Also when the 6933rd became a Wing-level unit, all of the Security Service units in Turkey plus the 6937th Communications Group (USAFSS) in
Peshawar, Pakistan
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became subordinate units to the wing.
Fixed Operations significantly improved with the installation of a USAFSS AN/FLR-9 "Elephant Cage" antenna at the 6933rd SS, Karamursel AS, Turkey.
TUSLOG Det 3-1 was on a mountain top in Trabzon, Turkey. It was manned by the US Air Force and protected by the Turkish Army.
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Electronic Security 6933
MAJCOM squadrons of the United States Air Force
Military units and formations established in 1956