A Brief History of the 688th Cyberspace Wing 688th Cyberspace Wing History Office 102 Hall Boulevard Suite 347 Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 78243-7078 13 January 2016 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE HISTORICAL OVERVIEW focused on five key areas First AFSCC produced and disseminated long-term intelligence data for USAFSS and the Air Force Second AFSCC oversaw the USAFSS School for intelligence specialists Third AFSCC provided technical guidance and operational assistance to USAFSS units in the field Fourth AFSCC assisted the USAFSS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with developing and testing operational procedures and techniques in support of both the USAFSS mission and Air Force intelligence efforts Fifth AFSCC directed and monitored operation of the Special Security Office system The existence of AFSCC proved to be an extremely contentious issue within the American intelligence community during the 1950s Both the Armed Forces Security Agency and its successor the National Security Agency NSA wanted to centralize communications intelligence and cryptological functions under a single organizational umbrella Consequently the leadership of those organizations strongly opposed the Air Force’s plan to use AFSCC as an autonomous communications intelligence processing center Nevertheless USAFSS pressed forward with the designation and organization of AFSCC over those objections Although it reluctantly agreed to cede certain analysis and reporting responsibilities to AFSCC in 1954 NSA continued to view AFSCC as a “virtual third-echelon competitor ” By the late 1950s NSA leadership once again challenged the independence of AFSCC describing it as “an unwarranted duplicative processing facility ” Those arguments gradually gained traction By 1966 NSA had quietly begun transferring functions from AFSCC to Fort George G Meade Maryland The effort concluded on 30 June Air Force Special Communications Center The 688th Cyberspace Wing’s 688 CW earliest functional predecessor was the 6901st Special Communications Center 6901 SCC On 1 July 1953 the Department of the Air Force designated and organized the 6901 SCC at Brooks Air Force Base AFB San Antonio Texas as a temporary provisional unit assigned to the United States Air Force Security Service USAFSS The new center assumed responsibility for the operational functions previously performed by the USAFSS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations One month later on 1 August the 6901 SCC moved from Brooks AFB to nearby Kelly AFB San Antonio Meanwhile on 24 Jul 1953 the Air Force designated the Air Force Special Communications Center AFSCC and assigned it to USAFSS About two weeks later on 8 August the Air Force simultaneously discontinued the 6901 SCC organized AFSCC as a temporary provisional unit at Kelly AFB and transferred the responsibilities of the 6901st to AFSCC Discontinued provisional units ceased to exist according to the organizational rules in effect at the time Therefore although AFSCC inherited the functions of the 6901 SCC AFSCC could not place the 6901st into its lineage and honors history Thus AFSCC is the earliest lineal predecessor of the 688 CW From its beginning on 8 August 1953 AFSCC occupied the third floor of building 2000 the USAFSS headquarters building on Security Hill at Kelly AFB The new center took on an expanded mission 2 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE senior battle commanders with analytical reports on the use of electronic warfare in exercise and real-world scenarios These contributions eventually played a crucial role in the effective use of electronic warfare during Operation DESERT STORM in the early 1990s 1969 when AFSCC ceased processing communications intelligence altogether Following the loss of its communications intelligence mission AFSCC shifted its focus to analyzing electronic warfare efforts using signals intelligence inputs AFSCC soon commenced production of electronic warfare evaluations known as COMFY COAT reports The reports gradually expanded in scope as electronic warfare gained prominence within the Department of Defense and eventually included findings related to Army Navy and Marine Corps electronic warfare capabilities Air Force Information Warfare Center The success of Operation DESERT STORM persuaded senior military leaders that electronic warfare capabilities could combine with the strategies and tactics of command-and-control warfare to enable operations across the entire information spectrum The resulting emphasis on information warfare prompted the Air Force on 10 September 1993 to integrate AFEWC technical expertise from the Securities Directorate of the Air Force Cryptologic Support Center and intelligence skills from the Air Force Intelligence Command formerly Electronic Security Command to create the Air Force Information Warfare Center AFIWC The new organization served as the Air Force’s center of excellence for information superiority In that capacity AFIWC explored applied and migrated offensive and defensive information warfare capabilities for operations acquisition and testing AFIWC also provided advanced information warfare training for the Air Force and continued its support of warfighters in contingencies and exercises through quantitative analysis modeling and simulation and database and technical expertise in communications and computer security Air Force Electronic Warfare Center To better reflect its critical role within electronic warfare the Air Force redesignated AFSCC as the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center AFEWC on 1 July 1975 and changed its status from a temporary provisional unit to an establishment The Air Force assigned AFEWC to the Electronic Security Command formerly USAFSS where it focused on exploring new and state-of-the-art electronic warfare technologies to counter the command-andcontrol systems of potential adversaries Additionally AFEWC made significant strides in the analysis of defense suppression techniques for Air Force assets By the middle of the 1980s AFEWC had emerged as the primary source of electronic warfare and command control and communications countermeasures analysis and advice for the Air Force AFEWC also employed cuttingedge technologies such as computers with high-speed microprocessors to provide 3 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE Air Force Information Operations Center 688th Information Operations Wing The inclusion of cyberspace as a separate warfighting domain in the Air Force mission statement unveiled on 7 December 2005 prompted military leaders to rethink and broaden the information warfare concept resulting in a new emphasis on information operations This emphasis translated into yet another organizational change on 1 October 2006 when the Air Force redesignated AFIWC as the Air Force Information Operations Center AFIOC AFIOC focused on both the innovation and integration of information operations and maintained responsibility for creating information operations capabilities to meet requirements for missions in air space and cyberspace Additionally AFIOC personnel performed information operations analysis for combat operations targeting and acquisition programs In addition to exploring demonstrating and exercising information operations capabilities AFIOC tested weapons developed tactics trained forces and assessed information operations vulnerabilities of units and systems for both offensive and defensive counter-information missions In 2007 the Air Force reassigned AFIOC from the Air Intelligence Agency formerly the Air Force Intelligence Command to the Air Combat Command ACC as part of the 8th Air Force On 18 August 2009 the Air Force reassigned AFIOC to the Air Force Space Command’s AFSPC new 24th Air Force and redesignated it as the 688th Information Operations Wing 688 IOW The new wing boasted two groups the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group and the 318th Information Operations Group creating a multi-disciplined organization capable of delivering proven information operations and engineering installation capabilities integrated across the air space and cyberspace domains in support of the joint warfighting team 688th Cyberspace Wing On 13 September 2013 AFSPC redesignated the 688 IOW as the 688th Cyberspace Wing—the first Air Force wing designated as a cyberspace wing With the activation on 1 December 2015 of the 688th Cyberspace Operations Group at Scott AFB Illinois and the follow-on activation of its full complement of five cyberspace operations squadrons the wing stood at three groups fifteen squadrons four detachments and one operating location Its 4 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE George G Meade Maryland With its new designation came a new mission “To deliver Asymmetric Advantage to achieve air space and cyberspace superiority in the most efficient and innovative way possible ” personnel operated out of seven locations across the continental United States Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas Tinker AFB Oklahoma Scott AFB Illinois Keesler AFB Mississippi Hurlburt Field Florida Nellis AFB Nevada and Fort 5 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE CHRONOLOGY communications security monitoring mission to AFSCC 1950s 1 July 1953 The Department of the Air Force designated and organized the 6901st Special Communications Center 6901 SCC as a temporary provisional unit under the United States Air Force Security Service USAFSS and stationed it at Brooks Air Force Base AFB San Antonio Texas 24 July 1953 The Air Force designated the Air Force Special Communications Center AFSCC and assigned it to USAFSS 1 August 1953 The 6901 SCC moved from Brooks AFB to nearby Kelly AFB San Antonio Concurrently the USAFSS School began operations at Kelly AFB under the operational control of the 6901 SCC One of the school’s primary functions was to train personnel in intelligence duties Colonel John E Morrison Jr took command of the Air Force Special Communications Center in 1957 He retired in 1973 at the rank of major general after serving as the Assistant Director for Production at the National Security Agency 8 August 1953 The Air Force discontinued the 6901 SCC organized AFSCC as a temporary provisional unit at Kelly AFB and transferred the functions of the 6901 SCC to AFSCC AFSCC occupied the third floor of building 2000 the USAFSS headquarters building on Security Hill 1960s 1 May 1962 AFSCC personnel supported Strategic Air Command SAC during the Cuban Missile Crisis by processing mission data obtained during RB-47 reconnaissance flights over Cuba 1 July 1956 The Air Force discontinued the Air Force Communications Security Center and transferred its personnel and 6 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 1970s 20 April 1973 The TEMPEST compromising emanations function transferred from the Air Force Cryptological Depot to AFSCC 2 October 1973 AFSCC provided intelligence and electronic warfare support to US forces observing the 1973 Arab-Israeli War 1 July 1975 The Air Force redesignated AFSCC as the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center AFEWC and changed its status from a temporary provisional unit to an establishment Lieutenant General James R Clapper Jr the future Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and Director of National Intelligence served as an Analytic Branch Chief at the Air Force Special Communications Center while a first lieutenant from March 1964 to December 1965 1 January 1976 AFEWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 January 1974–1 January 1976 1 January 1979 AFEWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 2 January 1976–1 January 1979 16 January 1967 Responding to a surge in complex queries AFSCC established a 24 7 function to provide direct support to any agency requiring intelligence and technical data 1980s March 1967 Analysts at AFSCC commenced production of COMFY COAT reports to provide USAFSS with a comprehensive evaluation of Air Force electronic warfare efforts in Southeast Asia 5 July 1982 AFEWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 2 January 1979–31 December 1981 10 May 1988 General Larry D Welch Chief of Staff of the Air Force tasked AFEWC to support electronic combat testing and acquisition 1 November 1967 AFSCC earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period 1 November 1965–1 November 1967 December 1988 AFEWC provided electronic warfare expertise to Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama 30 June 1969 AFSCC ceased processing communications intelligence following the transfer of those functions to the National Security Agency The organization subsequently shifted its focus to electronic warfare 31 December 1989 AFEWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award 7 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE for the period 1 January 1988–31 December 1989 1990s 7 August 1990–28 February 1991 AFEWC personnel participated in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM Colonel Robert J Osterloh unfurls the flag of the newly redesignated Air Force Information Warfare Center on 10 September 1993 31 May 1994 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 May 1993–31 May 1994 31 May 1996 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 1994–31 May 1996 17 March 1997 The Air Force opened the Information Warfare Battlelab as an AFIWC directorate General Merrill A McPeak Chief of Staff of the Air Force visits the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center in 1992 17 October 1992 AFEWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 January 1990–31 December 1991 General Ronald R Fogleman Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Major General Michael V Hayden Air Intelligence Agency Commander join Colonel James C Massaro Air Force Information Warfare Center Commander for a ceremonial ribbon cutting to open the Air Force Information Warfare Battlelab on 17 March 1997 10 September 1993 In response to lessons learned during Operation DESERT STORM the Air Force redesignated AFEWC as the Air Force Information Warfare Center AFIWC adding technical skills from the Air Force Cryptologic Support Center’s Securities Directorate and intelligence capabilities from the Air Force Intelligence Command 10 December 1997 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 1996–31 May 1997 8 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 1 November 2000 The Air Force activated the 92d Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron 92 IWAS and assigned it to the 318 IOG 31 May 1998 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 1997–31 May 1998 1 October 1998 The Air Force reassigned the 39th Intelligence Squadron 39 IS from the 67th Intelligence Group 67 IG to AFIWC 31 May 2003 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 2002–31 May 2003 31 May 2004 AFIWC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 2003–31 May 2004 1 February 2005 The 318 IOG activated Detachment 2 at the USAF Warfare Center Nellis AFB Nevada June 2006 The 318 IOG activated Detachment 1 at Fort George G Meade Maryland Colonel James C Massaro Air Force Information Warfare Center Commander coordinates with Lieutenant Colonel Gregg Garrison on briefing preparation 1 September 2006 The Air Force redesignated the 92 IWAS as the 92d Information Operations Squadron 92 IOS 1 September 1999 The Air Force redesignated the 39 IS as the 39th Information Operations Squadron 39 IOS 1 October 2006 The Air Force redesignated AFIWC as the Air Force Information Operations Center AFIOC 2000s 30 October 2006 AFIWC now AFIOC earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the period 1 June 2004–31 May 2006 1 August 2000 AFIWC reorganized to more closely align with the other warfare centers The change resulted in the activation of the 318th Information Operations Group 318 IOG which was given the responsibility of operationalizing information warfare On the same date the Air Force reassigned the 23d Information Operations Squadron 23 IOS from the 67 IG to the 318 IOG reassigned the 39 IOS to the 318 IOG and activated the 346th Test Squadron and the 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron 453 EWS and assigned them to the 318 IOG 1 May 2007 The Air Force reassigned AFIOC from the Air Intelligence Agency to the Air Combat Command placing it under the 8th Air Force 30 September 2007 The Air Force Information Warfare Battlelab ceased operations 9 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE Squadron” award for outstanding instruction in information operations and cyberwarfare 2 February 2009 The Honorable Michael B Donley Secretary of the Air Force visited AFIOC Key leaders of the 688th Information Operations Wing meet for the 2010 Commander’s Conference Secretary of the Air Force Michael B Donley visits the AFIOC staff on 2 February 2009 17 May 2010 AFSPC named the 688 IOW as the Outstanding Wing with a Cyberspace Mission for 2009 5 August 2009 The Air Force reassigned the 453 EWS from the 318 IOG to the 53d Electronic Warfare Group 18 August 2010 The 688 IOW celebrated its first anniversary as a wing 11 August 2009 The Air Force redesignated the 38th Engineering Installation Group as the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group 38 CEG 18 August 2009 The Air Force redesignated AFIOC as the 688th Information Operations Wing 688 IOW and reassigned it to the Air Force Space Command AFSPC under the new 24th Air Force 24 AF As part of this realignment the Air Force reassigned the 38 CEG to the 688 IOW and reassigned the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron to the 38 CEG The Air Force also activated the 90th Information Operations Squadron and assigned it to the 318 IOG The 688th Information Operations Wing celebrates its first anniversary as a wing on 18 August 2010 13–27 September 2010 Just over a year removed from its redesignation and reorganization the 688 IOW underwent a successful Compliance Inspection receiving an overall grade of “in compliance with comments ” There were no critical findings and no “not in compliance” areas identified 2010s 1 December 2010 The 688 IOW earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period 18 August 2009–1 October 2010 14 May 2010 AFSPC presented the 39 IOS with the 2009 “Best Information Operations 10 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 27 April 2012 The Air Force activated both the 38th Cyberspace Readiness Squadron 38 CYRS and Detachment 1 92 IOS as part of a realignment of missions from the Air Force Network Integration Center 19 July 2011 The 688 IOW underwent its first change of command as Colonel Robert J Skinner relinquished command to Colonel Paul A Welch in a ceremony presided over by Major General Suzanne M Vautrinot 24 AF Commander 1–13 November 2012 The AFSPC Inspector General performed a Readiness Inspection of the 688 IOW recognizing the wing with an overall Excellent rating 3–9 November 2012 During the same timeframe as the Readiness Inspection the AFSPC Logistics Directorate conducted a Logistics Compliance Assessment Program Inspection of the 688 IOW The wing won an Excellent rating 23 July 2013 The 688 IOW changed command for the second time as Colonel Paul A Welch relinquished command to Colonel Michael C Harasimowicz in a ceremony presided over by Major General J Kevin McLaughlin 24 AF Commander Major General Suzanne M Vautrinot 24th Air Force Commander presides over the 688th Information Operation Wing’s first change-of-command ceremony on 19 July 2011 7 December 2011 The Air Force inactivated the 23 IOS and concurrently activated the 318th Operations Support Squadron 6 January 2012 The Air Force redesignated the 38 CEG as the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group 38 CEIG and activated the 38th Engineering Squadron the 38th Operations Support Squadron and the 38th Contracting Squadron under the 38 CEIG Major General J Kevin McLaughlin 24th Air Force Commander passes the 688th Information Operations Wing flag to its new Commander Colonel Michael C Harasimowicz on 23 July 2013 11 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 13 September 2013 AFSPC redesignated the 688 IOW as the 688th Cyberspace Wing 688 CW —the first designated cyberspace wing in the Air Force AFSPC also redesignated the 318 IOG as the 318th Cyberspace Operations Group 13 April 2015 The 688 CW earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period 1 October 2013–30 September 2014 16 July 2015 The 688 CW received its fourth Wing Commander as Colonel Michael C Harasimowicz relinquished command to Colonel Michelle L Hayworth in a ceremony led by Major General B Edwin Wilson 24 AF Commander Command Chief Master Sergeant William D Jones and Senior Master Sergeant Charles W Buterbaugh unfurl the flags of the newly redesignated 688th Cyberspace Wing and 318th Cyberspace Operations Group at a ceremony on 13 September 2013 Colonel Michelle L Hayworth takes command of the 688th Cyberspace Wing on 16 July 2015 as Command Chief Master Sergeant Michael S Flint bears the wing colors 21–24 July 2014 Wing key leaders met at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas for the 688 CW Commander’s Program Management Review 18 August 2015 The 688 CW celebrated its sixth anniversary as a wing The 688th Cyberspace Wing leadership team poses for posterity on 23 July 2014 during the Commander’s Program Management Review Colonel Michelle L Hayworth 688th Cyberspace Wing Commander and staff commemorate the wing’s sixth anniversary on 18 August 2015 6–15 September 2014 The 688 CW successfully completed an AFSPC Inspector General Unit Effectiveness Inspection earning an overall rating of Effective The wing scored Effective in three major graded areas and achieved Highly Effective in the fourth Executing the Mission 1 November 2015 AFSPC redesignated the 92 IOS as the 92d Cyberspace Operations Squadron 12 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 3 December 2015 AFSPC activated the 833d 834th and 836th Cyberspace Operations Squadrons at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas and assigned them to the 688 COG 1 December 2015 AFSPC activated the 688th Cyberspace Operations Group 688 COG at Scott AFB Illinois and assigned it to the 688 CW The command also activated the 835th and 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadrons at Scott AFB and assigned them to the 688 COG 13 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE CENTER COMMANDERS 1953–2009 AFSCC AFEWC Colonel Robert A Gambell Lieutenant Colonel William Harpster Colonel Dwight E Bowman Colonel John E Morrison Jr Colonel Philip G Evans Colonel Charles B Munson Colonel Charles O Jones Colonel F J Harrold Colonel Robinson G Minick Colonel William M Hamilton Colonel Roy D Ragsdale Colonel Joseph E Thome Colonel James W Johnson Jr Colonel Joseph B Tyra Colonel Floyd A MacLauren Colonel Floyd A MacLauren Colonel Joseph B Tyra Colonel Norman P Quigley Colonel Jerry E Marshall Colonel Kevin A Gilroy Colonel Louis R Manz Jr Colonel Wes Brown Colonel H J Edmondson Colonel Steven S Peacock Colonel Robert J Osterloh AFIWC Colonel Robert J Osterloh Frank M Morgan Colonel James C Massaro Colonel Richard H Stotts Colonel Arthur L Wachdorf Colonel George L Thompson Colonel David D Watt AFIOC Colonel David D Watt Colonel David F Toomey III WING COMMANDERS 2009–PRESENT 688 IOW 688 CW Colonel Robert J Skinner Colonel Paul A Welch Colonel Michael C Harasimowicz Colonel Michelle L Hayworth 18 August 2009– 19 July 2011 19 July 2011– 23 July 2013 23 Jul 2013– 16 July 2015 16 Jul 2015– Present 14 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE LINEAGE HONORS AND HERALDRY 688TH CYBERSPACE WING Blazon Gules a globe enhanced Azure gridlined Argent surmounted by a mullet of the last fimbriated Or overall four lightning flashes saltirewise of the like all within a diminished bordure of the fourth Attached below the shield a White scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed “688TH CYBERSPACE WING” in Blue letters Significance Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors Blue alludes to the sky the primary theater of Air Force operations Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel The globe represents the Wing’s commitment to worldwide support of air sea and land forces with information necessary to defend the peace The star symbolizes the Wing’s joint nature to provide combat effective information to all sources in any application of force The five points of the star denote the primary functions of the Wing to provide combat support databases analyses securities and acquisition and testing support The lightning bolts stand for the unit’s history of work in the electromagnetic spectrum and the Wing’s mission to control and protect during contingencies and war Lineage Designated as Air Force Special Communications Center on 24 July 1953 Organized on 8 August 1953 Redesignated as Air Force Electronic Warfare Center on 1 July 1975 Air Force Information Warfare Center on 10 September 1993 Air Force Information Operations Center on 1 October 2006 688th Information Operations Wing on 18 August 2009 688th Cyberspace Wing on 13 September 2013 Honors Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards 1 November 1965–1 November 1967 18 August 2009– 1 October 2010 1 October 2013–30 September 2014 Air Force Organizational Excellence Awards 1 January 1974–1 January 1976 2 January 1976–1 January 1979 2 January 1979– 31 December 1981 1 January 1988–31 December 1989 1 January 1990–31 December 1991 1 May 1993–31 May 1994 1 June 1994–31 May 1996 1 June 1996–31 May 1997 1 June 1997– 31 May 1998 1 June 2002–31 May 2003 1 June 2003–31 May 2004 1 June 2004–31 May 2006 15 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 38TH CYBERSPACE ENGINEERING INSTALLATION GROUP 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group Lineage Designated as 1845th Electronic Engineering Group and activated on 1 August 1988 Redesignated as 1845th Engineering Installation Group on 1 January 1992 38th Engineering Installation Group on 17 January 1995 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group on 18 August 2009 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group on 6 January 2012 Location Tinker AFB Oklahoma 38th Contracting Squadron Lineage Designated as 3908th Contracting Squadron and activated on 1 October 1985 Inactivated on 8 July 1994 Redesignated as 38th Contracting Squadron on 22 December 2011 Activated on 6 January 2012 Location Tinker AFB Oklahoma Operating Location A 38th Contracting Squadron History Activated as Operating Location A 38th Contracting Squadron on 21 March 2012 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 38th Cyberspace Readiness Squadron Lineage Constituted as 38th Cyberspace Readiness Squadron on 6 April 2012 Activated on 27 April 2012 Location Scott AFB Illinois 16 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 38th Engineering Squadron Lineage Constituted as 38th Aviation Squadron Separate on 8 May 1942 Activated on 16 May 1942 Redesignated as 38th Aviation Squadron on 1 April 1943 Disbanded on 12 April 1944 Reconstituted and consolidated 8 March 1985 with 38th Installations Squadron Bombardment Light which was constituted on 10 August 1948 Activated on 18 August 1948 Inactivated on 1 April 1949 Redesignated as 38th Installations Squadron on 15 November 1952 Activated on 1 January 1953 Inactivated on 18 June 1958 Redesignated as 38th Civil Engineering Squadron and activated on 10 September 1962 Organized on 25 September 1962 Discontinued and inactivated on 25 September 1966 Activated on 1 December 1973 Inactivated on 1 December 1975 Redesignated as 38th Engineering Squadron on 22 December 2011 Activated on 6 January 2012 Emblem pending Location Tinker AFB Oklahoma 38th Operations Support Squadron Lineage Constituted as 38th Airdrome Squadron on 25 January 1943 Activated on 1 February 1943 Redesignated as 38th Airdrome Squadron Special on 16 April 1943 Disbanded on 1 April 1944 Reconstituted and redesignated as 38th Operations Support Squadron on 22 December 2011 Activated on 6 January 2012 Location Tinker AFB Oklahoma 85th Engineering Installation Squadron Lineage Designated as 1839th Electronics Installation Group and activated on 1 May 1970 Redesignated as 1839th Engineering Installation Group on 1 July 1980 738th Engineering Installation Squadron on 17 January 1995 85th Engineering Installation Squadron on 28 July 2005 Location Keesler AFB Mississippi 17 Emblem pending DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 318TH CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS GROUP 318th Cyberspace Operations Group Lineage Constituted as 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 15 September 1943 Activated on 1 October 1943 Redesignated as 8th Photographic Group Reconnaissance on 9 October 1943 8th Reconnaissance Group on 15 June 1945 Inactivated on 5 November 1945 Disbanded on 6 March 1947 Reconstituted and redesignated as 318th Electronic Warfare Group on 31 July 1985 Redesignated as 318th Information Operations Group on 17 July 2000 Activated on 1 August 2000 Redesignated as 318th Cyberspace Operations Group on 13 September 2013 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 39th Information Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 136th Signal Radio Intelligence Company on 7 February 1942 Activated on 15 February 1942 Redesignated as 136th Signal Radio Intelligence Company Aviation on 4 October 1943 136th Radio Security Detachment on c 24 January 1945 136th Radio Security Squadron on 15 March 1949 136th Communications Security Squadron on 20 January 1951 36th Communications Security Squadron on 8 December 1953 Inactivated on 8 May 1955 Consolidated 1 November 1994 with 6919th Electronic Security Squadron which was designated and activated on 1 October 1986 Inactivated on 31 May 1991 Redesignated as 39th Intelligence Squadron on 1 November 1994 Activated on 15 November 1994 Redesignated as 39th Information Operations Squadron on 1 September 1999 Location Hurlburt Field Florida Detachment 1 39th Information Operations Squadron History Activated as Detachment 1 39th Information Operations Squadron on 3 November 2014 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 18 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 90th Information Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 690th Information Operations Squadron on 30 September 1997 Activated on 1 October 1997 Redesignated as 90th Information Operations Squadron on 1 August 2000 Inactivated on 20 July 2007 Activated on 18 August 2009 Projected to be redesignated as 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 1 February 2016 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas Emblem modification pending 92d Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 92d Pursuit Squadron Interceptor on 13 January 1942 Activated on 9 February 1942 Redesignated as 92d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 92d Fighter Squadron Single Engine probably in August 1943 Inactivated on 27 December 1945 Activated on 15 October 1946 Redesignated as 92d Fighter Squadron Jet on 16 July 1949 92d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950 92d FighterBomber Squadron on 1 April 1954 92d Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 July 1958 Inactivated on 31 March 1993 Redesignated as 92d Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron on 4 October 2000 Activated on 1 November 2000 Redesignated as 92d Information Operations Squadron on 1 September 2006 92d Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 1 November 2015 Emblem modification pending Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas Detachment 1 92d Cyberspace Operations Squadron History Activated as Detachment 1 92d Information Operations Squadron on 27 April 2012 Inactivated on 6 November 2015 Activated as Detachment 1 92d Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 6 November 2015 Location Scott AFB Illinois 318th Operations Support Squadron Lineage Constituted as 318th Airdrome Squadron on 13 April 1943 Activated on 1 May 1943 Disbanded on 1 May 1944 Reconstituted and redesignated as 318th Operations Support Squadron on 10 November 2011 Activated on 7 December 2011 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 19 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 346th Test Squadron Lineage Constituted as 346th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 28 January 1942 Activated on 1 June 1942 Redesignated as 346th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 29 September 1944 Inactivated on 8 November 1945 Redesignated as 346th Bombardment Squadron Very Heavy on 13 May 1947 Activated in the Reserve on 29 May 1947 Inactivated on 27 June 1949 Redesignated as 346th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron Heavy and activated on 1 January 1953 Redesignated as 346th Bombardment Squadron Heavy on 1 October 1955 Inactivated on 31 March 1974 Redesignated as 346th Test and Evaluation Squadron on 1 June 1993 Activated on 15 June 1993 Inactivated on 21 September 1995 Redesignated as 346th Test Squadron on 17 July 2000 Activated on 1 August 2000 Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas Detachment 1 318th Cyberspace Operations Group History Activated as Detachment 1 318th Information Operations Group on 1 October 2007 Redesignated as Detachment 1 318th Cyberspace Operations Group on 13 September 2013 Location Fort George G Meade Maryland Detachment 2 318th Cyberspace Operations Group History Activated as Detachment 2 318th Information Operations Group in February 2005 Redesignated as Detachment 2 318th Cyberspace Operations Group on 13 September 2013 Location USAF Warfare Center Nellis AFB Nevada 20 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 688TH CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS GROUP 688th Cyberspace Operations Group Lineage Designated as 1913th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron and organized on 1 December 1952 Redesignated as 1913th Communications Squadron on 1 July 1961 1913th Communications Group on 1 November 1979 1913th Information Systems Group on 1 July 1984 1913th Communications Group on 1 November 1986 Inactivated on 1 October 1991 Redesignated as 688th Cyberspace Operations Group on 17 November 2015 Activated on 1 December 2015 Emblem modification pending Location Scott AFB Illinois 833d Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 833d Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 17 November 2015 Activated on 3 December 2015 Emblem pending Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 834th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Designated as 2068th Communications Squadron and organized on 1 January 1963 Redesignated as 2068th Information Systems Squadron on 1 December 1984 Redesignated as 2068th Communications Squadron on 1 November 1986 Redesignated as 834th Communications Squadron on 30 April 1991 Inactivated on 24 March 1993 Redesignated as 834th Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 17 November 2015 Activated on 3 December 2015 Emblem modification pending Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 835th Communications Squadron on 15 December 2003 Activated on 15 January 2004 Inactivated on 3 May 2005 Redesignated as 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 17 November 2015 Activated on 1 December 2015 Location Scott AFB Illinois Emblem modification pending 21 DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Designated as 185th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron on 14 May 1948 Organized on 1 June 1948 Redesignated as 1903d Airways and Air Communication Service Squadron on 1 October 1948 1903d Communications Squadron on 1 July 1961 1903d Information Systems Squadron on 1 July 1984 1903d Communications Squadron on 1 November 1986 836th Communications Squadron on 30 April 1991 Inactivated on 1 May 1992 Redesignated as 836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 17 November 2015 Activated on 3 December 2015 Emblem modification pending Location Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Texas 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Lineage Constituted as 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadron on 17 November 2015 Activated on 1 December 2015 Location Scott AFB Illinois 22 Emblem pending DELIVERING ASYMMETRIC ADVANTAGE 688TH CYBERSPACE WING MISSION To deliver Asymmetric Advantage to achieve air space and cyberspace superiority in the most efficient and innovative way possible 23