26th Cyberspace Operations Group
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The United States Air Force's 26th Cyberspace Operations Group is a network operations unit located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The group was commanded by Colonel Randy Witt in 2023.
In 2016 an Air Force cyberspace network defense system attained full operational capability.{{cite web |url=http://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/730908/first-cyberspace-weapon-system-attains-full-operational-capability-foc-status|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320044028/http://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/730908/first-cyberspace-weapon-system-attains-full-operational-capability-foc-status/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2018|title=First Cyberspace Weapon System Attains Full Operational Capability (FOC) Status}}
Lineage
- Activated as the 6914th Electronic Security Squadron on 1 October 1986{{sfn|Air Force Historical Research Agency|2019}}
: Redesignated as 26th Technical Group on 1 March 1993
: Redesignated as 26th Intelligence Group on 1 October 1993
: Redesignated as 26th Information Operations Group on 1 August 2000
: Redesignated as 26th Network Operations Group on 5 July 2006Rogers, {{page needed|date=April 2016}}
: Redesignated as 26th Cyberspace Operations Group 1 October 2013
=Assignments=
- 6910th Electronic Security Wing, 1 October 1986{{sfn|Air Force Historical Research Agency|2019}}
- 691st Electronic Security Wing, 15 July 1988
- 26th Intelligence Wing, 1 October 1991
- 67th Intelligence Wing (later 67th Information Operations Wing, 67th Network Warfare Wing, 67th Cyberspace Wing), 1 October 1993 – present
- 688th Cyberspace Wing, 4 Jun 2018-.
=Components=
- 26th Operations Support Flight (later 26th Operations Support Squadron, 1 November 2008 – present{{cite web |url= http://www.24af.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=21437 |title=26th Operations Support Squadron|date=24 March 2014|publisher=Twenty-Fourth Air Force |url-status=dead |access-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425055916/http://www.24af.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=21437 |archive-date=25 April 2016 }}
- 26th Network Operations Squadron
:: Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Alabama, 18 August 2009{{Cite web |last=Twenty-Fourth Air Force |date=2011-11-16 |title=Factsheet: 26th Network Operations Squadron |url=http://www.24af.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=%2018915/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103835/http://www.24af.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=%2018915/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |access-date=2022-08-06 }}
- 33d Network Warfare Squadron, 26 July 2007 – present
=Stations=
- Sembach Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1986{{sfn|Air Force Historical Research Agency|2019}}
- Vogelweh, Germany, 1 September 1992
- Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 January 1995
- Lackland Air Force Base (later, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland) Texas, 5 July 2006 – present
=Decorations=
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device{{sfn|Air Force Historical Research Agency|2019}}
- 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003
- 1 October 2010 - 30 September 2012
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
- 1 July 1988 – 30 June 1990
- 1 Oct 1993 – 30 Sep 1994
- 1 Oct 1996 – 30 Sep 1997
- 1 Oct 1999 – 30 Sep 2000
- 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2002
- 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005
- 1 Jun 2005-31 May 2007;
- 1 Oct 2012-30 Sep 2013;
- 1 Oct 2013-30 Sep 2015.
See also
Notes
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References
- {{Cite web |author=Air Force Historical Research Agency |title=26 Cyberspace Operations Group (ACC) |url=https://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1604332/26-cyberspace-operations-group-acc/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1604332/26-cyberspace-operations-group-acc/ |date=2019-07-10 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Air Force Historical Research Agency |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- {{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Brian.|title=United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978|date=2005|publisher=Midland Publications|location=Hinkley, UK|isbn=1-85780-197-0}}
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