426th Network Warfare Squadron
{{Short description|US Air Force unit}}
{{Primary sources|date=September 2009}}
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| unit_name = 426th Network Warfare Squadron
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| dates = 1943-1944; 1946-1948; 1993 – present
| country = United States
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| branch = United States Air Force
| type = Network Warfare (includes Cyber Networks)
| role = Cyber Defense
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| command_structure = AFRC/960th Cyberspace Wing/960th Cyberspace Operations Group
| current_commander = Lt Col Mark Bishop
| garrison = Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas
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| nickname = Guardians Of The Grid
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| motto = COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}
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| anniversaries = 1 March 2013 (stand-up), 8 March 2014 (renaming)
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The United States Air Force's 426th Network Warfare Squadron (426 NWS) is an Air Force Reserve unit previously located in Vogelweh, Germany.
Since 8 March 2014, the 426 NWS has been officially relocated to San Antonio, Texas at Lackland Air Force Base.
Lineage
- Constituted as 26th Airdrome Squadron on 25 Jan 1943. Activated 1 Feb 1943.
- Redesignated as 26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) on 16 Apr 1943.
- Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944.
- Reconstituted on 11 Sep 1946.
- Activated on 15 Oct 1946.
- Inactivated on 28 Jul 1948.
- Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.
- Reconstituted, redesignated as 26th Operations Support Flight, and activated, on 1 Oct 1993.
- Redesignated as 426th Intelligence Squadron on 31 Dec 1995.
- Redesignated as 426th Information Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 2000.
- Redesignated as 426th Network Warfare Squadron on 5 Jul 2008.
- Inactivated on 7 Sep 2011.
- Activated on 1 Mar 2013.
Assignments
=Major Command=
- Air Force Intelligence Command (1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993)
- Air Combat Command (2000–2009)
- Air Force Space Command (2009–2018)
- Air Force Reserve Command(2018 – present)
=Wing/Group=
- 24th Composite Wing (1946–1948)
- 688th Cyberspace Wing (2013 – present)
- 960th Cyber Operations Group (2013 – present)
Previous designations
File:426th Information Operations Squadron.PNG
- 26th Airdrome Squadron (25 January 1943 – 16 April 1943)
- 26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) (16 April 1943 – 1 April 1944; 11 September 1946 – 28 July 1948)
- 26th Operations Support Flight (1 October 1993 – 31 December 1995)
- 426th Intelligence Squadron (31 December 1995 – 1 August 2000)
- 426th Information Operations Squadron (1 August 2000 – 5 July 2008)
- 426th Network Warfare Squadron (5 July 2008 – present)
Bases stationed
- Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska (1 February 1943 – 1 April 1944)
- Beane Field, St Lucia, British West Indies (15 October 1946 – 28 July 1948)
- Vogelweh, Germany (1 October 1993 – 2014)
- Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America (8 March 2014, 2014 – present)
Decorations
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg315 NWS Lineage and Honors, Air Force Historical Research Agency, n.d.
- 1 October 1993 – 30 September 1994
- 1 October 1994 – 30 September 1995
- 1 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
- 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2002
- 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003 (with Combat "V" device)
- 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005
- 1 June 2005 – 31 May 2007
