67th Cyberspace Wing, US Air Force
67TH CYBERSPACE WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 67 Reconnaissance Wing on 6 November 1947. Organized on 25 November 1947. Redesignated as 67 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 22 August 1948. Inactivated on 28 March 1949. Activated on 25 February 1951. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 8 December 1960. Activated on 2 August 1965. Organized on 1 January 1966. Redesignated as 67 Reconnaissance Wing on 1 October 1991. Inactivated on 30 September 1993. Redesignated as 67 Intelligence Wing, and activated, on 1 October 1993. Redesignated as: 67 Information Operations Wing on 1 August 2000; 67 Network Warfare Wing on 5 July 2006; 67 Cyberspace Wing on 1 October 2013. Trained for aerial reconnaissance missions, November 1947-March 1949. Flew combat reconnaissance missions over Korea between February 1951 and mid-1953. Provided photographic coverage of enemy front lines, battlefield positions, installations, airfields and rail lines, with weather reconnaissance as a secondary task. After the war, the wing remained in the theater and provided reconnaissance as needed. On 1 July 1957, it became the sole reconnaissance wing in the Far East, and in September 1957 added air refueling and military airlift to its mission, these new tasks continuing until the wing inactivated in December 1960. After activation in 1966, the wing began training in the United States for aerial, visual, optical, electronic, thermal, and radar reconnaissance. In May, the wing added training of replacement reconnaissance aircrews to its mission, and between June 1968 and November 1970, it also training tactical fighter crews. When the wing moved to Texas in 1971, it concentrated on maintaining tactical reconnaissance mission forces capable of meeting worldwide operational requirements. Conducted reconnaissance training of USAF, US Marine Corps, and allied reconnaissance aircrews, 1982–1989. Acted as advisor to Air National Guard reconnaissance units until 1992. Performed reconnaissance missions supporting the US Customs Service, 1983–1992. Hosted the TAC–sponsored worldwide tactical reconnaissance competition at its home base in 1986, 1988 and 1990. Deployed personnel and equipment in support of operations in Southwest Asia in 1991, photographing enemy targets, conducting searches for enemy missile sites, tracking movement of the Iraqi Republican Guard and oil slicks, and conducting overall battle damage assessment. Ended flying operations in August 1992. Between 1993 and 2000, mission included directing planning of all-source intelligence, electronic combat, and security support for the Air Intelligence Agency. Since 2000, collected and analyzed intelligence and provided it to war-fighters, national decision-makers, and the test and acquisition community. The wing also attacked adversary information and information systems while defending its own. Maintained a detachment at RAF Menwith Hill Station, United Kingdom, 1 October 2004-5 July 2006.
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The badge was approved on 20 March 1952; latest rendering, 10 October 2018.
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