In February 1951, the wing was reactivated in Japan as the67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, replacing the543d Tactical Support Group as the headquarters fortactical reconnaissance units during theKorean War. It moved to Korea and served in combat until thearmistice was signed in July 1953. Following the war, it returned to Japan and by 1957 was the only reconnaissance unit assigned toFar East Air Forces. The wing was inactivated in 1960 and its remaining squadrons were assigned to other units.
In 1966, the wing was reactivated atMountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho and trained for reconnaissance missions. It becameTactical Air Command's replacement training unit for theMcDonnell RF-4C Phantom II. From 1968 to 1970, it acquired a fighter unit and also trainedfighter aircrews on the F-4. In July 1971, Mountain Home became a fighter base and the wing moved without personnel or equipment toBergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where it absorbed the assets of the75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, which was inactivated. It continued its reconnaissance mission at Bergstrom until inactivating on 30 September 1993. The wing reactivated the following day atKelly Air Force Base as the67th Intelligence Wing under Air Intelligence Agency and continued the electronic intelligence mission. It has been redesignated multiple times since then, including a change to67th Information Operations Wing and being assigned toEighth Air Force. It was later redesignated as the67th Network Warfare Wing. When theTwenty-Fourth Air Force was activated in 2009, it was reassigned fromEighth Air Force toTwenty-Fourth Air Force. It is currently assigned toSixteenth Air Force and is currently designated as the67th Cyberspace Wing.
The 67th Cyberspace Wing operates, manages, and defends global Air Forcenetworks. The wing trains and readies airmen to execute computer network exploitation and attack. It also executes full-spectrum Air Force network operations, training, tactics, and management. It provides network operations and network warfare capabilities to Air Force, joint task force, andUnified Combatant Commands. Additionally, it performs electronic systems security assessments for the Air Force.[2]
The wing comprises four groups and a support squadron.
The67th Cyberspace Operations Group provides forces to conduct Air Force computer network operations forUnited States Strategic Command,United States Cyber Command and other combatant commands. The group conducts computer network operations and warfare planning for the Air Force, joint task forces and combatant commanders. The group also conducts Secretary of Defense-directed special network warfare missions.[2]
The318th Cyberspace Operations Group's role is to innovate, partner and deliver combat capability in, through and from cyberspace through the development, testing, training and operational employment of materiel and non-materiel solutions.
The567th Cyberspace Operations Group prosecutes cyberspace operations and provides mission assurance for national, joint and service-level mission partners.
The867th Cyberspace Operations Group executes defensive cyber operations (DCO) to Protect The Nation, including US allies and joint partners.
The67th Operations Support Squadron executes operational support for the 67th Cyberspace Wing and all Cyber Protection Teams. This unit develops and standardizes of operations training, synchronization and management of the wing's exercise, weapons and intelligence and tactics programs.
Unless otherwise indicated, units are based atJoint Base San Antonio, Texas, and subordinate units are located at the same location as their commanding group.[3]
The wing immediately began to fly combat reconnaissance missions over Korea,[5] By August, the wing had consolidated its subordinate elements atKimpo Air Base. Gradually overcoming difficulties, it soon was providing adequate aerial intelligence for both air and ground units. However, the wing was hampered by a lack of suitable photographic equipment and aircraft and shortages of trained personnel. For a short time, the wing had to useNorth American T-6 Texan trainers andDouglas C-47 Skytrain cargo planes for visual reconnaissance. The wing sought to cure its problems using resources within the theater, managing its own training classes for inexperienced personnel and experimenting with aircraft, cameras and tactics. It sought to cure its lack of high speed reconnaissance aircraft by acquiring sixSabres modified for reconnaissance missions.[10]
The 67th continued flying combat missions until thearmistice in late July 1953. It provided photographic coverage of enemy front lines, battlefield positions, installations,airfields and rail lines, withweather reconnaissance as a secondary task.[1]
On 1 July 1957, the 67th moved to Yokota Air Base, Japan as US operations at Itami came to a close. At Yokota, it absorbed the resources of the6007th Reconnaissance Group, which was discontinued in August, becoming the sole reconnaissance wing in the Far East.[15] In September, the wing converted to the Dual Deputate organization,[note 4] and all flying squadrons were directly assigned to the wing when its 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group was inactivated.[16] The 67th Group had moved to Yokota in 1956 and became nonoperational upon the wing's move to Yokota and its squadrons were attached to the wing before being assigned. The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was deployed toTaoyuan Air Base,Taiwan from 13 to 23 July 1959, and aircraft were deployed toKung Kuan Air Base,Taiwan from 10 – 20 May 1960.It also addedair refueling andairlift to its mission in September, with these new tasks continuing until the wing inactivated in Dec 1960.[1]
After activation atMountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho 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 replacementMcDonnell RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance aircrews to its mission, and between June 1968 and November 1970, it also trained tactical fighter crews with the F-4D.[5] Preparing to turnMountain Home Air Force Base over to the347th Tactical Fighter Wing, the 67th served as headquarters for both organizations for its final two months at Mountain Home.[5]
The wing moved to Texas in 1971, replacing the75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at and absorbing its personnel and equipment.[5] At Bergstrom, it concentrated on maintaining tactical reconnaissance mission forces capable of meeting worldwide operational requirements. It conducted reconnaissance training of Air Force,United States Marine Corps, and allied reconnaissance aircrews between 1982 and 1989.[1]
The wing acted as an advisor to Air National Guard reconnaissance units until 1992. It performed reconnaissance missions supporting the US Customs Service from 1983 until 1992. The wing hosted theTactical Air Command sponsored worldwide tactical reconnaissance competition at its home base in 1986, 1988 and 1990.[1]
Bomb damage assessment photography from Operation Desert Storm
The wing deployed personnel and equipment in support ofDesert Storm in 1991, photographing enemy targets, conducting searches for enemy missile sites, tracking movement of theIraqi Republican Guard and oil slicks, and conducting overallbattle damage assessment. The wing ended flying operations in August 1992, but remained active untilBergstrom Air Force Base closed the following year.[1]
Between 1993 and 2000, the wing's mission included directing planning of all-source intelligence, electronic combat, and security support for theAir Intelligence Agency. Since 2000, it has collected and analyzed intelligence and provided it to decision makers and the test and acquisition community. The wing also attacked adversary information and information systems while defending its own.[1]
In September 2020, the wing stood up the 867th Cyberspace Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio.[17]
26th Technical Group (later 26th Intelligence Group, 26th Information Operations Group, 26th Network Operations Group, 26th Cyberspace Operations Group): 1 October 1993 – present[citation needed]
67th Reconnaissance Group (later 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 67th Intelligence Group, 67th Information Operations Group, 67th Network Operations Group, 67th Cyberspace Operations Group): 25 November 1947 – 28 March 1949, 25 February 1951 – 1 October 1957 (attached to 6102 Air Base Wing[16] after 1 July 1957), 1 October 1993 – present[1]
11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 March 1960; assigned 1 April-25 October 1966
12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 March 1960; assigned 1 July-2 September 1966; assigned 31 August 1971 – 30 September 1992 (detached 5 May – 4 June 1974, 8 – 29September 1977, 7 July – 7 August 1981, 15 May – 11 June 1984, 27 August – 24 September 1987)
15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 25 April 1960
45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (later 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron): attached 1 June – 24 November 1954; attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 25 April 1960; assigned 15 October 1971 – 31 October 1975 (detached 13 June – 7 July 1973); assigned 1 April 1982 – 30 September 1989
67th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: 1 March 1951 – 8 December 1960, 15 July 1971 – 1 September 1977[24]
91st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: 15 July 1971 – 30 August 1991 (detached 26 April – 25 May 1972, 25 May – 9 June 1977, 1 May – 2 June 1980, 2 May – 1 June 1983, 24 April – 23 May 1985)
417th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 1 July 1968 – 15 November 1970 (detached 12 January – 4 April 1969 and 11 September – 10 October 1970)
421st Air Refueling Squadron: attached 17 – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 December 1960 (detached 21 November – 8 December 1960)
548th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: attached 1 July – 8 December 1957, assigned 8 December 1957 – 8 December 1960[25]
801st Reconnaissance Technical Squadron: 1 January 1966 – 15 July 1971[26]
4467th Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Support Squadron (later 4467th Reconnaissance Intelligence Support Squadron): 30 November 1990 – 30 September 1992
6091st Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 1 July – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 December 1960 (detached 21 November – 8 December 1960)[19]
^Although the wing base organization called for a combination of the tactical group with all base units supporting it, two wings were organized at March, each with separate support units assigned.See Mueller, p. 371 (listing support units organized at March in 1947).
^Aircraft is North American RF-86A-5-NA Sabre serial 48-195.
^Aircraft is McDonnell RF-101C-60-MC Voodoo serial 56-42.
^Under this plan flying [and missile] squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations and maintenance squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Maintenance
^The experimental (table of distribution Reconnaissance Wing) was discontinued on 24 August 1948. The permanent (table of organization Tactical Reconnaissance Wing) had been established and activated two days earlier. The Air Force later consolidated the two wings and considers this to have been a redesignation. Ravenstein, pp. 105–107.
^The aircraft represent four different squadrons: 62nd Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron (yellow tail); 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (orange tail); 91st Tactical Reconniassance Squadron (red tail) and 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron (black check tail). The lead aircraft is the wing commanders aircraft, whose fin flash represents all four squadrons. Taken 11 May 1988.
Knaack, Marcelle Size (1978).Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems. Vol. 2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945–1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN0-912799-59-5.
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