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251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group | |
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 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group emblem | |
| Active | 1952–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Ohio Air National Guard |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Part of | Ohio Air National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Springfield ANGB, Ohio |
| Motto | The Oldest...The Boldest |
| Mascot | Mercury the Messenger |
| Anniversaries | 2 March 1952 |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Steven Dudash |
| Ceremonial chief | CMSgt Todd Fluegge |
TheUnited States Air Force's251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group is anAir National Guard engineering installation unit located atSpringfield ANGB, Ohio. It is the oldest communications/cyber group in the USAF and was originally chartered as the251st Communications Group. The units assigned to thegroup compromise 47.5% of the USAF's Engineering Installation capability and 47.5% of Department of Defenses build and extend organic cyberspace infrastructure robust capability.[jargon] The co-located 269th Combat Communications Squadron is also assigned to the 251st and is one of the USAF's oldest mobile communications squadrons rooted as the 1077th Signal Company Army Air Corps founded in March 1942. The group headquarters has 38 personnel assigned with a wartime mission to augment Major Command AFFOR[jargon] staffs, Joint Force Commander staffs, Numbered Air Forces Warfighting Headquarters staffs or any Combatant Commanders cyber and Communications forward staff function.
The mission of the 251st is to command, organize, equip, train and administer assigned and attached forces to ensure complete mission readiness in support of emergencyUnited States Air Force requirements, and to provide timely and reliable communications engineering and installation in support of state emergencies.[1]
Headquarters,251st Communications Group was constituted at Springfield, Ohio, on 5 October 1952. Commanded by Major Charles R. Stahl, the Headquarters had an initial strength of five people. Of the existingAir National Guard (ANG) communications groups and active duty group, the 251st is the oldest, and it is also the parent unit of two other ANG combat communications groups: The226th Combat Communications Group in Alabama and the254th Combat Communications Group in Texas. At its inception, the group had twelve subordinate units in Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, and Arkansas. The mission of the 251st initially was a composite of the missions of today's Engineering – Installation Squadrons and Combat Communications Squadrons. While the organization was charged with providing, installing, operating, and maintaining communications equipment for deployed flying units, it did so from "scratch", with a greater variety of small components than today's relatively complete tactical capabilities. Beginning in 1953, the headquarters planned and directed Group-Wide Exercises at locations across the country, beginning with annual training atStewart Air Force Base, New York, in August of that year. In 1954, the organization was authorized with its first full-time officer air technician: Capt (later Lt Col) Herbert E. Moore. In that year, the headquarters strength increased to nine officers and nine enlisted personnel. The 251st started remissioning into a Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group in 2010. The current mission of the 251st is to command, organize, equip, train and administer assigned and attached forces to ensure readiness in order to provide communications engineering and installation services to support emergency USAF requirements and to provide a staff element for management of Communications and Electronics (C-E) personnel when deployed in support of Air Force taskings.
To train for its wartime mission, the group has been deploying to exercises since 1976, with its first overseas exercise involvement occurring in 1978. Since its first deployment to theseJoint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and overseas exercises, the 251st has deployed personnel and equipment to Korea, the European Theater, theUnited States Southern Command, and to Southwest Asia. During Operation Desert Shield andOperation Desert Storm, the 251st provided over 1,500 workdays in voluntary direct support, both in the area of responsibility and in back-fill roles stateside.
Today, the 251st manages all ANG EI AEF and JCS Request for Forces (RFF) taskings, T10 and T32 workload for the ANG EI community.[jargon] Currently, six partial mobilizations are underway moving forces to multiple areas of responsibility. Additionally, 100 or so projects are completed yearly at a 65% cost saving over non-organic blue-suit contractors.
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