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's 26th Cyberspace Operations Group is a network operations unit located at

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, Texas. The

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was commanded by

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Sean Kern in June 2018. In 2016 an Air Force cyberspace network defense system attained full operational capability.

Lineage

* Activated as the 6914th Electronic Security Squadron on 1 October 1986 : 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 2006 : Redesignated as 26th Cyberspace Operations Group 1 October 2013

Assignments

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, 1 October 1986 * 691st Electronic Security Wing, 15 July 1988 *

26th Intelligence Wing 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, 1 October 1991 *

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(later 67th Information Operations Wing, 67th Network Warfare Wing, 67th Cyberspace Wing), 1 October 1993 – present *

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, 4 Jun 2018-.

Components

* 26th Operations Support Flight (later 26th Operations Support Squadron, 1 November 2008 – present *

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, Alabama, 18 August 2009 *

33d Network Warfare Squadron The United States Air Force (USAF)'s 33rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron is a network warfare unit located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron was established as the 70th Reconnaissance Squadron during World War II and saw combat ...

, 26 July 2007 – present

Stations

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, Germany, 1 October 1986 *

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, Germany, 1 September 1992 *

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, Germany, 1 January 1995 *

(later, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland) Texas, 5 July 2006 – present

Decorations

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with Combat "V" Device **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.

Notes

References

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