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's 450th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at

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, Germany. The squadron was first activated in July 1974 as the 6950th Security Squadron and served as an intelligence gathering unit in the United Kingdom until inactivating in 1995. It was reactivated in 2007. The Squadron's motto is Warbirds Never Quit!

Mission

History

Lineage

* Designated as the 6950th Security Squadron and activated on 1 July 1974 : Redesignated 6950th Electronic Security Group on 1 August 1979 : Redesignated 450th Intelligence Squadron on 1 October 1993 : Inactivated on 30 June 1995 * Activated on 12 July 2007

Assignments

* 6950th Security Group, 1 July 1974 – 1 Oct 1978 *

United States Air Force Security Service Initially established as the United States Air Force, Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command on 20 October 1948. (For redesignations, see #Successor_units, Successor un ...

(later Electronic Security Command), 1 October 1978 *

Electronic Security, Europe Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductors * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic c ...

(later European Electronic Security Division), 30 September 1980 * 693d Electronic Security Wing, 7 July 1988 * European Electronic Security Division, 23 May 1991 *

26th Intelligence Wing Sixth is the ordinal form of the number six. * The Sixth Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution * A keg of beer, equal to 5 U.S. gallons or barrel * The fraction Music * Sixth interval (music)s: ** major sixth, a musical interval ** minor ...

, 1 October 1991 * 26th Intelligence Group, 1 October 1993 – 30 June 1995 * 693d Intelligence Group (later 693d intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group), 12 July 2007 – present

Stations

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, England, 1 July 1974 – 30 June 1995 *

, Germany, 12 July 2007 – present

Awards

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Air Force ISR Agency

United States Air Forces in Europe: Ramstein Air Base, Germany
{{United States Air Force intelligence units Intelligence squadrons of the United States Air Force