The 960th Cyberspace Operations Group, at
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of S ...
, Texas, is a United States Air Force group managing four squadrons relating to computer network operations. The group was established 1 March 2013 as a
reserve unit of the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army S ...
. On 1 March 2014, the 426th Network Warfare Squadron was again reactivated under the 960th Group. as its oldest part.
The group is responsible for operating and maintaining the Air Force's global enterprise network. The 960th is the largest
group compared to related reserve Wings. The group is composed of four network squadrons and multiple combat squadrons located around the nation.
Mission
The 960th Group provides command and control of the network security boundaries of all Air Force installations. Technicians from the group are moving base-by-base and rolling all AF network core services (email, web access, etc.) into a single Air Force Network (AFNet). The AFNet is managed by two Network Operations Squadrons and their associated AFR components.
Assigned Units
* 42d Cyberspace Operations Squadron, (
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. Scott Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the ...
, Illinois)
associated with the
835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron
* 426th Network Warfare Squadron, (
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of S ...
, Texas)
[ associated with the ]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 ...
* 50th Network Warfare Squadron, (Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of S ...
, Texas)[
* 52d Network Warfare Squadron, (]Offutt Air Force Base
Offutt Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base south of Omaha, adjacent to Bellevue in Sarpy County, Nebraska. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the 557th Weather Wing, and the 55th Wing (55 WG) of the Ai ...
, Nebraska)[
* 689th Network Operations Squadron, (]Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. O ...
, Alabama) associated with the 26th Network Operations Squadron
The 26th Network Operations Squadron (26 NOS), United States Air Force, is a network operations unit located at Gunter Annex, in Montgomery, AL.
History
The squadron was established as the 1987th Communications Squadron on June 1, 1966, at Nakho ...
* 854th Combat Operations Squadron, (Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of S ...
, Texas) associated with the 616th Operations Center
* 960th Operations Support Flight (Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of S ...
, Texas)
Assignments
* Tenth Air Force
The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). 10 AF is headquartered at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base/Carswell Field (formerly Carswell ...
, 1 Mar 2013 – present
See also
* List of cyber warfare forces
Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to operate in a cyberwarfare environment. In several cases this units acts also as the national computer emergency response team for civilian cybersecurity thre ...
References
; Notes
External links
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* {{cite web, url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15952 , last1=Roberston, first1=Patsy, title=Factsheet 67 Network Warfare Wing (AFSPC), date=4 December 2009, publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150313200829/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=15952 , archive-date=13 March 2015 , access-date=5 October 2016
Groups of the United States Air Force
Military units and formations of the United States Air Force Reserves