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The 39th Information Operations Squadron (39 IOS) is the U.S. Air Force's Information Operations schoolhouse, part of the Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional).
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Facilities
The schoolhouse teaches the Information Operations Integration Course, which is required training for Airmen assigned to Information Operations flight billets; the Signature Management Course, which teaches military deception and operational security to wing level officers and NCOs; and a military deception course aimed at operational level planners. The unit also offered the Air Force's first Undergraduate Network Warfare Training course in October 2007. Today, the 39 IOS falls under the 318th Information Operations Group, under the Air Force Information Operations Center.1
The 39 IOS is located on Hurlburt Field, Florida. The schoolhouse is a state of the art 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m2) facility housing several classrooms, multiple small group mission planning rooms and a 60-person auditorium. All classrooms are equipped with cutting edge communication and computer systems, to include secure video teleconferencing and fiber optic infrastructures. This allows real-time war gaming and improved instruction at multiple security levels.
Mission
Provide initial and advanced Information Operations / Cyberspace training and education for the United States Air Force.
History
The 39th Intelligence Squadron based out of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, was reassigned by the Air Intelligence Agency, from the 67th Intelligence Group to what was then called the Air Force Information Warfare Center on October 1, 1988. Upon realignment, the unit moved to Hurlburt Field, Fla. The squadron also took on the mission of the 67th IG’s Detachment 1, as it was deactivated during the reorganization. The Air Force approved changing the squadron’s name from the 39 IS to the 39th Information Operations Squadron September 1, 1999, to better reflect its new and expanded mission set. 2
Organization
The 39 IOS is part of the 318th Information Operations Group under the Air Force Information Operations Center.
Courses
Undergraduate Network Warfare Training
Initial Qualification Training for Network Warfare Operations Specialists. Students learn NW Ops concepts and operational functions, law and ethics in NW Ops, network fundamentals and NW Ops employment. Other activities include mission coordination and employment of network data extraction, manipulation, nodal vulnerability assessment, and engineering.
Information Operations Integration Course
To teach students the basics of IO, Air Force and Joint doctrine, concepts of operations, executing organizations, and operational functions of the USAF. Students will receive an initial familiarization of operations within the Air & Space Operations Center, focused on effects-based operations, and the importance of IO integration within operations planning.
Signature Management
Initial training for wing-level Signature Management Officers and NCOs. Combines traditional military deception and operations security concepts to assess installation processes in order to provide commander’s viable options in regards to protection or exploitation of installation signatures.
Operational Military Deception
Train MAJCOM/NAF operational Military Deception Planners in an Air & Space Operations Center environment.
See also
Air Force Portal, 39th IOS https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af/USAF/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&contentId=1437031&programId=1437097
References
FACT SHEET [1]
Air Force Portal
39th Information Operations Squadron
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