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| Air Force Informations Operations Center | |
|---|---|
| Active | 2008-Present? |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Information Operations |
| Role | Cyberspace Research and Development |
| Part of | Twenty Fourth Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Lackland AFB, Texas |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel David Toomey |
The United States Air Force's 688th Information Operations Wing is an Information Operations unit planned to be located at Lackland AFB, Texas.1 It was scheduled to form as a redesignation of the Air Force Information Operations Center (AFIOC) by initial Air Force Cyber Command planning in 2007-2008,2 but its status is unclear now that Cyber Command is not to be activated.
The AFIOC originally activated as the 6901st Special Communications Center in July 1953.3 The following month, the 6901st redesignated as the Air Force Special Communications Center, becoming the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center (AFEWC) in 1975. Air Force successes in exploiting enemy information systems during Operation DESERT STORM led to the realization that the strategies and tactics of command and control warfare (C2W) could be expanded to the entire information spectrum and be implemented as information warfare. In response, the AFIOC activated 10 September 1993, combining technical skill sets from the former AFEWC with the Air Force Cryptologic Support Center's Securities Directorate and intelligence capabilities from the former Air Force Intelligence Command.
Today AFIOC has a staff of 1,000 civil and military personnel, and based in the same place as United States Strategic Command's JIOWC it carries out the functions of a center of excellence with regards to information operations. It is currently run by David Toomey and attached to the 8th Air Force.4
Proposed units that were to be assigned to the 688 IOW
- Air Force Information Operations Center - Lackland AFB, Texas
- 193d Special Operations Wing - Pennsylvania
- 318th Information Operations Group - Lackland AFB, Texas
- 23d Information Operations Squadron -
- 39th Information Operations Squadron - Hurlburt Field, Florida
- 92d Information Operations Squadron -
- 262d Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron - McChord AFB, Washington
- 346th Test Squadron - Lackland AFB, Texas
- 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron - Lackland AFB, Texas
References
- ^ Air Force News: "Official detail scope, units of AFCYBER command"
- ^ Intelligence Online, [1], accessed January 2009
- ^ United States Air Force, Air Force Information Operations Center Factsheet, accessed December 2008
- ^ Intelligence Online, [2], accessed January 2009
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