| 26th Information Operations Wing | |
|---|---|
 Last wing RF-4Cs depart Zweibrücken Air Base | |
| Active | 1942–1947; 1952–1958; 1965–1991; 1991–2006 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Information warfare |
| Motto(s) | Beware, We Snap (World War II) Saber es Poder (Knowledge is Power) (Post War) |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Bryce Poe II |
| Insignia | |
| 26th Information Operations Wing emblem[1] |  |
| Patch with 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing emblem (Approved 4 September 1953)[2] |  |
| 5th Photographic Group emblem (Approved 25 January 1943)[3] |  |
The 26th Information Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 5 July 2006.
The wing was first established during World War II as the 5th Photographic Group with Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.
The 26th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing operated under the direction of Strategic Air Command from 1952 until 1958. The two units were consolidated in 1965 as the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing and served for the next twenty-six years with United States Air Forces Europe. The wing was inactivated on 31 July 1991.
The wing was activated again as the 26th Intelligence Wing in late 1991, redesignated 26th Information Operations Wing in August 2000, and inactivated in July 2006.
- ^ "Approved insignia for: 26th Intelligence Wing". National Archives Catalog. 26 August 1992. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 47–49
- ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 39–40