318th Cyberspace Operations Group | |
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Active | 1943–1945; 2000–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Cyberspace operations |
Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas |
Engagements | China-Burma-India Theater |
Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award |
Insignia | |
318th Cyberspace Operations Group emblem (approved 1 August 2011)[1] |
The 318th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force information operations unit located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The group was first activated during World War II as the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. After training in the United States, the unit moved to the China-Burma-India Theater and engaged in hostilities until the end of the war. It returned to the United States in November 1945, and was inactivated at the port of embarkation.
The group was disbanded in 1947, but was reestablished in 1985 as the 318th Electronic Warfare Group, being renumbered to fit the Air Force's policy of numbering its operational groups and wings in a single series. It was activated in 2000 as the 318th Information Operations Group and received its current name in 2013.