67th Cyberspace Wing
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 Emblem[1] | |
| Active | 1947–1949; 1951–1960; 1966–1993; 1993–present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Information operations |
| Size | Wing |
| Part of | 16th Air Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Lackland Air Force Base |
| Motto(s) | Lux ex Tenebris Latin (Light from Darkness) |
| Engagements | Korean War |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with V Device Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel John W. Picklesimer |
The 67th Cyberspace Wing is a United States Air Force wing stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. It was activated in October 1993 as a military intelligence unit and is assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force.
The wing was first activated at March Field as the 67th Reconnaissance Wing as part of the wing base organization system. However, only its 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group ever became operational and it relied on another wing for support. It was inactivated in the 1949 Truman reductions in the Department of Defense budget.
In February 1951, the wing was reactivated in Japan as the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, replacing the 543d Tactical Support Group as the headquarters for tactical reconnaissance units during the Korean War. It moved to Korea and served in combat until the armistice was signed in July 1953. Following the war, it returned to Japan and by 1957 was the only reconnaissance unit assigned to Far East Air Forces. The wing was inactivated in 1960 and its remaining squadrons were assigned to other units.
In 1966, the wing was reactivated at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho and trained for reconnaissance missions. It became Tactical Air Command's replacement training unit for the McDonnell RF-4C Phantom II. From 1968 to 1970, it acquired a fighter unit and also trained fighter aircrews on the F-4. In July 1971, Mountain Home became a fighter base and the wing moved without personnel or equipment to Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where it absorbed the assets of the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, which was inactivated. It continued its reconnaissance mission at Bergstrom until inactivating on 30 September 1993. The wing reactivated the following day at Kelly Air Force Base as the 67th Intelligence Wing under Air Intelligence Agency and continued the electronic intelligence mission. It has been redesignated multiple times since then, including a change to 67th Information Operations Wing and being assigned to Eighth Air Force. It was later redesignated as the 67th Network Warfare Wing. When the Twenty-Fourth Air Force was activated in 2009, it was reassigned from Eighth Air Force to Twenty-Fourth Air Force. It is currently assigned to Sixteenth Air Force and is currently designated as the 67th Cyberspace Wing.
- ^ The emblem was approved 20 March 1952.Lacomia, John (8 May 2015). "Factsheet 67 Cyberspace Wing (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 8 February 2020.