67th Cyberspace Wing
67th Cyberspace Wing
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| Active | 1947–1949; 1951–1960; 1966–1993; 1993–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Role | Information operations |
| Size | Wing |
| Part of | Air Force Space Command |
| 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 |
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| Current commander |
Colonel B. Pyburn |
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 Twenty-Fourth 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.
The wing was reactivated in Japan as the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in February 1951, 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 assigned to other units.
The wing was reactivated at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho in 1966 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 activated the following day at Kelly Air Force Base as the 67th Intelligence Wing and has continued the electronic intelligence mission since then.
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