Wing boasts proud lineage

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  • 67th Network Warfare Wing
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) --  The 67th Network Warfare Wing and its predecessors have a long, distinguished service record.

The mission of the wing is to execute Air Force network operations, defense, attack and exploitation to create integrated cyberspace effects for the Air Force Network Operations commander and combatant commands.

Lineage

Nov. 6, 1947 -- Established as 67th Reconnaissance Wing

Nov. 25, 1947 -- Organized as 67th RW at March Field (later Air Force Base), Calif. Assigned to Twelfth Air Force until Dec. 20, 1948 and attached to 1st Fighter Wing.

Aug. 22, 1948 -- Redesignated 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, assigned to Fourth Air Force, and remained attached to 1st FW. Inactivated March 28, 1949 at March Field.

Feb. 25, 1951 -- Activated at Komaki Air Base, Japan, with assignment to Fifth Air Force. On March 21, moved to Taegu AB, South Korea and then moved to Kimpo AB, South Korea Aug. 20, 1951.

Dec. 6, 1954 -- Moved to Itami AB, Japan

July 1, 1957 -- Moved to Yokota AB, Japan

Nov. 10, 1958 -- Assigned to 41st Air Division

Dec. 8, 1960 -- Discontinued and inactivated at Yokota AB

Aug. 2, 1965 -- Activated with assignment to Tactical Air Command.

Jan 1, 1966 -- Organized at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho with assignment to Twelfth Air Force.

April 15, 1966 -- Assigned to 831st Air Division

July 15, 1971-- Moved to Bergstrom AFB, Texas

Oct. 1, 1991 -- Redesignated 67th Reconnaissance Wing with assignment to Twelfth Air Force

Sept. 30, 1993 -- Inactivated at Bergstrom AFB

Oct. 1, 1993 -- Activated and redesignated 67th Intelligence Wing at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, with assignment to Air Intelligence Agency

Aug. 1, 2000 -- Redesignated 67th Information Operations Wing

Feb. 1, 2001 -- Assigned to Eighth Air Force

July 5, 2006 -- Redesignated 67th Network Warfare Wing

Bestowed Honors - authorized to display honors earned before Nov. 25, 1947
World War II Campaign Streamers before Nov. 25, 1947
World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater
European-African-Middle Eastern: Air Offensive Europe
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Air Combat, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater

Decorations before Nov. 25, 1947
Distinguished Unit Citation: Le Havre and Straits of Dover, Feb. 15 to March 20, 1944
Belgian Fourragere: Citations in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: June 6 through Sept. 1944 and Dec. 16 through Jan. 25, 1945

Campaign Streamers
First United Nations Counteroffensive
Chinese Communist Forces Spring Offensive
U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea Summer-Fall, 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea Summer, 1953

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamer - Grenada, 1983

Gulf War Battle Honors
Defense of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2, 1990 to Jan. 16, 1991
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Jan. 17 to April 11, 1991

Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device, June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003.
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Feb. 1951 to March 31, 1953.

Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Dec. 1, 1952 to April 30, 1953
Aug. 1, 1966 to May 31, 1968
July 15, 1971 to May 15, 1973
May 16, 1974 to May 15, 1976
June 1, 1982 to May 31, 1983
June 1, 1983 to May 31, 1984
Jan. 1, 1985 to Feb. 1, 1986
Oct. 1, 1993 to Sept. 30, 1994
Oct. 1, 1994 to Sept. 30, 1995
Oct. 1, 1997 to Sept. 30, 1998
Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 30, 2000
June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002
June 1, 2003 to May 31, 2005