Rose

The United States Air Force's 426th Network Warfare Squadron (426 NWS) is an Air Force Reserve unit previously located in Vogelweh, Germany.

Since 8 March 2014, the 426 NWS has been officially relocated to San Antonio, Texas at Lackland Air Force Base.

Lineage

• Constituted as 26th Airdrome Squadron on 25 Jan 1943. Activated 1 Feb 1943.
• Redesignated as 26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) on 16 Apr 1943.
• Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944.
• Reconstituted on 11 Sep 1946.
• Activated on 15 Oct 1946.
• Inactivated on 28 Jul 1948.
• Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.
• Reconstituted, redesignated as 26th Operations Support Flight, and activated, on 1 Oct 1993.
• Redesignated as 426th Intelligence Squadron on 31 Dec 1995.
• Redesignated as 426th Information Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 2000.
• Redesignated as 426th Network Warfare Squadron on 5 Jul 2008.
• Inactivated on 7 Sep 2011.
• Activated on 1 Mar 2013.

^[1]

Assignments

Major Command

• Air Force Intelligence Command (1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993)
• Air Combat Command (2000–2009)
• Air Force Space Command (2009–2018)
• Air Force Reserve Command(2018 – present)

Wing/Group

• 24th Composite Wing (1946–1948)
• 688th Cyberspace Wing (2013 – present)
• 960th Cyber Operations Group (2013 – present)

Previous designations

• 26th Airdrome Squadron (25 January 1943 – 16 April 1943)
• 26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) (16 April 1943 – 1 April 1944; 11 September 1946 – 28 July 1948)
• 26th Operations Support Flight (1 October 1993 – 31 December 1995)
• 426th Intelligence Squadron (31 December 1995 – 1 August 2000)
• 426th Information Operations Squadron (1 August 2000 – 5 July 2008)
• 426th Network Warfare Squadron (5 July 2008 – present)

Bases stationed

• Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska (1 February 1943 – 1 April 1944)
• Beane Field, St Lucia, British West Indies (15 October 1946 – 28 July 1948)
• Vogelweh, Germany (1 October 1993 – 2014)
• Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America (8 March 2014, 2014 – present)

Decorations

• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ^[2]
  • 1 October 1993 – 30 September 1994
  • 1 October 1994 – 30 September 1995
  • 1 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
  • 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2002
  • 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003 (with Combat "V" device)
  • 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005
  • 1 June 2005 – 31 May 2007

See also

• List of cyber warfare forces

References