In 2009, it was reassigned from the intelligence community to Air Combat Command and became the 688th Information Operations Wing, assuming its current name in September 2013.
[5][6] These two organizations assumed the operational functions previously performed by the Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Air Force Security Service.
One month later, these two organizations moved to Kelly Air Force Base, located on the other side of San Antonio, Texas.
[7] However, the National Security Agency (NSA) wanted to centralize communications intelligence and cryptological functions under a single organizational umbrella.
In March 1967, it commenced production of electronic warfare evaluations known as Comfy Coat reports, which initially focused on intelligence requirements in Southeast Asia.
[1] The center focused on exploring new and state-of-the-art electronic warfare technologies to counter the command and control systems of potential adversaries.
By the middle of the 1980s, it was the primary source of electronic warfare and command, control, and communications countermeasures analysis and advice for the Air Force.
The center employed computers with high-speed microprocessors, to provide senior battle commanders with analytical reports on the use of electronic warfare in exercise and real-world scenarios.
These contributions eventually played a crucial role in the effective use of electronic warfare during Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s.
[11] Air Force successes in exploiting enemy information systems during Operation Desert Storm persuaded senior military leaders that electronic warfare capabilities could combine with the strategies and tactics of command and control warfare to enable operations across the entire information spectrum.
The center also provided advanced information warfare training for the Air Force and continued its support of warfighters in contingencies and exercises through quantitative analysis, modeling and simulation, and database and technical expertise in communications and computer security.
[17] Today the wing has a staff of nearly 1,400 civil and military personnel,[1] and based in the same location as United States Strategic Command's Joint Information Operations Warfare Center.