93d Intelligence Squadron. Ground linguists at the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (MRSOC), Medina Annex, San Antonio, Texas, 9 Apr 1998.

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4 93d Intelligence Squadron. Ground linguists at the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (MRSOC), Medina Annex, San Antonio, Texas, 9 Apr d Intelligence Squadron. A Fiber Optic Technician at the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (MRSOC), Medina Annex in San Antonio, Texas, in d Intelligence Squadron. (Top) Installing subfloors at the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (MRSOC), Medina Annex in San Antonio, Texas, in (Bottom) Maintenance Personnel at the Medina Regional Security Operations Center (MRSOC), Medina Annex, San Antonio, Texas, 7 Jan th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing. A1C Morris Windless practices drill movements for Honor Guard at Ft. Meade, Maryland on 17 January The Honor Guard uses M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, the standard U.S. service weapon from 1936 to th Intelligence Squadron. A COMFY LEVI Ground Maintenance technician at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, ca. early 1980s. 94th Intelligence Squadron. A COMFY LEVI Airborne Analyst at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, ca. 1980s. COMFY LEVI was the roll-on/ roll-off Signals Intelligence Suite aboard the C-130. SENIOR SCOUT, a tactical airborne intelligence system later replaced COMFY LEVI in 1991.

5 273d Information Operations Squadron. MSgt Michael Connelly and A1C Clovis Guevara inspecting the servers at Lackland AFB, TX on 14 Feb st Intelligence Squadron. Aerial view of the AN/FLR-9 Antenna System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, taken shortly after it decommissioned on 25 May The system is a large circular antenna array, built at eight locations in the 1960s for high frequency direction finding (HF/DF). The worldwide network could locate HF communications almost anywhere on the planet. Due to the exceptionally large size (1056 vertical steel wires supported by foot towers), the FLR-9 is commonly referred to as the Elephant Cage. 306th Intelligence Squadron (Provisional). Project Liberty air and ground crews pose with their MC-12W ISR platform at Beale AFB, California on 10 Jan Project Liberty deploys sensor-equipped, modified Hawker-Beechcraft C-12 Huron aircraft (designated MC-12W) to enhance the Air Force s tactical ISR capability. The Project Liberty Mission ended for the Air Force on 1 October th Communications Security Squadron. (Left) McCormick of Detachment 6 at the AP 8-Ball Lodge billets at Osan AB, Korea in Oct 1953 shortly after the Korean War (25 Jun Jul 1953). (Top Left) O Rourke with F-86 SABRE at Detachment 6 in Osan AB, Korea, Oct 1953, just after the Korean War. Osan AB was previously referred to as its airfield designation K-55. (Top Right) Airmen (L-R) Rhodes, Joe Gifford, Lewis, Wilson, Hamilton & Sykes of Detachment 6, in Moriyama, Japan in (Right) William Rhodes in a Radio Hut at Detachment 6 in Osan, Korea during the Korean War, April 1953.

6 694th Electronic Security Wing. Staff posing for photos at Osan AB, Korea, ca d Electronic Security Wing. View of Detachment 2 s operating location at RAF Edzell, Scotland. 695th Electronic Security Wing. Detachment 3 s Mobile Operations at the Nellis Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during exercise operations, ca. late 1980s-early 1990s. 691st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group. Group personnel with geodesic radomes in the background at Menwith Hill, England on 16 Oct d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group. Entrance to the Hawaii Security Operations Center (HSOC) at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. ca

7 690th Security Wing. Security Police outside the Wing building at Berlin, Germany in th Security Squadron. The SENIOR BOOK downlink door at Nakhon Phanom Airport, Thailand in The squadron operated the SENIOR BOOK and COMPASS FLAG programs, processing and reporting information collected from both platforms during the Vietnam War. 169th Intelligence Squadron. The Utah Air National Guard (UTANG) from Salt Lake City, Utah, performing exercise operations in The unit provides indications, warning, and multi-discipline support to the National Command Authority and theater commanders. 6906th Electronic Security Squadron. Antenna Testing at Brooks AFB, Texas in th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical Wing. Photo Technician processing continuous roll reconnaissance film at Offutt AFB, Nebraska in d Electronic Security Group. Awards Photo at Osan AB, Korea, ca. 1980s. Legend has it, the unit s nickname, Skivvy Nine is based on the locals inability to pronounce the unit s numerical designation when they first arrived. No one knows for sure and the unit, now the 303d Intelligence Squadron, retains the nickname despite the loss of the 6903d designation in 1993.

8 6910th Security Wing. An attentive Airman operating the Manual Morse Recording Position at Darmstadt, Germany in th Security Wing. Radio Operators participating in an on-the-job training course at Darmstadt, Germany in st Special Communications Group. The gate at Zweibrücken Communications Annex, near Zweibrücken, Germany, ca th Radio Squadron, Mobile. Detachment 3 s Team A manning the telephone monitoring positions at Exercises STRONG HOLD and WHIP SAW at Kindsbach, Germany, September th Radio Squadron, Mobile. Leadership forms the reviewing party at a parade honoring USAFSS Commander, Major General Harold H. Bassett s visit to the squadron at Landsberg AFB, Germany in May (L-R: Maj Gen Bassett, Col Augustinus, Col Clark & Lt Col Riggle).

9 Air Force Cryptologic Depot. (Left) Two Automatic Data Specialists at Kelly AFB, Texas, prepare computers for a long-range look at Air Force communications to find security violations, ca. 1960s. Timely, on-the-spot reviews are necessary to detect and correct improper procedures and faulty systems. (Right) The AFCD building at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, ca th Electronic Security Squadron. Aerial view of American, French, and German Towers in the Hoher Bogen mountain range along the border of former Czechoslovakia during the Cold War.

10 6916th Electronic Security Squadron. (Below Right) Training on the new graphics positions at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece, ca. late 1970s. (Below Left) State-of-the-art Ground Transcription Position at Hellenikon Air Base, Greece, ca. 1980s. (Bottom Left) Unit deployed operating location during Operation DESERT SHIELD at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in (Bottom Right) The RIVET JOINT on Flight Line 10 at Hellenikon, Greece, ca. 1980s. The RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT supports theater- and national-level consumers with near-real-time on-scene ISR collection, analysis, and dissemination capabilities. 6916th Security Squadron. Battling severe weather conditions to complete the compound at Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, ca. 1970s. The 6916th Security Squadron at Ramstein AB inactivated on 30 June The personnel and assets moved to their detachment s location at Hellenikon Air Base in Greece and a new 6916th Security Squadron began on 1 July Air Force Special Communications Center. Major Norris Sauls poses for a photo before leading Detachment 5 to Eglin AFB, Florida for an exercise in 1967.

11 Electronic Security Command. (Above) In the Pursuit of Excellence, there is no Finish Line at the ESC NCO Professional Military Education Center, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, ca. 1980s. (Left) Maj Gen Paul H. Martin speaks before relinquishing command of the Electronic Security Command to Maj Gen Gary W. O Shaughnessy in the Headquarters courtyard at Kelly AFB, Texas on 15 Aug Maj Gen Martin is wearing the ceremonial white uniform introduced in the mid-1980s, which incorporated a metallic sleeve braid and shoulder board rank insignia. The uniform discontinued in (Below) South-facing aerial view of the new USAFSS building at Kelly AFB (now Lackland Annex), Texas, in 1953 before the Headquarters staff moved across town from Brooks AFB.

12 6917th Electronic Security Group. Entrance to the compound at San Vito, Italy with the AN/FLR-9 antenna in the background, ca. 1980s. 6917th Security Group. (Above) Col Claude Cox, Base Commander, poses on his horse next to the AN/FLR-9 antenna in San Vito, Italy, ca. late 1960s. (Left Middle) Unit sign at the gate at San Vito, Italy, in (Left Bottom) Payday in San Vito, Italy, ca. 1960s.

13 6947th Security Squadron. Aerial view of the facility at Cudjoe Key, Florida on 27 June th Security Group. Operator working the Search-Monitor Console at Hof Air Station, Germany in st Security Group. (Right) Performing maintenance on a PT-6 Reel-to-Reel Recorder at Iraklion Air Station, Crete, ca. early 1980s. (Below) Gate entering Iraklion Air Station, Crete, ca. early 1980s.

14 6987th Security Group. The Hou Keng Radar Site in 1970, located on the coast, approximately six miles north of Shu Lin Kou Air Station in Taiwan. (Above Left) USAFSS Commander, Major General Carl W. Stapleton and Pacific Security Region Commander, Col James S. Novy visit Shu Lin Kou Air Station, Taiwan in May (Above Right) The Manual Morse Operations Section at Shu Lin Kou Air Station, Taiwan in May 1969.

15 6924th Security Group. Preparations for a visit from Bob Hope at Da Nang, Vietnam in National Air and Space Intelligence Center. Colonel Leah Lauderback receives the NASIC flag from the AF ISR Agency Commander, Major General John Shanahan, at the Nation Museum of the USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, on 28 May th Radio Squadron, Mobile. The Entry Control Point to unit operations at Fuchu Air Station, Japan, 6 Jun The unit later moved to Yokota Air Base and became the 6988th Security Squadron in st Communication Security Flight. Flight Commander, Major Jose Blondet presents a Bronze Star to a deserving Captain Walter C. Young in d Electronic Security Squadron. Putting the finishing touches on the Squadron emblem at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, ca. early 1980s.

16 6952d Radio Squadron, Mobile. The Squadron Operations Building at Royal Air Force [Station] (RAF) Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland, in United States Air Force Security Service units operated at the station from 1952 to RAF Kirknewton, and the neighboring Ritchie Camp, previously served as a British-run prisoner of war camp for German officers awaiting transfer to the United States during World War II. 6952d Electronic Security Squadron. Deployed to RAF Sculthorpe, England in July d Air Base Wing. (Above) Disaster Preparedness Support Team from TUSLOG Detachment 94-2 responding to a simulated chemical situation during an attack response exercise held on 2 December 1974 at Karamursel, Turkey. (Left) TUSLOG Detachment 94 participates in a joint Turkish-American retreat ceremony at Karamursel, Turkey in (Below) TUSLOG Detachment 94 leadership at the dedication of the new AN/FLR-9 Antenna System at Karamursel, Turkey, ca The AN/FLR-9 Antenna array was nicknamed the Elephant Cage due to its size.

17 Electronic Security Command. (Above) The ESC Honor Guard at the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, San Antonio, Texas, in (Below) Aerial photo of the Command Headquarters building in 1986, shortly after the completion of building 2007 (bottom of photo). Notice the four guard towers, which were removed the same year. The COMFY DUMBO satellite dish is in the upper right corner.

18 6924th Security Squadron. (Top Left) Assessing damage on the Operations Floor after an accidental explosion of several bomb and ammunition dumps. Fire from routine trash burning got into a Marine ammo storage and then to an Air Force bomb storage area. The concussion from the explosions caused damage to the Squadron s facilities at Da Nang, Vietnam in (Top middle) Operations Communication (OPSCOMM) at Ramasun, Thailand, ca. 1970s. (Top Right) Surveying equipment status in the warehouse at Da Nang, Vietnam, ca. mid-1960s. (Right) Doing their best to make it home with picket fences, palm trees, and the Squadron sign at Da Nang, Vietnam, ca Air Force Cryptologic Support Center. Circuit Board testing at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, ca Electronic Security, Alaska. Captain Harry H. Wilkins at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, drawing out the lettering on the ESA Emblem in 1984.

19 Air Force Technical Applications Center. (Top Right) A Lab Technician demonstrates a Thermal Ion Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) at Patrick AFB, Florida on 10 Aug (Above) An AFTAC Airman performs maintenance on a seismometer borehole. Seismometers measure ground motion as a basic component to locate and measure the size of various sources, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other seismic sources. (Top Left) Aerospace Research Equipment technician downloading radioactive filter papers aboard the WC-135 CONSTANT PHOENIX. (Above) An AFTAC Airman conducts sample analysis on an electron microphobe, an analytic tool used to nondestructively determine the chemical composition of small volumes of solid materials.

20 European Electronic Security Division. Hosted by EESD at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, regional First Sergeants pose at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany, while on temporary duty to the First Sergeant s Conference, 8-14 November th Security Police Squadron. (Top) Electronic Security Command s Elite Guard in the courtyard of the Headquarters building at Kelly AFB, Texas in The Airmen are still wearing the USAFSS beret pins because the new Command emblem pins were not yet available. (Above) The Elite Guard posted at the entrance to the Air Force Intelligence Command Headquarters building at Kelly AFB, Texas, ca Air Intelligence Agency. (Below) A trumpeter (bugler) playing Taps for the Agency s POW-MIA Ceremony at Kelly AFB, Texas on 15 September (Right) Demolition of the Security Hill Water Tower at Kelly AFB, Texas on 28 Jun The tower stood on Security Hill for nearly 60 years.

21 15th Radio Squadron, Mobile. Detachment 3 s AN/ GRC-26A Transmitting Site at Cho-do during the Korean War in Located north of the 38th Parallel, the island was shelled by enemy 76mm mortars on several occasions, prompting the unit to relocate to Paengnyongdo ( do means island) to the south. 15th Radio Squadron, Mobile. Radio Fingerprint position at Ashiya AB, Japan in This unit has always been on the cutting edge of technology and is now the 315th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Ft. George Meade in Maryland. 15th Radio Squadron, Mobile. Collection position at Ashiya AB, Japan in th Intelligence Wing. Former Headquarters of the Wing in building 2012 at Kelly AFB, Texas, ca th Intelligence Wing. Groundbreaking ceremony for building 2067 (Polivka Hall) presided by Maj Gen Michael V. Hayden, AIA Commander, at Kelly AFB, Texas on 25 June The Wing moved into the completed building in th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Senior Airman Jayme Warner guides a RC- 135V/W RIVET JOINT while deployed to Southwest Asia, 7 October The day marks the 7,000th consecutive day the RIVET JOINT provided near real-time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination in support of Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM. 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Hangar-2 at Shemya, a small island in the Aleutian chain off of Alaska. This photo was taken in 2003, well after the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing became the 55th Wing. Renamed Eareckson Air Station in 1993, the airfield is owned and operated by the US Air Force for refueling and diversion purposes.

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