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The 5 SSS was inactivated in 2003, with administration of RAF Feltwell transferred to Detachment 4, 18th Intelligence Squadron. On 15 April 2022, the 5th Space Control Squadron was redesignated the 5th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron. [4]
Cyber is the only branch designed to directly engage threats within the cyberspace domain." [ 4 ] Prior to the establishment of the Cyber Corps, cyber and information warfare military occupational specialities (MOSs) were managed by several other Army branches and functional areas, primarily the Military Intelligence Corps and Signal Corps .
The mission of a United States Air Force electronic warfare squadron is to use the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) to attack an enemy, or impede enemy actions by denying the use of the EM spectrum, whilst ensuring friendly forces free access to it.
The battalion consists of three primary elements based at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), Georgia; a headquarters company, a military intelligence company, and a cyber/electromagnetic activities company. The battalion was formed as a provisional unit 22 May 2017, and became a permanent part of the Regiment 16 June 2020. [1] [2] [3]
The purpose of electromagnetic warfare is to deny the opponent the advantage of—and ensure friendly unimpeded access to—the EM spectrum. Electromagnetic warfare can be applied from air, sea, land, or space by crewed and uncrewed systems, and can target communication, radar, or other military and civilian assets. [2] [3]
Officer [5] [6] 17A Cyber Warfare Officer; 17B Cyber Electromagnetic Activities Officer - Electronic Warfare; 17D Cyber Capabilities Development Officer; 17X Cyber Officer Designated; Warrant [5] [6] 170A Cyber Operations Technician; 170B Cyber Electromagnetic Activities Technician - Electronic Warfare; 170D Cyber Capabilities Developer ...
The squadron was redesignated the 453d Electronic Warfare Squadron and activated at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas on 1 August 2000 as a component of the 318th Information Operations Group, [1] when the Air Force Information Warfare Center reorganized and the 318th Group was assigned the mission of making information warfare operational. [17]
The Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) (16 AF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) organization responsible for information warfare, which encompasses intelligence gathering and analysis, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber warfare and electronic warfare operations. Its headquarters is at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.