688th Cyberspace Wing

688th Cyberspace Wing
Active1953–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleCyberspace operations
Size1388 military and civilians
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQJoint Base Lackland-San Antonio, Texas
DecorationsAir Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Joshua Rockhill
Current Vice-CommanderColonel Chantel Booker
Insignia
688th Cyberspace Wing emblem
Air Force Electronic Warfare Center emblem
Air Force Special Communications Center emblem

The United States Air Force's 688th Cyberspace Wing is a cyberspace operations unit located at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. It was first organized in July 1953 as the Air Force Special Communications Center. It produced long term intelligence information and developed intelligence gathering techniques. Losing its communications intelligence functions, it focused on electronic warfare, and in July 1975 was redesignated the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center. As its mission grew to include all elements of the spectrum, it became the Air Force Information Warfare Center in September 1993 and the Air Force Information Operations Center in October 2006. 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.