33rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron

The 33rd's mission, as the USAF's lone network warfare squadron dedicated to Air Force network defense, is to execute all aspects of AF network defense as an element of the distributed AF Network Operations Center. The squadron monitors, secures, and protects Air Force and Central Command global networks, ensures network integrity, reliability, availability, and confidentiality and responds to hostile network threats and attacks. ==History==

World War II The squadron was established in mid-1943 as the 70th Reconnaissance Squadron, a tactical reconnaissance squadron. Shortly afterwards, the squadron converted to a photographic reconnaissance unit and was redesignated the 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. It trained in the southeast United States as an element of the Third Air Force. By 1993 the USAF was eliminating its Major Command controlled (MAJCON) (four digit) units. To preserve the heritage of the 6933d, the squadron was consolidated with the 33d Reconnaissance Squadron as the 33rd Intelligence Squadron. It continued to provide intelligence support in Panama until inactivating on 30 June 1996. The squadron was again activated on 1 August 2000 as the 33rd Information Operations Squadron at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. It conducted information operations and after 5 July 2005, network defense operations. It was redesignated the 33rd Network Warfare Squadron in July 2007 and the 33rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron in 2022. ==Lineage==

33rd Reconnaissance Squadron • Constituted as the 70th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 15 June 1943 : Activated on 20 June 1943. : Redesignated 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943 : Inactivated on 22 Nov 1945 • Redesignated 31st Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 5 September 1947 : Activated in the reserve on 13 November 1947 : Redesignated 33rd Reconnaissance Squadron (Night Photographic) on 25 November 1947 : Inactivated on 27 June 1949 • Consolidated on 1 October 1993 with the 6933rd Electronic Security Squadron as the 33rd Intelligence Squadron England, 23 March 1944 • Rennes-St-Jacques Airfield (A-27), France, 18 August 1944 • Châteaudun Airfield (A-39), France, 27 August 1944 • Saint-Dizier Airfield (A-64), France, 12 September 1944 • Conflans-en-Jarnisy Airfield (A-94), France, 29 November 1944 • Trier/Euren Airfield (Y-57), 28 March 1945 • Ober Olm Airfield (Y-64), Germany, 5 April 1945 • Fürth Airfield (later AAF Station Fürth) (R-28), Germany, 30 April 1945 - 22 November 1945 • Mitchel Field (later Mitchel Air Force Base), New York, 13 November 1947 - 27 June 1949 • Howard Air Base, Panama, 1 October 1985 - 30 June 1996 • Kelly Air Force Base (Later Lackland Air Force Base - Kelly Annex, Joint Base San Antonio), Texas, 1 August 2000 – present Aircraft • Lockheed F-5 Lightning, 1943–1945 • Lockheed F-4 Lightning, 1943–1944 • North American F-6 Mustang, 1945 Awards and Campaigns ==See also==