World War II The
group was activated at
Venice Army Air Field, Florida toward the end of
World War II as the
567th Air Service Group and trained to support a single combat group in an overseas theater. Its 985th Air Engineering Squadron would provide maintenance that was beyond the capability of the combat group, its 1005th Air Materiel Squadron would handle all supply matters, and its Headquarters & Base Services Squadron would provide other support. as part of a major reorganization of
Air Defense Command (ADC) responding to ADC's difficulty under the existing
wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage. It replaced the 325th Air Base Group as the USAF host unit for McChord. while the operational elements of the inactivating
325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing transferred to the
4704th Defense Wing. The group was assigned seven
squadrons to perform its support responsibilities. The group also maintained aircraft stationed at McChord. from the
4704th Defense Wing as its operational elements. The same day, the
465th FIS, flying
radar equipped and
Mighty Mouse rocket armed
North American F-86D Sabres was activated as the group's third operational squadron. In July 1953, the 318th FIS moved to Greenland and was transferred from the group. as result of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. The group was disbanded once again in September 1984.
Cyberspace operations On 29 June 2018, the Air Force activated the
567th Cyberspace Operations Group at
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Four of its squadrons are located at
Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The 835th and 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadrons are located at Scott, where the group
headquarters was originally located. In July 2020, the headquarters joined the other squadrons in Texas. Three months later, two of its squadrons were transferred to the new 867th Cyberspace Operations Group at
Fort Meade, Maryland. ==Lineage==