616th Operations Center
Appearance
616th Operations Center
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616th Operations Center airmen at Sixteenth Air Force Headquarters in 2021 | |
Active | 16 March 2020 – present |
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Part of | Air Combat Command |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Base San Antonio, Texas |
The 616th Operations Center (616 OC) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. It was activated on 16 March 2020 to replace the 624th Operations Center and the 625th Operations Center which were inactivated the same day.[1][2] The 616th coordinates the operations of 178 units worldwide, with capabilities including cyber warfare, electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and weather.[3]
Lineage
[edit]- Activated as the 616th Operations Center on 16 March 2020[1]
Assignments
[edit]- Sixteenth Air Force, 16 March 2020 – present[1]
Components
[edit]- 616th Air Communications Squadron, 4 November 2020 – present[4]
Stations
[edit]- Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, 16 March 2020 – present[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Garcia, Manuel (16 March 2020). "616th Operations Center Activation Ceremony". DVIDS. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Singleton, Sharon (19 March 2020). "Air Force Information Warfare's new warfighting unit activates". Air Combat Command. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Pomerleau, Mark (16 March 2020). "Air Force creates a new operations center for information warfare". C4ISRNET. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Musser, James (21 October 2021). "616 Air Communications Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2023.