Laboratory Information:
688th Information Operations Wing
AFIOC/MSR-XPX
102 Hall Blvd., Ste. 337
San Antonio, TX 78243
Website: http://www.afisr.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4712
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Air Force
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Celia (Sally) Sobey
Phone: 210-977-5563
Email: Celia.Sobey@lackland.af.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Air Force
Information Operations Center (AFIOC) is located on Lackland
Air Force Base (AFB) in San Antonio, Tex. The AFIOC is an
information superiority center of excellence dedicated to
offensive and defensive counterinformation and information
operations.
The AFIOC
originally activated as the 6901st Special Communications
Center in July 1953. The following month, the 6901st
redesignated as the Air Force Special Communications Center,
becoming the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center (AFEWC) in
1975. Air Force successes in exploiting enemy information
systems during Operation DESERT STORM led to the realization
that the strategies and tactics of command and control
warfare (C2W) could be expanded to the entire information
spectrum and be implemented as information warfare. In
response, the AFIOC activated 10 September 1993, combining
technical skill sets from the former AFEWC with the Air Force
Cryptologic Support Center's Securities Directorate and
intelligence capabilities from the former Air Force
Intelligence Command.
AFIOC's team
of more than 1,000 military and civilian members are skilled
in the areas of operations, engineering, operations research,
intelligence, radar technology, communications and computer
applications. The members provide improved C2W and
information operations (IO) capabilities to the warfighting
USAF major commands.
Mission of the Laboratory:
AFIOC is the Air
Force's center of excellence for information operations.
AFIOC is responsible for creating the information operations
advantage for combatant forces through exploring, developing,
applying and transitioning counterinformation technology,
strategy, tactics and data to control the information
battlespace and providing the world's best IO
leaders.
Facilities:
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Computer & Telecommunication Protection Tools
- Force Training & Assessment
- IO Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
- Modeling & Analysis
- Technology Exploration & Demonstration
- Threat Analysis & Adversary Profiling
