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426th Network Warfare Squadron
Active	1943-1944; 1946-1948; 1993 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Network Warfare (includes Cyber Networks)
Role	Cyber Defense
Part of	AFRC/960th Cyberspace Wing/960th Cyberspace Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas
Nickname(s)	Guardians Of The Grid
Motto(s)	COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE^{[citation needed]}
Anniversaries	1 March 2013 (stand-up), 8 March 2014 (renaming)
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Mark Bishop

The United States Air Force's 426th Network Warfare Squadron (426 NWS) is an Air Force Reserve unit previously located in Vogelweh, Germany.

Since 8 March 2014, the 426 NWS has been officially relocated to San Antonio, Texas at Lackland Air Force Base.

Lineage

Constituted as 26th Airdrome Squadron on 25 Jan 1943. Activated 1 Feb 1943.
Redesignated as 26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) on 16 Apr 1943.
Disbanded on 1 Apr 1944.
Reconstituted on 11 Sep 1946.
Activated on 15 Oct 1946.
Inactivated on 28 Jul 1948.
Disbanded on 8 Oct 1948.
Reconstituted, redesignated as 26th Operations Support Flight, and activated, on 1 Oct 1993.
Redesignated as 426th Intelligence Squadron on 31 Dec 1995.
Redesignated as 426th Information Operations Squadron on 1 Aug 2000.
Redesignated as 426th Network Warfare Squadron on 5 Jul 2008.
Inactivated on 7 Sep 2011.
Activated on 1 Mar 2013.

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Assignments

Major Command

Air Force Intelligence Command (1 October 1991 – 1 October 1993)
Air Combat Command (2000–2009)
Air Force Space Command (2009–2018)
Air Force Reserve Command(2018 – present)

Wing/Group

24th Composite Wing (1946–1948)
688th Cyberspace Wing (2013 – present)
960th Cyber Operations Group (2013 – present)

Previous designations

26th Airdrome Squadron (25 January 1943 – 16 April 1943)
26th Airdrome Squadron (Special) (16 April 1943 – 1 April 1944; 11 September 1946 – 28 July 1948)
26th Operations Support Flight (1 October 1993 – 31 December 1995)
426th Intelligence Squadron (31 December 1995 – 1 August 2000)
426th Information Operations Squadron (1 August 2000 – 5 July 2008)
426th Network Warfare Squadron (5 July 2008 – present)

Bases stationed

Kearney Army Airfield, Nebraska (1 February 1943 – 1 April 1944)
Beane Field, St Lucia, British West Indies (15 October 1946 – 28 July 1948)
Vogelweh, Germany (1 October 1993 – 2014)
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America (8 March 2014, 2014 – present)

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ^[2]
- 1 October 1993 – 30 September 1994
- 1 October 1994 – 30 September 1995
- 1 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
- 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2002
- 1 June 2002 – 31 May 2003 (with Combat "V" device)
- 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2005
- 1 June 2005 – 31 May 2007

References

^ "Air Force Historical Research Agency - Fact Sheet (Printable) : 426 NETWORK WARFARE SQUADRON (ACC)". www.afhra.af.mil. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ 315 NWS Lineage and Honors, Air Force Historical Research Agency, n.d.

United States Air Force cyber units

Air Forces

16 AF

Wings

Combat Communications	689th
Information Operations	688th
Network Warfare	67th

Groups

Combat Communications	3d 5th 201st 226th 254th 281st
Cyberspace Engineering Installation	38th 251st 253d
Information Operations	318th
Network Operations	26th 50th
Network Support	690th
Network Warfare	67th

Squadrons

Combat Communications	1st (USAFE) 23d 31st 32d 33d 34th 35th 42d 51st 52d 53d 54th 55th 147th 221st 232d 236th 239th 242d 263d 264th 265th 267th 269th 271st 280th (AFSOC) 282d 283d 291st 292d 293d 644th (PACAF)
Combat Communications Support	3d 5th
Command and Control	119th 153d 222d
Communications	21st 721st
Cyberspace Readiness	38th
Engineering	38th
Engineering Installation	85th 130th 202d 205th 210th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 217th 219th 220th 241st 243d 270th 272d
Information Operations	39th 90th 92d
Intelligence Support	690th
Network Operations	26th 83d 561st
Network Support	690th
Network Warfare	33d 68th 91st 315th 352d 426th
Operations Support	38th
Space Communications	30th 45th 50th 460th

Flights

Communications	310th 710th

Centers

Space Operations Command

Air Forces

Fourteenth (Strategic)

Centers

Bases

Stations

Space wings

Air Base groups

61st
821st Air Base Group

Squadrons

Command and Control	1st 2d 3d 4th 55th Mobile 119th 153d 222d 721st Mobile
Space Control	1st 4th 16th 20th 25th 76th 380th
Space Launch	1st 2nd 3d Space Launch Squadron 4th 5th
Space Operations	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 19th 21st 22d 23d 111th 148th AFSPC
Space Warning	2nd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 137th 213th
Others	26th Space Aggressor (AFRC) 527th Space Aggressor (ACC) 3d Space Communications 50th Space Communications 850th Space Communications 1st Space Development Squadron 2d Space Development Squadron 3d Space Development Squadron 3rd Space Experimentation 1st Space Surveillance 3d Space Surveillance 5th Space Surveillance 1st Air and Space Test 2d Test Operations Squadron 3d Space Test Squadron 4th Space Test Squadron 55th Space Weather

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations
Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy
Major commands	ACC AETC AFGSC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AMC PACAF USAFE–AFAFRICA
Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Expeditionary Fifteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second
Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security Forces Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

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