609th Information Warfare Squadron

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609th Information Warfare Squadron
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Active1995 - 1999
Country United States of America
Branch United States Air Force (1995 - 1999)
Part of 9th Air Force
Garrison/HQ Shaw Air Force Base
Nickname(s)609 IWS
Motto(s)Anticipate or Perish

The 609th Information Warfare Squadron was a squadron assigned to 9th Air Force under Air Combat Command with headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina. It was the first operational information warfare combat unit in United States military history. [1] It primarily supported fighter wings in the eastern United States and in the United States Central Air Forces area of operations.

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Inactivated on June 30, 1999

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References

  1. Ruffini, Joseph (30 June 1999), Official history of the 609th Information Warfare Squadron from 1995 to 1999 (PDF), Shaw AFB, SC: AFHRA, p. 1
  2. Rosenberger, Rob (24 September 2003). "609 IWS and 7102 CPUSS". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2010. Email, AFHRA (Dr. A. Timothy Warnock), to AFRC/HO (MSgt Robin Rosenberger), 'Two units L&H,' 24 March 03

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Bibliography

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  • Fletcher, Harry R. Air Force Bases: Volume II, Air Bases Outside the United States of America. Office of Air Force History, 1989. ISBN   0-16-002261-4.