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Air Force Reserve Command ISR director meets with 433rd Airlift Wing members
May 20, 2021 — Brig. Gen. John McKaye, Air Force Reserve Command director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, visited 433rd Airlift Wing leadership and intelligence Reserve Citizen Airmen to discuss challenge areas to enable headquarters to better support wing-level activities at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland May 1... MORE

Brig. Gen. John McKaye, director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, talks with 433rd Airlift Wing personnel during a visit to the wing, May 1, 2021, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. McKaye wanted to emphasis the importance of being able to bring up concerns and being able to reach out for support. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)

Contracting offices join forces to tackle Sixteenth Air Force Information Warfare mission
August 3, 2020 — As Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) reached full operational capability earlier this month, solidifying the convergence of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber, electromagnetic warfare, information operations, and weather operations, federal agencies’ and joint partners’ need for these capabilities continues to skyrocket. ... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) Shields

Air Force Information Warfare’s new warfighting unit activates
March 23, 2020 — The 616th Operations Center was activated at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland during a ceremony March 16... MORE

ACC commander discusses Sixteenth Air Force as new Information Warfare NAF
September 20, 2019 — Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, said that Sixteenth Air Force will be the designation for a new Information Warfare Component-Numbered Air Force, while speaking at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18... MORE

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, announced that Sixteenth Air Force (16th AF) will be the designation for a new Information Warfare (IW) Component-Numbered Air Force (NAF).

25th Air Force mission leader recognized for life-long dedication to ISR networks
June 28, 2018 — When Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance computer networks have outages, Chuck Ham is the man to call. A Mission Operations shift leader in the 625th Operations Center, 25th Air Force, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Ham was recently recognized for his incredible, life-long dedication to the Intelligence Community when he was presented the Meritorious Service to the Intelligence Community Award by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. ... MORE

Chuck Ham, a Mission Operations shift leader in the 625th Operations Center, 25th Air Force, Ham was recently recognized for his incredible, life-long dedication to the Intelligence Community when he was presented the Meritorious Service to the Intelligence Community Award by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.