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Encyclopedia > Air Intelligence Agency
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Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), an agency of the United States Air Force, with headquarters at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was activated 1 October 1993. On 1 February 2001, AIA was realigned under Air Combat Command as a primary subordinate unit and serves as its primary information operations force provider normalizing and synchronizing IO capabilities into the warfighter's arsenal. Image File history File links Usaf_aia. ... Image File history File links Usaf_aia. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ... Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located west of San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is located at 29°2323 North, 98°3645 West (29. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Air Combat Command (ACC) is the major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force whose mission is to provide air combat forces (mostly aircraft), to other commands, including both commands within the Air Force as well as the unified commands that include elements from different branches of the...

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Mission

The agency's mission is to deliver multi-source intelligence products, applications, services, and resources. It also provides IO forces and expertise in the areas of information warfare, command and control warfare, security, acquisition, foreign weapons systems and technology, and treaty monitoring, to support Air Force major commands, Air Force components, and joint and national decision makers. With the realignment under Air Combat Command, the AIA commander serves as the Eighth Air Force deputy commander for information operations. The Eighth Air Force with its bomber and IO capabilities is the Air Force's first operational force designed to achieve and maintain information superiority.


Personnel

The agency's 12,000 people serve at approximately 70 locations worldwide.


Organization

The National Air and Space Intelligence Center and Air Force Information Warfare Center are aligned under AIA. The agency is also responsible for mission management and support of signals intelligence operations for the 67th Information Operations Wing, 70th Intelligence Wing, 55th Wing and the 480th Intelligence Wing, all four of which are subordinate to Eighth Air Force. Mission support includes organizing, training and equipping the cryptologic elements of all four wings. The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force (NAF) of the major command (MAJCOM) of Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force and it is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. ...


National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)

NASIC is the primary Department of Defense producer of foreign aerospace intelligence. NASIC develops its products by analyzing all available data on foreign aerospace forces and weapons systems to determine performance characteristics, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and intentions. The Center traces its roots back to 1917 during World War I, and has evolved over time to meet the emerging needs of the US Army Air Corps, and later into the US Air Force. The Beginnings Of Air Technical Intelligence


Air Force Information Warfare Center

The Air Force Information Warfare Center, with headquarters at Lackland AFB, Texas, is engaged in a myriad of activities supporting its role as the Air Force's information warfare executive agent. It integrates information warfare tactics, training and technology for combatant commanders. The center is comprised of about 1,000 military and civilian members trained in the areas of operations, engineering, operations research, intelligence, radar technology and communications and computer applications. AFIWC activated 10 September 1993 by combining the Air Force Electronic Warfare Center with elements of the Air Force Cryptologic Support Center's securities directorate and portions of Air Force Intelligence Command. The merger of these organizations provided a solid baseline for the emerging IW mission. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


67th Information Operations Wing

The 67th Information Operations Wing, with headquarters also at Lackland AFB, manages the agency's global mission. The 67 IOW manages the planning of all-source intelligence. It assists Air Force components in the development of concepts, exercises and employment of AIA forces to support contingency, low-intensity conflict, counter-drug and special operations. Subordinate to the wing are five information operations groups located in the continental U.S., and in the Pacific and European theaters. The wing was activated on 1 October 1993. The 67th Information Operations Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was reactivated Oct. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


70th Intelligence Wing

The 70th Intelligence Wing, with headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., gains and exploits information as a major component of Eighth Air Force's global information operations mission. It provides national decision makers, tactical theater commanders, and warfighters of all services with tailored, timely and actionable information - anywhere, anytime. The wing plans and directs the integration of its components into theater and local exercises, ensuring wartime capabilities are tested and validated, and it assists component commanders with refining their requirements for products and services. Subordinate to the wing are three intelligence groups located in the continental U.S. and in the Pacific and European theaters. The wing was activated on 16 August 2000. The 70th Intelligence Wing, Fort Meade, Maryland, is the only wing in the USAF that supports the Eighth Air Force and Air Intelligence Agency with Cryptologic Intelligence. ... Fort George G. Meade, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the town of Laurel, Maryland, is a semi-active US Army installation. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...


55th Wing

The 55th Wing, with headquarters at Offutt AFB, Neb., conducts worldwide reconnaissance; command, control and communications; Presidential support and international treaty verification as directed by the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, theater combatant commanders, commanders of major Air Force commands and national intelligence agencies. The Fightin’ Fifty-Fifth has made significant contributions to the defense of our great nation for more than 50 years. ... Offutt Air Force Base (Offutt AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Sarpy County, Nebraska. ...


480th Intelligence Wing

The 480th Intelligence Wing, with headquarters at Langley AFB, Va., produces and provides timely, tailored intelligence data and capabilities to meet Air Force needs. As a dynamic, worldwide force multiplier, it delivers valuable information to combatants. The wing conducts intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasking processing, exploitation and dissemination processing in support of national interests. It also performs imagery intelligence, cryptologic and measurement and signatures intelligence activities, as well as targeting and general intelligence production, intelligence data handling system network operations, and data/product dissemination. Subordinate to the wing are three intelligence groups located in the continental U.S. The wing was activated 1 December 2003. Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia is home of Air Combat Command, leading the premier combat air forces of the world. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • AIA Fact Sheet — the primary source for information on this page
  • AIA Homepage


 

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