31-830: AFCC is an acronym for: Air Force Communications Command , an old name for what is now the Air Force Communications Agency Armed Forces Chaplaincy Center , U.S. military chaplain training, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre , U.K. military chaplain training, Amport House, South of Andover, Great Britain Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants Australian Federation of Construction Contractors Australian Financial and Career Consortium Topics referred to by
62-501: A YF-12 would launch from Edwards AFB , California, climb to around 70,000 feet and intercept a drone over the Gulf of Mexico that was launched Eglin AFB, shoot it down, and then return to Edwards AFB. This was a spectacular show of advanced technology of that time. MoADS was inactivated on 1 April 1966 and redesignated as the 32d Air Division. DC-09 with its AN/FSQ-7 computer remained under
93-554: A ceremony. The CCC falls under Air Combat Command, which accepted cyber responsibilities in the summer of 2018. ACC has been making strides to foster innovation and integrate cyber functions to better support combatant commander requests for forces. The secretary of the Air Force and Air Force chief of staff directed the realignment to ACC to help the service support the National Defense Strategy’s goal of preparing for
124-809: A field operating agency of USAF to a subordinate unit of the Air Force Communications and Information Center on 1 April 1997. Its status changed again, from a subordinate unit of the Air Force Communications and Information Center to a USAF Field Operating Agency on 1 October 2000. It was subordinated to Air Force Space Command on 4 May 2009. In 2012 it was announced that AFNIC would be restructured, transferring some of its cyber mission to Air Force Space Command . Current organize, train and equip staff functions within AFNIC, such as records, forms, publications, cyber training programs, cyber requirements support, plans, and maintenance policy, transferred to
155-427: A future high-end fight. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award : 1 July 1984 - 30 June 1986, 1 July 1986 - 30 June 1988, 1 July 1988 - 30 June 1990, 1 July 1990 - 30 June 1992, 1 July 1992 - 30 June 1994, 1 July 1994 - 30 June 1996, 1 April 1997 - 30 Sept 1998, 1 Oct 1998 - 30 Sept 2000, 20 Apr 2002 - 30 Sept 2003 Gunter Air Force Base Gunter Annex is a United States Air Force installation located in
186-449: A then-annual competition of Air Defense Command (ADC), later Aerospace Defense Command (ADC), and Royal Canadian Air Force fighter-interceptor squadrons that was held at Tyndall AFB , Florida. In the 1960s, this competition included live shoot-downs of Firebee aerial target drones launched from Tyndall AFB, and obsolescent QB-47E Stratojet bombers and BOMARC missiles launched from nearby Eglin AFB , Florida. On 16 December 1960,
217-723: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Air Force Communications Command The Cyberspace Capabilities Center ( CCC ), located at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , is the primary organization that develops cyber domain requirements in the United States Air Force . The center's goals are to attain a unity of effort of functions and tasks across cyber organizations, to improve scalability of resources, to prioritize demand via multiple requirements processes, and delineate enterprise information technology roles from cyber operation missions' services. “Simply put,
248-808: Is the home of the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate. The BES provides and supports secure combat information systems and networks for the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and other Federal Government Agencies. The BES Directorate is a part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), which is headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB , Ohio, and its subordinate activity at Hanscom AFB , Massachusetts. The 26th Network Operations Squadron provides network defense for
279-675: The 32d Air Division until it and the Air Division were inactivated on 31 December 1969 when technology advances allowed the Air Force to shut down many SAGE Data Centers. In 1971, nearly 800 acres (3.2 km ) of Gunter were returned to the city of Montgomery. In that year the Air Force Data Systems Design Center moved there and in 1972 the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy came to Gunter. In early 1973, Gunter
310-684: The AFSPC Cyberspace Support Squadron (CYSS), which stood up at Scott AFB. In November 2019, AFNIC was designated the Cyberspace Capabilities Center under Air Combat Command . The center, or CCC, absorbed the Air Force Network Integration Center, Air Combat Command's Cyberspace Support Squadron and the 38th Cyberspace Readiness Squadron, which were all located at Scott Air Force Base and inactivated during
341-541: The Air Force Enterprise Network (AFNET). The 689th Network Operations Squadron is a Classic Associate Unit to the 26th NOS and is also located on the Annex but falls under Air Force Reserve Command. The host unit of Gunter Annex is the 42d Air Base Wing , headquartered at Maxwell AFB. The former 42d Bombardment Wing took over host duties at both Maxwell AFB and Gunter AFB on 1 October 1994 when
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#1732793661330372-525: The Air Force major commands in the field. Each host base gained command responsibility for the local communications unit formerly commanded by AFCC. Total personnel assigned to AFCC fell to slightly under 8,000. AFCC retained the responsibility for engineering, installing, removing, and relocating Air Force communications, computer, and air traffic control systems. AFCC kept the Computer Systems Division at Gunter Air Force Base , AL., and
403-1024: The Army Airways Communications System was established within the Directorate of Communications of the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps , as a staff branch. The organization first became a unit, as opposed to a staff branch, with the creation of the Army Airways Communications System Wing and its assignment to the Flight Control Command when it was activated with the effective date of 26 April 1943. The organization became the: In October 1990 much of AFCC's personnel, organizations, and responsibilities were transferred to
434-739: The Army and the Navy, during most of the war was the fixed gear Vultee BT-13 and BT-15 Valiant. By later 1944, the BT-13s and 15s were worn out and they began to be replaced by the North American AT-6 Texan . After World War II ended, flight training was transferred to Spence AAF ( Georgia ) and, other than some contingents of French and Chinese flight students, aviation training ended at Gunter. By February 1946, Gunter's remaining aircraft were transferred to Maxwell Army Air Base and
465-601: The Basic course was 10 weeks in length in which the student received 70 flying hours. After completion of the course, students would be chosen for advanced single or multi-engine training. During World War II, the field served as a flying school for not just Army pilots, but for British (under the Arnold Scheme ), French and Canadians as well. By 1944, there were nearly four hundred aircraft assigned to Gunter Field. The primary aircraft used for Basic Training, by both
496-503: The CCC will provide future opportunities to enhance how the Air Force provides Enterprise Information Technology capabilities and will better support and develop Airmen working in this mission set,” said Brig. Gen. Chad Raduege, Director of Cyberspace and Information Dominance, during the designation ceremony in 2019. The Center traces its history to the establishment of the Army Airways Communications System Wing in 1943. On 15 November 1938
527-519: The Cuban landmass north to Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. MoADS was a blockhouse with 18 inch thick steel-reinforced concrete walls designed to withstand anything but a direct nuclear hit. There were 4 floors, with the bottom floor for inputs, the second floor for computer systems, and the fourth floor for operations. SAGE sites had twin AN/FSQ-7 computers that encompassed an area
558-704: The Engineering Installation Division at Tinker Air Force Base , OK. It also organized a new Technology Integration Center at Scott Air Force Base, co-located with AFCC headquarters. On 28 May 1993 Air Force Communications Command became the Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency. Just over three years later, on 13 June 1996, a further change occurred, to the Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA). The AFCA's status changed from
589-574: The Montgomery Municipal Airport and the surrounding area as the location for the flying school. This included a newly built, but as yet unoccupied state hospital for tuberculosis patients. In June 1940, the War Department approved the recommendation to lease the land. In August 1940 the first military personnel arrived and construction began. The hospital was used as a headquarters building and Colonel Aubrey Hornsby
620-486: The North-northeast suburbs of Montgomery, Alabama . The base is named after former Montgomery mayor William Adams Gunter . Until 1992 it was known as Gunter Air Force Base or Gunter Air Force Station . It has been a military training base since its opening in 1940. Gunter Annex is a subordinate installation under the administration of the 42d Air Base Wing at nearby Maxwell Air Force Base . Gunter Annex
651-556: The SAGE facility at Gunter controlled two BOMARC -B missiles launched from Eglin AFB and directed their interception of a QB-47E Stratojet drone flying at 500 mph at 30,000 feet. William Tell also showcased various air defense development programs. One was the Mach 3+ YF-12 interceptor that later became the basis for the SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft. In the early 1960s,
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#1732793661330682-728: The airport officially named in his honor while he was still living. Although he successfully resisted these efforts, the site is still commonly referred to by residents as 'Gunter Field'. In 1940, the 'Plan for the Expansion of the Air Corps Training Program' was published and indicated a need for a preliminary flying school in the Montgomery area. The Commandant of the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field , Colonel Walter Weaver, picked
713-519: The field went to "stand by" status. In January 1948 Gunter Field was redesignated Gunter Air Force Base . In May 1950, the Air University located its Extension Course Institute there. In October of that year, a branch of the School of Aviation Medicine was also established. In 1957 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) Data Center (DC-09) was established at Gunter AFB. The SAGE system
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775-430: The size of a football field. These IBM -built systems were tube-based with wire and washer memory banks. IBM also built in excellent diagnostics and redundancy, so the system should always be operational. The memory was 64K, with the incoming radar information storage was on magnetic drums and the maximum response overload before collapse was around 45 seconds. In the 1960s, MoADS also assisted in hosting William Tell ,
806-413: The wing was redesignated and reassigned from the closing of Loring Air Force Base , Maine . The facility is named after William Adams Gunter (1871–1940), a long-time mayor of Montgomery Alabama. Mayor Gunter was an aviation advocate who championed aviation and was a major force behind the construction of the original Montgomery Municipal Airport at this site in 1929. There were several efforts to have
837-426: Was 41-C which began instruction on 28 November 1940. In late 1940, Mayor Gunter died and, on the recommendation of Colonel Hornsby, the flying field was officially named "Gunter Field" in early 1941. By July 1941, construction of the field was largely complete. In addition to the main airfield, the following known sub-bases and auxiliaries were used: In 1943, 3,500 foot long hard surfaced runways were added. Gunter
868-520: Was an early generation computer network linking Air Force (and later FAA ) United States general surveillance radar stations into a centralized center for continental air defense, intended to provide early warning and response for a Soviet nuclear attack. It was initially under the Montgomery Air Defense Sector (MoADS), established on 8 September 1957. MoADS was synonymous with 32nd NORAD Region, which encompassed an area from
899-508: Was redesignated an "Air Force Station". In 1976, Gunter received one of the early Arpanet drops which is the precursor to the internet as it is known today. The 1977 Arpanet Logic Map (illustrates the drop in the bottom center of the Picture. Major construction was undertaken in the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to the advocacy of Congressman William Dickinson , and in 1988 Gunter was redesignated an "Air Force Base". The primary tenants were still
930-754: Was the first base established by the Southeastern Training Center exclusively for Basic Flight Training. As such, it also trained instructors and other personnel for the other Basic Training bases opened in the Southeast that included Cochran AAF in Macon, Georgia; Bainbridge AB , Georgia; Greenville AAF , Mississippi; Shaw AAF in Sumter, South Carolina; and at Augusta, Georgia's civilian-run Bush Field . Students would come to Basic Flight Training after completing Primary Training. In 1941,
961-437: Was the project officer and later the first commanding officer. The Army leased the 187 acre municipal airport and purchased an additional 300 acres for the cantonment area. Complicated leasing agreements delayed construction and the Army facilities were not completed in time, so the first two classes, Class 41-A with 107 students and Class 41-B, trained at Maxwell Field on the other side of town. The first class to train at Gunter