The
group's predecessor was activated as the 567th Air Service Group, a support unit for a combat group at the end of
World War II. It did not deploy until after the end of the war and was inactivated in 1945.
The group was activated once again in 1952 as the 567th Air Base Group to replace the support elements of the inactivating
325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing. A year later
Air Defense Command (ADC) established it as the 567th Air Defense Group, an operational headquarters for
fighter-interceptor squadrons as well. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the
325th Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II. The two groups were consolidated in April 2019.
Mission
The
group plans and executes
cyberspace operations to assist supported commanders to fight in contested cyberspace environment. It operates to remove adversary cyberspace capabilities; defends the supported commander's key cyberspace assets; and prepares local cyberspace defenders to sustain advanced cyberspace defense tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure freedom of action within friendly cyberspace, while denying adversaries the same.[2]
History
World War II
The
group was activated at
Venice Army Air Field, Florida toward the end of
World War II as the 567th Air Service Group and trained to support a single combat group in an overseas theater.[3] Its 985th Air Engineering Squadron would provide maintenance that was beyond the capability of the combat group, its 1005th Air Materiel Squadron would handle all supply matters, and its Headquarters & Base Services Squadron would provide other support.[3] It deployed to Guam in the fall of 1945, but arrived after the end of hostilities and was inactivated on 1 December.[2] The unit was disbanded in October 1948.[1]
Cold War air defense
During the
Cold War the group was reconstituted, redesignated as the 567th Air Base Group, and activated at
McChord Air Force Base, Washington in 1952[4] as part of a major reorganization of
Air Defense Command (ADC) responding to ADC's difficulty under the existing
wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage.[5] It replaced the 325th Air Base Group[6] as the USAF host unit for McChord.[7] while the operational elements of the inactivating
325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing[8] transferred to the
4704th Defense Wing. The group was assigned seven
squadrons to perform its support responsibilities.[7][9][10][11][12] The group also maintained aircraft stationed at McChord.[10]
The group was inactivated in 1955[4] and replaced by the
325th Fighter Group (Air Defense)[18][19] as result of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.[20] The group was disbanded once again in September 1984.[1]
Cyberspace operations
On 29 June 2018, the Air Force activated the 567th Cyberspace Operations Group at
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Four of its squadrons are located at
Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The 835th and 837th Cyberspace Operations Squadrons are located at Scott, where the group
headquarters was originally located. In July 2020, the headquarters joined the other squadrons in Texas.[2] Three months later, two of its squadrons were transferred to the new 867th Cyberspace Operations Group at
Fort Meade, Maryland.
Lineage
567th Air Defense Group
Established as the 567th Air Service Group on 22 November 1944
Activated on 7 December 1944
Inactivated 1 November 1945
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Reconstituted and redesignated 567th Air Base Group on 3 January 1952
Activated on 1 February 1952
Redesignated as 567th Air Defense Group on 16 February 1953
Inactivated on 18 August 1955
Disbanded on 27 September 1984
Reconstituted on 5 April 2019 and consolidated with the 567th Cyberspace Operations Group as the 567th Cyberspace Operations Group[1]
567th Cyberspace Operations Group
Established as the 567th Cyberspace Operations Group on 22 June 2018
Activated on 29 June 2018
Consolidated with the 567th Air Defense Group on 5 April 2019[1]
Assignments
Warner Robins Air Technical Service Command, 7 December 1944 – 16 August 1945
United States Army Air Forces, Central Pacific Area, 12 September 1945
^Aircraft is North American F-86D-20-NA Sabre, serial 51-3078. This plane was destroyed in a midair collision on 14 November 1954. Baugher, Joe (7 April 2023).
"1951 USAF Serial Numbers". Joe Baugher. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, (1956)
Coleman, John M (1950). The Development of Tactical Services in the Army Air Forces. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.