TABLE OF CONTENTS |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | i |
IN MEMORIAM | iii |
SPECIAL THANKS | iv |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | v |
FOREWORD | xi |
MAPS | xiv |
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
FTV History of Signals Intelligence in the U.S. Air Force | 1 |
U.S. Air Force - A Brief History | 2 |
U.S. Air Force Security Service - An Overview | 3 |
Book Layout | 5 |
CHAPTER ONE | 7 |
Army Air Forces COMINT and COMSEC-World War II | 7 |
USAFSS - World War II Heritage | 7 |
Evolution of the Radio Squadron Mobile | 9 |
Radio Squadrons Mobile | 13 |
1st Radio Squadron Mobile | 15 |
2nd Radio Squadron Mobile | 17 |
3rd Radio Squadron Mobile | 19 |
8th Radio Squadron Mobile | 22 |
Radio Squadrons Mobile Summary | 24 |
Linguists | 24 |
CHAPTER TWO | 27 |
Air Force Security Service - Humble Beginnings | 27 |
AFSA Established in 1949 | 28 |
NSA Established in 1952 | 29 |
USAFSS - The Early Years | 30 |
U.S. Air Force Security Service - Origins | 31 |
Lt. General Klocko's Interview | 31 |
Indoctrination at ASA | 33 |
Special Resource Branch | 34 |
Special Security Organization | 37 |
How USAFSS got its Name | 40 |
AFSG Activated | 42 |
8th RSM Reactivated | 45 |
USAFSS Commanders | 45 |
USAFSS Organization-1949 | 48 |
8th RSM Relocates to Brooks AFB | 50 |
HQ USAFSS Moved To Texas | 53 |
8th RSM Reorganized | 54 |
USAFSS CRITICOMM Facilities | 62 |
USAFSS OPSCOMM Facilities | 62 |
USAFSS Flight Section | 63 |
8th RSM - "Model" Intercept Squadron | 65 |
6923rd PPS And 6960th Supt Gp Activated | 69 |
8th RSM - Activating New Squadrons | 71 |
6963rd Air Police Squadron | 73 |
8th RSM Activities - 1953 Forward | 73 |
Four-digit 69xx Unit Designators | 76 |
USAFSS Crest and Banner | 77 |
USAFSS Expansion-1953 | 77 |
HQ USAFSS Moved to Kelly AFB | 77 |
Col. Klocko Rejoins USAFSS | 78 |
The USAFSS Charter | 79 |
USAFSS COMSEC-The Beginnings | 81 |
Expanded COMSEC Mission | 82 |
New COMSEC Designators-1951-1953 | 87 |
COMSEC Expansion-1953 | 89 |
European COMSEC After 1956 | 92 |
COMSEC in Far East After 1956 | 95 |
OPSEC and LBJ | 104 |
26th RSM-Brooks AFB | 106 |
Year of Seminal Changes-1956 | 109 |
Radio Groups Mobile | 110 |
Project Grayback | 110 |
6940th TTG/USAFSS School | 112 |
Pre-Language Training | 112 |
Traffic Analysis "202" School | 114 |
Traffic Analysis School at Brooks | 117 |
Traffic Analysis School at Kelly | 118 |
USAFSS School-March AFB | 118 |
USAFSS School Moves to GAFB | 119 |
General Larson and SIGINT Training | 120 |
Formal Voice Intercept Training | 124 |
6940th Security Wing Activated | 129 |
Goodfellow Tech Training Center | 132 |
NCO Academy at Goodfellow | 140 |
6948th ERU | 140 |
Project Crosstalk | 146 |
Project Home Run | 149 |
Project Cool Stool | 150 |
Project Bonus Baby | 151 |
Project Box Top | 154 |
AFSCC's New Mission | 157 |
6993rd SS-Medina Annex | 159 |
6993rd ESS Becomes 93rd IS | 160 |
Regional SIGINT Operations Centers | 161 |
Ardisana Hall | 164 |
Larger Auditorium Dedicated | 166 |
Larson Hall Dedicated | 166 |
Cuban Missile Crisis | 167 |
USAFSS ERU to Cudjoe Key | 169 |
Hop Harriger-First ERU-1 Commander | 172 |
First USAFSS Spanish Linguists | 174 |
SMSgt. Hollifield-ERU-1 Flight Commander | 175 |
ERU-1 HQ Activated at Marathon, Florida | 176 |
ERU-1 Relocated to Key West and Becomes 6947th SS | 183 |
6947th ESS-Post Cold War Years | 197 |
USAFSS-Major Reorganization in 1974 | 198 |
USAFSS Growth Overview | 200 |
USAFSS Metamorphosis to ESC | 202 |
From USAFSS to ESC and Beyond | 205 |
ESC-Military Force of the Future | 206 |
USAFSS/ESC Alumni Association/FTVA | 212 |
ESC Reorganization-Electronic Security Divisions | 217 |
AFIC-Transitional Command | 221 |
New Mission for AFEWC | 228 |
Air Force SIGINT Support in Southwest Asia | 232 |
CARS/DGS | 234 |
AFIC-Other Post-Cold War Missions | 241 |
Odyssey to Golitsyno and Moscow | 244 |
General McPeak-CSAF by Fate | 247 |
USAF Housecleaning in Pentagon | 250 |
Reorganization of Major Commands | 254 |
McPeak-Reinventing the Air Force | 264 |
General McPeak-How'd he do? | 268 |
McPeak's Air Force Uniform Controversies | 272 |
McPeak and Air Force Heritage | 273 |
McPeak and Interservice Rivalries | 282 |
Air Force Intelligence Meltdown | 284 |
Reversing Air Force Intel Meltdown | 285 |
AIA Organization-1993 | 287 |
AFIWC | 297 |
1997 AIA Almanac | 305 |
AIA and Psychological Warfare | 312 |
Information Operations | 317 |
AIA Reorganization-August 2000 | 321 |
Air Force Structure Changes-2001 | 334 |
67th IOW Crystallizes Ops-2004 | 338 |
70th IW Reorganized-2005 | 340 |
67th Network Warfare Wing | 345 |
Air Intelligence Agency of 21st Century | 350 |
Air Force ISR Agency Activated June 2007 | 358 |
Air Force Cyber Command | 363 |
Air Force ISR Agency-2010 | 368 |
Silent Warrior Heroes | 369 |
CHAPTER THREE | 375 |
Female Contributions to USAFSS (and Successor Organizations) | 375 |
Women in USAFSS | 376 |
Belva Barrus-USAFSS Pioneering Communicator | 377 |
Karen Rickenbach-Pioneer Morse Operator at Misawa | 383 |
Female Voice Intercept Operator Pioneers | 386 |
Helen Henderson-Linguist Pioneer | 387 |
Lori Anderson - Female "Skivvy Nine" Pioneer | 390 |
Susan Douglas - First Female Ops Supe in AFIC/AIA | 394 |
Valerie Gantzler-Signals Analyst | 405 |
USAFSS/ESC Female Airborne Recon Pioneers | 406 |
First ESC Female Flyer-A "202" | 415 |
Regan McClurkin-Ms. Airborne Operator Extraordinaire | 416 |
Information Integration Officer | 430 |
Female Operator Pioneers in Athens | 432 |
Ariel Skeen-Pioneer Female Operator in Athens | 433 |
Cindy Geffken-Another Athens Female Pioneer | 438 |
Beth Yandow-First Female AMS | 440 |
More Airborne Duties Opened for Females | 445 |
Command Chief Suzan Sangster | 445 |
APPENDIX A-ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS | 449 |
APPENDIX B-USAFSS UNIT LOCATIONS | 465 |
APPENDIX C-LT. GEN. KLOCKO'S BIOSKETCH | 485 |
APPENDIX D-COMMANDERS | 486 |
APPENDIX E-VICE COMMANDERS | 487 |
APPENDIX F-COMMAND CHIEFS | 490 |
APPENDIX G-TRANSFER OF RESOURCES | 491 |
APPENDIX H-8th RSM MISSION, SEPTEMBER 1949 | 494 |
APPENDIX I-HOH MEMBERS | 495 |
INDEX | 499 |
NOTES | 531 |