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689th Combat Communications Wing

Field	Value
unit_name	689th Combat Communications Wing
image	Airman 1st Class Kevin Finley, satellite communications specialist, 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, GA, checks the power level of a high power amp F3201-SPT-94-J3001-94-080.jpg
image_size	300
caption	A satellite communications specialist of the 5th Combat Communications Group checking a mobile satellite communications system.
dates	1948–1991; 2009–2013
country
branch
role	Combat communications
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File:USAF - 689 Combat Communications Wing.png	150px]]
identification_symbol_label	689th Combat Communications Wing emblem
identification_symbol_2	[[File:1931st Information Systems Wing.PNG	150px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	1931st Information Systems Wing emblem
identification_symbol_3	[[File:1931 Communications Gp emblem.png	150px]]
identification_symbol_3_label	1931st Communications Group emblem

The 689th Combat Communications Wing was a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The wing was activated on 9October 2009 as a subordinate unit of Twenty-Fourth Air Force. On 5June 2013, the wing was inactivated, along with the 3d Combat Communications Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 5th Combat Communications Group at Robins now reports to the 688th Cyberspace Wing.

History

The 689th's mission was to train, deploy, and deliver expeditionary and specialized communications, air traffic control, and landing systems, and to take cyber capabilities to the tactical edge for relief and combat operations.

Its units included the 3d Combat Communications Group, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and the 5th Combat Communications Group at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

Lineage

Designated as the 1931st Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron on 11 October 1948 : Organized on 18 October 1948 : Redesignated 1931st Communications Squadron on 1 July 1961 : Redesignated 1931st Communications Group on 1 March 1969 : Redesignated 1931st Information Systems Wing on 1 July 1984 : Redesignated 1931st Communications Wing on 1 November 1986 : Redesignated 1931st Communications Group on 1 October 1990 : Inactivated on 26 September 1991
Redesignated 689th Combat Communications Wing on 22 September 2009 : Activated on 5 October 2009 : Inactivated on 30 September 2013

Assignments

1804th Airways and Air Communications Service Group (later 1804th Airways and Air Communications Service Wing, Alaskan Airways and Air Communications Service Region, Alaskan Communications Region): 18 October 1948
Air Force Communications Service (later Air Force Communications Command), 1 June 1972
Continental Communications Division: 1 June 1981
Air Force Communications Command: 1 May 1985
21st Tactical Fighter Wing: 1 October 1990 – 26 September 1991
Twenty-Fourth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic): 5 October 2009 – 30 September 2013

Components

3d Combat Communications Group, 5 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
5th Combat Communications Group, 5 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
1825th Electronics Installation Squadron, 1 June 1972 – 30 June 1974
1930th Information Systems Squadron (later 1930th Communications Squadron), 1 July 1985 – 1 October 1990
1935th Communications Squadron, 1 June 1972 – 1 July 1972
1995th Communications Squadron (later 1995th Information Systems Squadron, 1995th Communications Squadron), 1 June 1972 – 1 October 1990
2064th Communications Squadron (later 2064th Information Systems Squadron, 2064th Communications Squadron), 1 June 1972 – 1 October 1990

Stations

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 18 October 1948 – 26 September 1991
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 5 October 2009 – 30 September 2013

Awards

References

Notes

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; Citations

Bibliography

References

(2010-11-24). "Factsheet 689 Combat Communications Wing (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Miller, pp. 57–59
Crenshaw, Wayne. (9 October 2009). "Robins home to first AF combat communications wing". 78 Air Base Wing Public Affairs.
No byline. (June 5, 2013). "Combat Communications Wing and Group Inactivate". Twenty-Fourth Air Force Public Affairs.
Miller, pp. 54–55
Miller, pp. 62–63
Miller, pp. 68–69

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