689th Combat Communications Wing
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
- Redesignated 689th Combat Communications Wing on 22 September 2009
Assignments
- 1804th Airways and Air Communications Service Group : 18 October 1948
- Air Force Communications Service, 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 : 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, 1 July 1985 – 1 October 1990
- 1935th Communications Squadron, 1 June 1972 – 1 July 1972
- 1995th Communications Squadron, 1 June 1972 – 1 October 1990
- 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