25th Air Force 25AF/ZQ Operating Location Wright Patterson OL-WP Special Analysis Branch SIGINT NSA Crypto Air Force Patch / Now Space Delta 18
This patch is 3 inches in diameter.
This function of Special Analysis is now officially called Space Analysis, and done by Space Delta 18.
Twenty-Fifth Air Force (25 AF), also known as Air Force Intelligence, was a numbered air force (NAF) within the United States Air Force (USAF), and served as the Air Force's premier military intelligence organization. 25 AF was established on 29 September 2014[4] by redesignating the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (a field operating agency) under Headquarters, United States Air Force, to a numbered air force aligned under Air Combat Command. The USAF also realigned the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and the 55th Wing under the new NAF. It was headquartered at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Its primary mission was to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) products, applications, capabilities and resources, to include cyber and geospatial forces and expertise. Additionally, it is the service cryptologic component (SCC) responsible to the National Security Agency and Central Security Service for Air Force cryptographic activities.[5]
The 25th AF was originally activated as the United States Air Force Security Service on 20 October 1948, at Arlington Hall, Washington, D.C., with a mission of cryptology and communications security.[6]
The 25th AF was last commanded by Major General Timothy D. Haugh.[7]
On 11 October 2019, the 25th AF was merged with the 24th AF to form a reactivated 16th Air Force.[8]