on 1 July 1965 Inactivated on 31 July 1991 Redesignated 26th Intelligence Wing Activated on 1 October 1991 Redesignated 26th Information Operations Wing on 1 August 2000 Inactivated on 5 July 2006 Assignments Second Air Force, 23 July 1942 Third Air Force, 8 March 1943 Twelfth Air Force, 4 September 1943 (attached to Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, until 21 November 1943) 90th Photographic Wing, 22 November 1943 [Fifteenth Air Force, 1 October 1944 Army Service Forces, New York Port of Embarkation, c. 26 – 28 October 1945 801st Air Division, 28 May 1952 – 1 July 1958 (attached to 7th Air Division, 13 September – 29 October 1954) United States Air Forces in Europe, 1 July 1965 – 31 July 1991 Stations Army Air Base, Colorado Springs (later Peterson Field), Colorado, 23 July 1942 – 8 August 1943 La Marsa Airfield, Tunisia, 8 September 1943 San Severo Airfield, Italy, 8 December 1943 Bari Airfield, Italy, 11 October 1944 – Oct 1945 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 26 – 28 October 1945 Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 28 May 1952 – 1 July 1958 Toul-Rosières Air Base, France 1 July 1965 Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1966 Zweibrücken Air Base, 31 January 1973 – 31 July 1991 Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 October 1991 – 5 July 2006 Components Operational Units World War II 12th Photographic Squadron (later 12th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): attached 27 October – 21 November 1943 15th Photographic Squadron (later 15th Combat Mapping Squadron, 15th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): attached 21 November 1943 – 20 January 1944, assigned 21 January 1944 – 28 October 1945 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 21st Photographic Squadron): 2 September 1942 – 28 April 1943 (not operational until c. 12 January 1943) 22d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 22d Photographic Squadron): 2 September 1942 – 7 July 1943 (not operational until c. 12 January 1943; detached after 18 May 1943) 23d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (later 23d Photographic Squadron, 23d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron): 2 September 1942 – 15 November 1944 (not operational until c. 12 January 1943; detached c. 15 July – 8 September 1943, 9 February – 9 March 1944, after 23 August 1944) 24th Photographic Mapping Squadron (later 24th Photographic Squadron, 24th Combat Mapping Squadron): 2 September 1942 – 9 October 1943 (not operational until c. 12 January 1943; detached after c. 8 August 1943) 32d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron: attached 30 April –