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This page contains publications documenting Air Force, USAFSS, and NSA history.

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Lackland AFB Basic Training
This series of informational pamphlets entitled The Lackland Decade Series is published by the 37th Training Wing Office of History and Research, Lackland AFB. Each of the 6 pamphlets highlights an entire decade of Lackland history, contains a chronology of events, and is filled with great information, trivia and factoids to help answer those "what happened and when" questions. Click each decade below.

  • 1940's Lackland Decade Series
  • 1950's Lackland Decade Series
  • 1960's Lackland Decade Series
  • USAF Intelligence History Timeline
    A detailed history of the USAF Intelligence Mission from its inception in 1948 through the year 2009. This 5th editition of the publication covers the following USAF Commands

  • 1948-1979, USAFSS
  • 1979-1991, ESC
  • 1991-1993, AFIC
  • 1993-2007, AIA
  • 2007-present, AF ISR Agency
  • History of the Shields
    How much do you know about the command shields under which we served? This brief document covers the symbolism of the USAFSS shield, and the evolution that took place with the command shields that followed.
    USAFSS - An Enlisted Command
    Authored by SMSgt. James S. Duncan while a student attending the Senior NCO Academy circa 1997, this student paper depicts the USAF Security Service as having been a major Air Force command unlike any other in many respects. He observes that, among other unique attributes, USAFSS was manned by a close knit group of highly trained and experienced enlisted personnel.
    USAFSS Units
    This document, developed and maintained by Red Barthel, is a work in progress that records the evolution of early USAFSS units deployed around the globe, their unit designations, relocations, and their detachments. Where possible, dates are pinpointed and footnotes provide detail.     NOTE - If you have corrections or updates regarding this document, please contact Red Barthel with your information.
    NSA 50th Anniversary
    A recap of the National Security Agency's history between 1952 and 2002 as they marked their 50th anniversary. This 26-page publication covers the history of and need for codemakers and codebreakers in America through the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Postwar and Cold War Periods, Vietnam and Desert Storm.


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