616th Operations Center

The 616th Operations Center (616 OC) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. It was activated on 16 March 2020 to replace the 624th Operations Center and the 625th Operations Center which were inactivated the same day.^[1][2] The 616th coordinates the operations of 178 units worldwide, with capabilities including cyber warfare, electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and weather.^[3]

616th Operations Center
616th Operations Center airmen at Sixteenth Air Force Headquarters in 2021
Active	16 March 2020 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Part of	Air Combat Command Sixteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Lineage

• Activated as the 616th Operations Center on 16 March 2020^[1]

Assignments

• Sixteenth Air Force, 16 March 2020 – present^[1]

Components

• 616th Air Communications Squadron, 4 November 2020 – present^[4]

Stations

• Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, 16 March 2020 – present^[1]

References

1. Garcia, Manuel (16 March 2020). "616th Operations Center Activation Ceremony". DVIDS. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
2. Singleton, Sharon (19 March 2020). "Air Force Information Warfare's new warfighting unit activates". Air Combat Command. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
3. Pomerleau, Mark (16 March 2020). "Air Force creates a new operations center for information warfare". C4ISRNET. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. Musser, James (21 October 2021). "616 Air Communications Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2023.