39th Information Operations Squadron The 39th Information Operations Squadron ( 39th IOS ) is the U . S . Air Force ' s premier Information Operations and Cyber Formal Training Unit , part of the 318th Information Operations Group , assigned to the 688th Information Operations Wing , headquartered at Lackland AFB , Texas , under the Twenty - Fourth Air Force and Air Force Space Command . Facilities . The 39th IOS is located on Hurlburt Field , Florida . The schoolhouse is a state of the art facility housing several classrooms , multiple small group mission planning rooms and a 60 - person auditorium . All classrooms are equipped with cutting edge communication and computer systems , to include secure video teleconferencing and fiber optic infrastructures . This allows real - time war gaming and improved instruction at multiple security levels . Mission . Provide initial and advanced Information Operations and Cyber training for the United States Air Force . History . The 39th Intelligence Squadron was assigned to the 67th Intelligence Group , Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada , until 1 October 1988 when it was relocated to Hurlburt Field , Florida under the direction of The Air Intelligence Agency . The squadron assumed the mission of the inactivated Detachment 1 , 67th IG and was redesignated the 39th Information Operations Squadron on 1 September 1999 , to better reflect its new and expanded mission set . On 1 August 2000 the 39th was reassigned under the 318th Information Operations Group , under Air Force Information Operations Center , where it stayed until the AFIOC ' s redesignated as the 688th Information Operations Wing on 18 August 2009 . Organization . Today , the 39th IOS falls under the 318th Information Operations Group , under the 688th Information Operations Wing , headquartered at Lackland AFB , Texas , under the Twenty - Fourth Air Force and Air Force Space Command . The 39th IOS formerly fell under the Air Force Information Operations Center which was redesignated as the 688th Information Operations Wing on 18 August 2009 . Courses . The 39th IOS teaches four in - residence and two distance learning courses . The Information Operations Integration Course , which is required training for Airmen assigned to Information Operations flight billets ; the Signature Management Course , which teaches military deception and operational security to wing level officers and NCOs ; and a military deception course aimed at operational level planners . The unit also launched the Air Force ' s first Undergraduate Network Warfare Training course in October 2007 . Undergraduate Network Warfare Training . Also known as UNWT , this course is considered Initial Qualification Training for Network Warfare Operations Specialists . Students learn NW Ops concepts and operational functions , law and ethics in NW Ops , network fundamentals and NW Ops employment . Other activities include mission coordination and employment of network data extraction , manipulation , nodal vulnerability assessment , and engineering . Information Operations Integration Course . Also known as IOIC , this course trains students in basics of IO , Air Force and Joint doctrine , concepts of operations , executing organizations , and operational functions of the USAF . Students will receive an initial familiarization of operations within the Air & Space Operations Center , focused on effects - based operations , and the importance of IO integration within operations planning . Signature Management . Initial training for wing - level Signature Management Officers and NCOs . Combines traditional military deception and operations security concepts to assess installation processes in order to provide commanders with viable options in regards to protection or exploitation of installation signatures . Operational Military Deception . Training for MAJCOM / NAF operational Military Deception Planners in an Air & Space Operations Center environment .