262nd NWS Broundbreaking Ceremony
Maj. Gen. Timothy Lowenberg, adjutant general and commander of the Washington National Guard, speaks during a ground breaking ceremony for a new 23,500-square foot facility for the 262nd Network Warfare Squadron Dec. 11. The $5.6 million construction project is scheduled for completion in October 2010. The mission of the 262nd NWS is to train citizen Airmen to provide network warfare capabilities to secure defense information networks and provide full-spectrum cyberspace options to the State of Washington, Air Force Space Command and 24th Air Force. The 262nd NWS is part of the 688th Information Operations Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.(U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)