6987th Security Squadron

The 6987th Security Squadron was a United States Air Force unit activated in the late 1950s, primarily based at Shu Lin Kou Air Station near Taipei, Taiwan. Tasked with signals intelligence (SIGINT) and communications security, the squadron played a crucial role in monitoring military communications throughout East Asia during the Cold War. Its operations contributed valuable intelligence concerning the activities of regional adversaries, particularly the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The 6987th Security Squadron was inactivated in the late 1970s as part of broader realignments in U.S. military posture and intelligence operations in the Pacific region.