List of United States Air Force space squadrons

Command & Control Squadrons

Squadron	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Command and Control Squadron 1st Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Control Squadron was a space situational awareness unit located at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado and later moved to Vandenberg AFB, California...	Cheyenne Mountain AFS		Space Surveillance Network	Renamed 1st Space Control Squadron 1st Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Control Squadron was a space situational awareness unit located at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado and later moved to Vandenberg AFB, California...
2d Command and Control Squadron 2d Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 2d Command and Control Squadron was a Air Force Space Command command and control unit located at Falcon AFB , Colorado...	Schriever AFB		Low Altitude Space Surveillance & Deep Space Tracking System C2 Command and Control (military) Command and control, or C2, in a military organization can be defined as the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commanding officer over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission...	Deactivated
3d Command and Control Squadron 3d Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 3d Command and Control Squadron was a command and control unit located at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.-Mission:...	Offutt AFB		Low Altitude Space Surveillance & Deep Space Tracking System C2 Command and Control (military) Command and control, or C2, in a military organization can be defined as the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commanding officer over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission...	Deactivated 1999
4th Command and Control Squadron			Mobile Consolidated Command Center	Redesignated 153d Command and Control Squadron 153d Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 153d Command and Control Squadron is a command and control unit located at F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.-Mission:...
55th Mobile Command and Control Squadron 55th Mobile Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 55th Mobile Command and Control Squadron was a mobile command and control unit located at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.-Mission:...	Offutt AFB		Mobile Consolidated Command Center	Deactivated 2006
119th Command and Control Squadron 119th Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 119th Command and Control Squadron is a space control unit located at McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tennessee. The unit augments the operations of USSTRATCOM on a continuous basis.-Mission:...	McGhee Tyson ANGB	ANG Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... unit
153d Command and Control Squadron 153d Command and Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 153d Command and Control Squadron is a command and control unit located at F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.-Mission:...	F.E. Warren AFB		Mobile Consolidated Command Center	ANG Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... unit
721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron	Peterson AFB			Deactivated 1998

Space Control Squadrons

Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Space Control Squadron 1st Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Control Squadron was a space situational awareness unit located at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado and later moved to Vandenberg AFB, California...		Vandenberg AFB		Satellite Catalog
4th Space Control Squadron 4th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Control Squadron is an offensive space control unit located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.-Mission:...		Holloman AFB	"Space Pirates"	Counter Communications System
16th Space Control Squadron 16th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 16th Space Control Squadron is an Air Force Space Command unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado and assigned to the 21st Space Wing. The 16th SPCS operates the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System ....		Peterson AFB		RAIDRS
20th Space Control Squadron 20th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 20th Space Control Squadron is a space control unit located at Eglin AFB, Florida.-Mission:The mission of the 20th Space Control Squadron is to detect, track, identify, and report near earth and deep space objects in earth's orbit, and provide space object...		Eglin AFB		AN/FPS-85 AN/FPS-85 AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar is a very large fixed-array radar located in Florida, developed by Air Force Rome Air Development Center . The unique aspect of this radar is the phased array antenna technology. The beam formed by it extends from 155° to 205° in azimuth and is scanned at 35° elevation... Phased-array radar
25th Space Range Squadron 25th Space Range Squadron The United States Air Force's 25th Space Range Squadron is a space control unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado. 25 SRS operates the Space Test and Training Range .-Mission:...		Schriever AFB	"Executioners"	Space Test & Training Range
76th Space Control Squadron 76th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 76th Space Control Squadron is an offensive counter space unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Peterson AFB	"Lobos"	Counter Communications System
380th Space Control Squadron 380th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 380th Space Control Squadron is a space control unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Peterson AFB	"Blue Squadron"	RAIDRS	Reserve Unit
Space Test and Development Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Air and Space Test Squadron 1st Air and Space Test Squadron The 1st Air and Space Test Squadron is a division of the 30th Space Wing of the United States Air Force, responsible for spacelift and test operations....		Vandenberg AFB
14th Test Squadron 14th Test Squadron The 14th Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. It is an Air Force Reserve unit that augments the 17th Test Squadron. The squadron is responsible for testing and evaluating space systems and associated support equipment. The unit was...		Peterson AFB
17th Test Squadron 17th Test Squadron The 17th Test Squadron is a United States Air Force test and evaluation unit, located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. 17 TS is tasked with testing and evaluating space systems and associated support equipment.-Mission:...		Peterson AFB
Responsive Space Squadron		Kirtland AFB		Operationally Responsive Space systems	Activated 2 Jun 2008
Launch Test Squadron		Kirtland AFB
Launch and Operations Support Squadron		Kirtland AFB			Activated 1 Aug 2006, inactivated 31 Mar 2008
Space Development Squadron		Kirtland AFB			Activated 2 Jun 2008
Space Test Operations Squadron		Kirtland AFB		C2 Command and Control (military) Command and control, or C2, in a military organization can be defined as the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commanding officer over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission... /TT&C	Activated 2 Jun 2008
Space Test Squadron		Kirtland AFB
Space Experimentation Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
3d Space Experimentation Squadron 3d Space Experimentation Squadron The 3d Space Experimentation Squadron is a space control unit located at Schriever AFB in Colorado.-Mission:The 3d Space Experimentation Squadron is AFSPC's premier organization for space-based demonstrations, pathfinders and experiments. The unit identifies concepts of employment, training,...		Schriever AFB
Space Launch Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Space Launch Squadron 1st Space Launch Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Launch Squadron was a space launch unit located at Patrick AFB, Florida. It was responsible for USAF Delta II launches from its activation in October 1990 to its deactivation in August 2009.-History:...		Cape Canaveral AFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing, headquartered at nearby Patrick Air Force Base. Located on Cape Canaveral in the state of Florida, CCAFS is the primary launch head of America's Eastern Range with four launch pads...		Delta II Delta II Delta II was an American space launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and was in service from 1989 until November 1, 2011...
2d Space Launch Squadron 2d Space Launch Squadron The United States Air Force's 2d Space Launch Squadron was a space lift unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. It was deactivated after the last Titan IV launch in 2005.-History:...		Vandenberg AFB		Atlas III Atlas III The Lockheed Martin Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used between 2000 and 2005. It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature a "normal" staging method, compared to the previous Atlas family members, which were equipped with jettisonable engines on the... /Titan IV Titan IV The Titan IV family of space boosters were used by the U.S. Air Force. They were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. At the time of its introduction, the Titan IV was the "largest unmanned space booster used by the Air Force."The...	Deactivated 2005
3d Space Launch Squadron		Cape Canaveral AFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing, headquartered at nearby Patrick Air Force Base. Located on Cape Canaveral in the state of Florida, CCAFS is the primary launch head of America's Eastern Range with four launch pads...		Atlas III Atlas III The Lockheed Martin Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used between 2000 and 2005. It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature a "normal" staging method, compared to the previous Atlas family members, which were equipped with jettisonable engines on the... /Titan IV Titan IV The Titan IV family of space boosters were used by the U.S. Air Force. They were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. At the time of its introduction, the Titan IV was the "largest unmanned space booster used by the Air Force."The...	Deactivated 2005
4th Space Launch Squadron 4th Space Launch Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Launch Squadron is a space launch unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California.-History:Launched surveillance and meteorological satellites into polar earth orbit, 1994-1998...		Vandenberg AFB		EELV EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system program of the United States Air Force , intended to assure access to space for Department of Defense and other United States government payloads...
5th Space Launch Squadron 5th Space Launch Squadron The United States Air Force's 5th Space Launch Squadron is a space launch unit located at Patrick AFB, Florida. The 5th SLS is tasked with launch and support of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles.-History:...		Cape Canaveral AFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing, headquartered at nearby Patrick Air Force Base. Located on Cape Canaveral in the state of Florida, CCAFS is the primary launch head of America's Eastern Range with four launch pads...		EELV EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system program of the United States Air Force , intended to assure access to space for Department of Defense and other United States government payloads...
Space Operations Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Space Operations Squadron 1st Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Operations Squadron is a space operations unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado. The squadron is also responsible for performance launch, on-orbit, emergency, end-of-life testing and disposal operations providing warning, navigation, R&D, surveillance...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		On-orbit C2 for DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States.... /GPS Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites... /MSX Midcourse Space Experiment The Midcourse Space Experiment is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization satellite experiment to map bright infrared sources in space... /ACE Advanced Composition Explorer Advanced Composition Explorer is a NASA space exploration mission being conducted as part of the Explorer program to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources. Real-time data from ACE is used by the Space Weather...	Future C2 of Space Based Surveillance System
2d Space Operations Squadron 2d Space Operations Squadron The 2d Space Operations Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. Its mission is to manage the Navstar Global Positioning System satellite constellation for global navigation, time transfer, and nuclear detonation detection.2 SOPS is augmented by...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		GPS Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
3d Space Operations Squadron 3d Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 3d Space Operations Squadron is a satellite operations unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System The Defense Satellite Communications System provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. DSCS will be replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system. A total of 14 DSCS III satellites were launched between the early 1980s and 2003. Two... /WGS
4th Space Operations Squadron 4th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Operations Squadron is a satellite operations unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		Milstar
5th Space Operations Squadron 5th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron is an expeditionary satellite operations unit administratively assigned to Schriever AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Onizuka AFS		DSCS III/NATO IV/Skynet Skynet (satellites) Skynet is a family of military satellites, now operated by Paradigm Secure Communications on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence, which provide strategic communication services to the three branches of the British Armed Forces and to NATO forces engaged on coalition tasks.-Skynet 1:There were two... /Inertial Upper Stage Inertial Upper Stage The Inertial Upper Stage , originally known as the Interim Upper Stage, is a two-stage solid-fueled booster rocket developed by the U.S...	Inactivated
6th Space Operations Squadron 6th Space Operations Squadron The 6th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force Reserve satellite command and control squadron located at Schriever AFB, Colorado...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973...	Reserve unit
7th Space Operations Squadron 7th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 7th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force Reserve space operations unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		On-orbit C2 for DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States.... /GPS Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites... /MSX Midcourse Space Experiment The Midcourse Space Experiment is a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization satellite experiment to map bright infrared sources in space...	Reserve unit
8th Space Operations Squadron		Falcon AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		DMSP	Redesignated 8th Space Warning Squadron 8th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 8th Space Warning Squadron is an Air Force Reserve missile warning unit located at Buckley AFB, Colorado...
9th Space Operations Squadron 9th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 9th Space Operations Squadron is a space operations unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. 9 SOPS operates the Joint Space Operations Center, or JSpOC, performing combat operations, plans, strategy and intelligence assessments enabling the commander, Joint...		Vandenberg AFB		Joint Space Operations Center	Reserve unit
19th Space Operations Squadron 19th Space Operations Squadron The 19th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force Reserve space operations unit, located at Schriever AFB, Colorado.-Mission:...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		GPS Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...	Reserve associate to 2 SOPS
21st Space Operations Squadron 21st Space Operations Squadron The 21st Space Operations Squadron is a satellite control unit of the 50th Network Operations Group of the United States Air Force located at Onizuka Air Force Station, California...		Onizuka AFS	"Dust Devils"	AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network The Air Force Satellite Control Network provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non-DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved in Tracking, Telemetry, and Command...
22d Space Operations Squadron 22d Space Operations Squadron The 22d Space Operations Squadron is a United States Air Force unit of the 50th Network Operations Group, itself a part of the 50th Space Wing, and is located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado...		Schriever AFB Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.-Overview:...		AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network The Air Force Satellite Control Network provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non-DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved in Tracking, Telemetry, and Command...
23d Space Operations Squadron		New Boston AFS		AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network The Air Force Satellite Control Network provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non-DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved in Tracking, Telemetry, and Command...	Remote Tracking Station
111th Space Operations Squadron 111th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 111th Space Operations Squadron is an Air National Guard space communications unit located at Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona...		Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data... , AZ Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...		Near-space operations	ANG Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... unit
148th Space Operations Squadron 148th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 148th Space Operations Squadron is a satellite control unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California. The 148th SOPS is tasked with back-up command and control of the MILSTAR satellite constellation.-Mission:...		Vandenberg AFB		Milstar	ANG Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... unit; associate to 4th Space Operations Squadron 4th Space Operations Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Operations Squadron is a satellite operations unit located at Schriever AFB, Colorado...
Space Surveillance Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
1st Space Surveillance Squadron 1st Space Surveillance Squadron The United States Air Force's 1st Space Surveillance Squadron was a space surveillance unit located at Griffiss AFB, New York.-Mission:...		Griffiss AFB		Low Altitude Space Surveillance	Inactivated
3d Space Surveillance Squadron		Misawa AB		Deep Space Tracking System	Redesignated 3d Space Experimentation Squadron 3d Space Experimentation Squadron The 3d Space Experimentation Squadron is a space control unit located at Schriever AFB in Colorado.-Mission:The 3d Space Experimentation Squadron is AFSPC's premier organization for space-based demonstrations, pathfinders and experiments. The unit identifies concepts of employment, training,...
4th Space Surveillance Squadron 4th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Control Squadron is an offensive space control unit located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.-Mission:...		Holloman AFB		Deep Space Tracking System	Renamed 4th Space Control Squadron 4th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 4th Space Control Squadron is an offensive space control unit located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.-Mission:...
5th Space Surveillance Squadron 5th Space Surveillance Squadron The United States Air Force's 5th Space Surveillance Squadron was a space surveillance unit located at RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom.-Mission:...		RAF Feltwell RAF Feltwell RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is currently used by the United States Air Forces Europe. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford, and is in the borough of King's Lynn at approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference .A former Second World War...		Deep Space Tracking System	Redesignated Det 4, 18th Intelligence Squadron 18th Intelligence Squadron The 18th Intelligence Squadron is a space control intelligence organization of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio....
16th Space Surveillance Squadron 16th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 16th Space Control Squadron is an Air Force Space Command unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado and assigned to the 21st Space Wing. The 16th SPCS operates the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System ....		Shemya AFS		AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE Cobra Dane The AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE radar is an active electronically scanned array installation operated by the United States Air Force at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Alaska. This radar system was built in 1976 and brought on-line in 1977 for the primary mission of intelligence gathering...	Renamed 16th Space Control Squadron 16th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 16th Space Control Squadron is an Air Force Space Command unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado and assigned to the 21st Space Wing. The 16th SPCS operates the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System ....
17th Space Surveillance Squadron 17th Space Surveillance Squadron The United States Air Force's 17th Space Surveillance Squadron was a space surveillance unit located at RAF Edzell, Scotland. Before its inactivation, the 17th SSSoperated sensors for the Low-Altitude Surveillance System .-History:...		RAF Edzell	"Eternal Vigilance"	Low Altitude Space Surveillance	Inactivated
18th Space Surveillance Squadron		Edwards AFB		GEODSS	Inactivated
19th Space Surveillance Squadron		Pirinclik, Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...		AN/FPS-17 AN/FPS-17 The AN/FPS-17 is a ground-based fixed-beam radar system that was installed at Pirinçlik Air Base in south-eastern Turkey.This system was deployed to satisfy scientific and technical intelligence collection requirements during the Cold War... radar	Inactivated
20th Space Surveillance Squadron 20th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 20th Space Control Squadron is a space control unit located at Eglin AFB, Florida.-Mission:The mission of the 20th Space Control Squadron is to detect, track, identify, and report near earth and deep space objects in earth's orbit, and provide space object...		Eglin AFB		AN/FPS-85 AN/FPS-85 AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar is a very large fixed-array radar located in Florida, developed by Air Force Rome Air Development Center . The unique aspect of this radar is the phased array antenna technology. The beam formed by it extends from 155° to 205° in azimuth and is scanned at 35° elevation... radar	Renamed 20th Space Control Squadron 20th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force's 20th Space Control Squadron is a space control unit located at Eglin AFB, Florida.-Mission:The mission of the 20th Space Control Squadron is to detect, track, identify, and report near earth and deep space objects in earth's orbit, and provide space object...
Space Weather Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
55th Space Weather Squadron		Schriever AFB			Deactivated
Space Warning Squadrons
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
2d Space Warning Squadron 2d Space Warning Squadron The 2d Space Warning Squadron Is part of the 460th Space Wing at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. It operates the Space-Based Infrared System satellites conducting global monitoring for significant infrared events.-Mission:...		Buckley AFB		SBIRS/DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States....
4th Space Warning Squadron 4th Space Warning Squadron The 4th Space Warning Squadron was an United States Air Force missile warning unit located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The unit's primary mission was to provide mobile DSP support in case of wartime.-Mission:...		Holloman AFB		DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States....	Inactivated; equipment transferred to 137 SWS 137th Space Warning Squadron 137th Space Warning Squadron is an Air National Guard ground-mobile space communications unit of the United States Air Force and is located in Greeley, Colorado.-Mission:...
5th Space Warning Squadron 5th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 5th Space Warning Squadron was a missile warning unit located at Woomera AS, Australia. It was formerly known as the 5th Defense Space Communications Squadron.-Decorations:*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award...		Woomera AS		DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States....	Inactivated
6th Space Warning Squadron 6th Space Warning Squadron The 6th Space Warning Squadron is located at Cape Cod Air Force Station, in Sandwich, Massachusetts. It keeps watch for sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles launched toward North America...		Cape Cod AFS	"Ever Aware"	PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...
7th Space Warning Squadron 7th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 7th Space Warning Squadron is an missile warning unit located at Beale AFB, Ca.-Previous Designations:7th Space Warning Squadron 7th Missile Warning Squadron -Decorations:...		Beale AFB		PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...
8th Space Warning Squadron 8th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 8th Space Warning Squadron is an Air Force Reserve missile warning unit located at Buckley AFB, Colorado...		Buckley AFB		SBIRS/DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States....	Previously at Eldorado AS with PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...
9th Space Warning Squadron 9th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 9th Space Warning Squadron was an United States Air Force missile warning unit located at Robins AFB, Georgia.-History:...		Robins AFB		PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...	Inactivated
10th Space Warning Squadron 10th Space Warning Squadron The United States Air Force's 10th Space Warning Squadron , is a missile warning unit located at Cavalier AFS, North Dakota.-Mission:...		Cavalier AFS Cavalier Air Force Station Cavalier Air Force Station is a United States Air Force installation in Pembina County, North Dakota, home to the 10th Space Warning Squadron of the 21st Space Wing based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.-Mission:...		AN/FPQ-16 PARCS PARCS (radar) The Perimeter Acquisition Radar and Attack Characterization System is a concrete structure 121ft high which continuously provides critical missile warning and space surveillance data to North American Aerospace Defense Command , United States Strategic Command , and regional combatant commanders...
11th Space Warning Squadron 11th Space Warning Squadron The 11th Space Warning Squadron is a United States Air Force missile warning squadron, located at Schriever AFB, Colorado.-Mission:The mission of the 11th SWS is to provide "assured" theater missile warning to warfighters worldwide.-History:...		Buckley AFB		SBIRS
12th Space Warning Squadron 12th Space Warning Squadron The 12th Space Warning Squadron is a United States Air Force missile warning squadron, stationed at Thule Air Base, Greenland.-Overview:...		Thule AB		PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...	Previously used AN/FPS-50 BMEWS
13th Space Warning Squadron 13th Space Warning Squadron The 13th Space Warning Squadron is a missile warning unit assigned to the United States Air Force and located at Clear Air Force Station 5 miles south of Anderson, Alaska,-Mission:...		Clear AFS Clear Air Force Station Clear Air Force Station is a United States Air Force Station located 5 miles south of Anderson, Alaska, USA, northeast of Mount McKinley, and southwest of Fairbanks. Its primary mission is to detect incoming ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.-Overview:Clear AFS is operated by the...		PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...	Previously used AN/FPS-50 BMEWS
137th Space Warning Squadron 137th Space Warning Squadron 137th Space Warning Squadron is an Air National Guard ground-mobile space communications unit of the United States Air Force and is located in Greeley, Colorado.-Mission:...		Greeley ANGB		SBIRS/DSP Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System currently used by the United States....	Air National Guard Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... unit
213th Space Warning Squadron		Clear AFS Clear Air Force Station Clear Air Force Station is a United States Air Force Station located 5 miles south of Anderson, Alaska, USA, northeast of Mount McKinley, and southwest of Fairbanks. Its primary mission is to detect incoming ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.-Overview:Clear AFS is operated by the...		PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS PAVE PAWS is a United States Air Force Space Command radar system operated by three 21st Space Wing squadrons for missile warning and space surveillance. Operational PAVE PAWS radars are located at:...	ANG Air National Guard The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... Counterpart to 13SWS 13th Space Warning Squadron The 13th Space Warning Squadron is a missile warning unit assigned to the United States Air Force and located at Clear Air Force Station 5 miles south of Anderson, Alaska,-Mission:...
Weapons Squadrons (Space & ICBM)
Squadron	Shield	Location	Nickname	System	Note
328th Weapons Squadron 328th Weapons Squadron The United States Air Force's 328th Weapons Squadron is an USAF Weapons School training unit located at Nellis AFB, Nevada.The squadron's origins trace back to the 328th Bombardment Squadron activated on 28 January 1942...		Nellis AFB		Various	Teaches space-related curriculum at USAF Weapons School USAF Weapons School The USAF Weapons School is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 57th Wing. It is stationed at Nellis AFB, Nevada.-Mission:...

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