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The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron (20 SPSS) is a Space Delta 2 unit located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida with the mission to execute multiplatform, tactical space warfighting domain characterization, recognition, and responsiveness to achieve 21st Space Wing and United States Space Command intent. The unit, formerly designated the 20th ...
5th Space Surveillance Squadron: RAF Feltwell: Deep Space Tracking System [14] Redesignated Det 4, 18th Intelligence Squadron: 16th Space Surveillance Squadron: Shemya AFS: AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE: Renamed 16th Space Control Squadron: 17th Space Surveillance Squadron: RAF Edzell "Eternal Vigilance" Low Altitude Space Surveillance: Inactivated ...
It consists of the 15th Space Surveillance, 18th Space Defense Squadron, 19th Space Defense Squadron, and 20th Space Surveillance Squadron. [6] [7] Mission Delta 2 was originally established on 1 February 1942 as the 21st Bombardment Group (21 BG), flying the B-25 Mitchell and B-26 Marauder in antisubmarine patrols during World War II.
This Article is a list of United States Air Force aircraft control and warning squadrons active, inactive, and historical. The purpose of an aircraft control and warning squadron is to provide an airborne radar picket to detect vessels, planes, and vehicles before they enter an area of operations, as well as providing command and control in an engagement by directing aircraft strikes.
5th Expeditionary Space Operations Squadron; 6th Space Operations Squadron; 7th Space Operations Squadron; 19th Space Operations Squadron; 111th Space Operations Squadron; 148th Space Operations Squadron; 614th Space Operations Squadron; Air Force Space Command Space Operations Squadron; 1st Space Surveillance Squadron; 4th Space Warning ...
4th Surveillance Squadron (later 4th Space Surveillance Squadron): 1 October 1990 – 26 April 1995; 5th Surveillance Squadron (later 5th Space Surveillance Squadron): 1 October 1990 – 26 April 1995; 16th Surveillance Squadron (later 16th Space Surveillance Squadron): 1 January 1967 – 30 April 1971, 1 September 1991 – 1 October 1994 [12]
Site C-6 was the 1971-84 location of the Alternate Space Surveillance Center [15]. In 1972 20% of the site's "surveillance capability…became dedicated to search for SLBMs" [43] (the USAF SLBM Phased Array Radar System was initiated In November 1972 by the JCS [44] while the Army's MSR and PAR phased arrays for missile defense were
The United States Air Force's 2d Command and Control Squadron (2 CACS) was an Air Force Space Command command and control unit located at Falcon AFB (later Schriever AFB), Colorado. The 2 CACS commanded passive surveillance systems supporting USSPACECOM and theater warfighters’ requirements through continuous all-weather, day-night ...