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On 5 June 1998, Falcon Air Force Base was renamed Schriever Air Force Base in honor of the retired General Bernard Schriever, who pioneered in the development of the American ballistic missile programs. Schriever AFB was the only Air Force base that was named for an Air Force veteran who was living at the time. General Schriever died 20 June 2005.
The squadron was originally stationed at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas. It was located there from 8 July 1972 until the base closed 1 January 1974. In 1975, the squadron moved to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The squadron was located at MacDill from 30 June 1975 until the unit was inactivated in 1980. [1]
The squadron's Operating Location A was located at the previous-Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, where it operates the Distributed Mission Operations Center-Space. It manages Space Flag exercises and was scheduled to transfer to the United States Space Force .
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The 22nd SOPS's Operations Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, develops, publishes and enforces the SpATO, and directs and monitors all aspects of enterprise operations for SCN users through a combination of military commanders, civilian professionals and contract support.
Some installations are still called "Air Force Base", although operated by the US Space Force. [1] Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado [2] Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California [3] Patrick Space Force Base near Satellite Beach, Florida. [4] (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is also located in the area, near Kennedy ...
On 30 September 1998, the 6th Space Operations Squadron was inactivated. It activated in the Air Force reserve with assignment to the 310th Space Group at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado on 1 October 1998. The squadron's operations have been command and control of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites since 1 ...
Location Nickname System Note 1st Space Operations Squadron: Schriever AFB: On-orbit C2 for DSP/GPS/MSX/ACE: Future C2 of Space Based Surveillance System 2d Space Operations Squadron: Schriever AFB: GPS: 3d Space Operations Squadron: Schriever AFB: DSCS/WGS: 4th Space Operations Squadron: Schriever AFB: Milstar: 5th Space Operations Squadron ...