2d Command and Control Squadron

2d Command and Control Squadron
2d Command and Control Squadron
	2d Command and Control Squadron emblem
Active	19??-???
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Part of	Air Force Space Command / 21st Space Wing
Garrison/HQ	Falcon AFB , Colorado
Motto(s)	EYES OF THE TIGER
Decorations	AFOUA

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 surveillance of on-orbit satellites. ^[1]

Mission [ edit ]

The 2 CACS was responsible for planning, assessing, and developing execution orders for passive surveillance missions around the world, at locations such as Misawa AB , Japan , Osan AB , Republic of Korea , RAF Feltwell , United Kingdom and RAF Edzell , United Kingdom . ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Information from the sites' Low Altitude Surveillance System (LASS) and Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) were fed to 2 CACS, which was then forwarded onto the space surveillance center at Cheyenne Mountain AFS , Colorado . The center uses this data, along with data from other sensors, to maintain a catalog of man-made objects in space. ^[5]^[6]

Assignments [ edit ]

Major Command [ edit ]

Air Force Space Command (???- ???)

Previous designations [ edit ]

2d Command and Control Squadron (???)

Commanders [ edit ]

Lt Col James E. Mackin (c. 1996) ^[7]
Lt Col T. Clark (c. 1995) ^[8]

Bases stationed [ edit ]

Schriever AFB , Colorado (???-???)

Equipment Commanded [ edit ]

Low Altitude Surveillance System (???-???) ^[9]
- Detachment 1, 3d SSS - Osan AB , Republic of Korea
- 5th SSS - RAF Feltwell , United Kingdom
- 17 SSS - RAF Edzell , United Kingdom
Deep Space Tracking System (???-???)
- 3d SSS - Misawa AB , Japan
- 5th SSS - RAF Feltwell , United Kingdom

Decorations [ edit ]

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
- 1 January 1998 ? 31 December 1998 ^[10]
- 1 October 1997 ? 30 September 1999 ^[11]
- 1 October 1995 ? 30 September 1997 ^[12]

References [ edit ]

^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
^ Storming Media: Space Tactics Bulletin, Vol 5, Issue 3, 1998
^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
^ Globalsecurity.org: 5th Space Surveillance Squadron
^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
^ AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 December 1996)
^ FAS.org: 21st Space Wing Staff Directory, 1995
^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
^ AFSPC Special Order GA-62, 6 December 1999
^ AFSPC Special Order GA-58, 6 December 1999
^ AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997

External links [ edit ]

[1] Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network

[2] Storming Media: Space Tactics Bulletin, Vol 5, Issue 3, 1998

[3] FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999

[4] FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999

[5] Globalsecurity.org: 5th Space Surveillance Squadron

[6] Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network

[7] AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 December 1996)

[8] FAS.org: 21st Space Wing Staff Directory, 1995

[9] Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network

[10] AFSPC Special Order GA-62, 6 December 1999

[11] AFSPC Special Order GA-58, 6 December 1999

[12] AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997

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