Structure of the U.S. Space Force
The
United States Space Force
is organized by different units: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.
The Space Force is organized as one of two coequal military service branches within the
Department of the Air Force
, the other being the
United States Air Force
. Both services are overseen by the
Secretary of the Air Force
, who has overall responsibility for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force and Space Force.
[1]
The military head of the Space Force is the
chief of space operations
(CSO), who is an officer in the grade of
general
.
Space Staff
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The Space Staff is the headquarters of the U.S. Space Force. Like the
U.S. Air Force
's
Air Staff
that is under the
Department of the Air Force
, it is overseen by the
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
. It is responsible for developing doctrine, guidance, and plans in performing the Space Force's functions, cooperating with the Air Staff on support issues. It is composed of the military service's most senior leaders: the
chief of space operations
, the
vice chief of space operations
, and the
chief master sergeant of the Space Force
. Like the other services, there is a director of staff who oversees the synchronization of policies and plans of the headquarters staff and four deputy chiefs of space operations.
[2]
The Space Staff was designed to be lean. Compared to the Air Force's nine headquarters directorates, the Space Force merged nine functional areas into four directorates.
[2]
Additionally, each of the four deputy chiefs of space operations has unofficial positional titles akin to that of corporate organizations: chief human capital officer, chief operations officer, chief technology and innovation officer, and chief strategy and resourcing officer. The chief human capital officer and chief technology and innovation officer positions are held by senior civilian officials at the SES-3 level, while both the chief operations officer and chief strategy and resourcing officer positions are filled by two lieutenant generals.
[3]
Direct reporting units
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Field organization
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The Space Force field organization consist of three different echelons of command: field commands, deltas, and squadrons.
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Field Command
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Field commands (FLDCOMs) align with specific mission focuses and are led by officers in the grade of lieutenant general or major general, comparable to the United States Air Force's
major command
. The Space Force's three field commands will be
Space Operations Command
(SpOC),
Space Systems Command
(SSC), and
Space Training and Readiness Command
(STARCOM).
Field Command
|
Headquarters
|
Current commander
|
Space Operations Command
(SpOC)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Lt Gen
David N. Miller
|
Space Systems Command
(SSC)
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Lt Gen
Philip Garrant
|
Space Training and Readiness Command
(STARCOM)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Maj Gen
Timothy Sejba
|
Space Futures Command
[14]
|
TBD
|
TBD
|
Component Field Commands
|
United States Space Forces ? Cyber
[15]
|
|
|
United States Space Forces ? Central
(SPACEFOR-CENT)
|
MacDill Air Force Base
,
Florida
|
Col Christopher S. Putman
|
United States Space Forces ? Europe and Africa
(SPACEFOR-EURAF)
|
Ramstein Air Base
,
Germany
[16]
|
Col Max E. Lantz II
|
United States Space Forces ? Indo-Pacific
(SPACEFOR-INDOPAC)
|
Joint Base Pearl Harbor?Hickam
,
Hawaii
|
Brig Gen
Anthony Mastalir
|
United States Space Forces Japan
[17]
|
Yokota Air Base
,
Japan
|
|
United States Space Forces ? Korea
(SPACEFOR-KOR)
|
Osan Air Base
,
South Korea
|
Lt Col Joshua M. McCullion
|
United States Space Forces ? Southern
(SPACEFOR-SOUTH)
[18]
|
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
,
Arizona
|
Lt Col Jonathan Whitaker
|
United States Space Forces ? Strategic and Northern
(SPACEFOR-STRATNORTH)
|
|
Lt Col James Curran
|
United States Space Forces ? Space
(S4S)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Lt Gen
Douglas Schiess
|
United States Space Forces ? Special Operations Command
(SPACESOC)
[15]
|
TBA
|
Col Stephan E. Cummings
|
Space Force Elements
|
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office
(SFELM NRO)
|
Chantilly
,
Virginia
|
Maj Gen
Christopher Povak
|
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.
Space Operations Command
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The
Space Operations Command
(SpOC) will be the primary force provider of space forces and capabilities. It is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. It is headquartered at
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
.
[19]
Established on 21 October 2020, SpOC was the first field command activated. It was established by the redesignation of the headquarters of the former
Air Force Space Command
to Space Operations Command. It was composed of the 10 deltas and two garrisons activated on 24 July 2020. This included the
Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)
which served as the interim unit for space training and education until the August 2021 stand-up of a full field command. SpOC also maintained command of the two launch wings, which were later redesignated as launch deltas in 2021, previously under the Air Force Space Command until the establishment of the Space Systems Command.
[20]
The
14th Air Force
in
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
that was temporarily redesignated Space Operations Command upon the creation of the Space Force was inactivated. A new unit,
Space Operations Command West
(SpOC West), was activated to serve as headquarters of the
Combined Force Space Component Command
(CFSCC), a subordinate command of the
United States Space Command
. The SpOC West commander also served as the commander of CFSCC and as the deputy commander of SpOC.
Space Systems Command
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The
Space Systems Command
(SSC) is becoming responsible for developing, acquiring, and fielding space systems, as well as launch, sustainment, and maintenance of space systems. It also advises Space Force science and technology activities.
The Space Force on 8 April 2021 announced the planned structure of the SSC. Led by a lieutenant general, SSC was to be formed by redesignating the
Space and Missile Systems Center
, Commercial Satellite Communications Office, and other space systems programs offices transferred into the Space Force, being stood up in summer 2021. On July 29,
Michael Guetlein
was confirmed as its first commander by the
United States Senate
.
[21]
[22]
The ceremony installing him in command of the new SSC was held August 13, 2021.
[23]
Under the new structure, the two launch deltas previously under SpOC were reassigned to SSC under the oversight of the SSC deputy commander. The commander of the
Space Launch Delta 45
will take on additional duties as the field command's director of operations.
[21]
Space Training and Readiness Command
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The
Space Training and Readiness Command
was planned to train and educate space professionals, develop combat-ready space forces, and additionally taking on the roles of integrated testing and on-orbit checkout. Initially, before the activation of the command, a Space Training and Readiness Delta was established in July 2020 at Peterson SFB.
[13]
STARCOM was activated on 23 August 2021, led by a major general.
[24]
Five subordinate deltas then began being established: one each for training, doctrine and lessons learned,
range and aggressor
,
test and evaluation
, and education.
[24]
Delta
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The Space Force has no command echelon equivalent of the U.S. Air Force′s
numbered air forces
,
[25]
so the next command echelon below field commands is the delta, a single level of command which combines the
wing
and
group
command echelons found in the U.S. Air Force.
[25]
Each delta is organized around a specific function, such as operations, installation support, or training, and is led by an officer in the grade of
colonel
.
[13]
[25]
Space Deltas are operational organizations, but have no responsibility for base support, which is either the Air Force′s responsibility,
[25]
or that of the Space Base Deltas, the former Garrisons.
The first 11 deltas in the Space Force initially were assigned to the
Space Operations Command
. Of those, two were realigned under the
Space Systems Command
, and the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) became a separate field command.
Delta
|
Headquarters
|
Current commander
|
Space Operations Command
|
Space Delta 2
? Space Domain Awareness and Space Battle Management (DEL 2)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Raj Agrawal
|
Space Delta 3
? Space Electromagnetic Warfare (DEL 3)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Nicole M. Petrucci
|
Space Delta 4
? Missile Warning (DEL 4)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Ernest R. Schmitt
|
Space Delta 6
? Cyberspace Operations (DEL 6)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Christopher A. Kennedy
|
Space Delta 7
? Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (DEL 7)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Brett T. Swigert
|
Space Delta 8
? Satellite Communication (DEL 8)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col David A. Pheasant
|
Space Delta 9
? Orbital Warfare (DEL 9)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Mark C. Bigley
|
Space Delta 18
? National Space Intelligence Center (DEL 18)
|
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
,
Ohio
|
Col Marqus Q. Randall
|
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Misson Delta (Provisional)
(PNT IMD)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Andrew S. Menschner
|
Space Base Delta 1
(SBD 1)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col David G. Hanson
|
Space Base Delta 2
(SBD 2)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Heidi L. Dexter
|
Space Systems Command
|
Space Base Delta 3
(SBD 3)
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Mia L. Walsh
|
Acquisition Delta ? Commercial Space
|
Washington, D.C.
|
Col Richard Kniseley
[26]
|
Space Acquisition Management Delta
[27]
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
|
Program Executive Office - Assured Access To Space
(AATS or SSC/AA)
|
Acquisition Delta ? Launch Execution (AAL)
[28]
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
Col James T. Horne
[29]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Mission Solutions (AAM)
[30]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Chad W. Melone
|
Acquisition Delta ? Space Mobility Logistics (AAA)
[31]
|
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
,
Florida
|
Col Joyce Bulson
|
Space Launch Delta 30
(SLD 30)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Col Mark A. Shoemaker
|
Space Launch Delta 45
(SLD 45)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
Brig Gen
Kristin Panzenhagen
|
Program Executive Office - Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications
(BMC3 or SSC/BC)
[28]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Operational Command and Control
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Justin Bruner (acting)
|
Acquisition Delta ? Tactical Command and Control
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Peter C. Mastro
|
Product Support Delta ? Data Transport
[32]
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Tane Yingling
|
Program Executive Office - Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
(MCPNT or SSC/CG)
[28]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Tactical SATCOM (CGT)
[32]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Charlotte M. Gerhart
|
Acquisition Delta ? Strategic SATCOM (CGS)
[32]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col A. J. Ashby
[26]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Narrowband SATCOM (CGN)
[32]
|
Naval Base Point Loma
,
California
[33]
|
Capt Peter J. Sheehy
|
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System Delta (PNT SYD)
[34]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Matthew L. Spencer
|
Program Executive Office - Space Sensing
(SSC/SN)
|
Acquisition Delta ? Resilient Missile Warning, Tracking, Defense (SNR)
[28]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Heather B. Bogstie
|
Acquisition Delta ? Environmental and Tactical Surveillance (SNS)
[35]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Daniel J. Visosky
[26]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Strategic Missile Warning - Ground and Integration
[36]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Jonwa Kim
|
Acquisition Delta ? Strategic Missile Warning - Space
[37]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col L. Brown, Jr.
|
Product Support Delta ? Space Sensing (SNP)
[28]
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Anita J. McCorvey
|
Program Executive Office - Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power
(SDACP or SSC/SZ)
[28]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Innovation and Prototyping (SZI)
[38]
|
Kirtland Air Force Base
,
New Mexico
|
Col Joseph J. Roth
|
Acquisition Delta ? Space Warfighting (SZA)
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Col Erik S. Stockham
|
Acquisition Delta ? Advanced MILSATCOM
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
John Kirkemo
|
Acquisition Delta ? Space Domain Awareness (SZG)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
F. Schnell
|
Acquisition Delta ? Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems (SZQ)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Jason E. West
|
Electromagnetic Warfare System Delta
[34]
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
Jordan Riedel
|
Program Executive Office -
Operational Test and Training Infrastructure
(OTTI or SSC/TI)
[39]
|
Acquisition Delta ? Engineering
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
King Molder
|
Acquisition Delta ? Infrastructure and Sustainment
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
|
Acquisition Delta ? Test and Training
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
|
Space Training and Readiness Command
|
Space Delta 1
? Training (DEL 1)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Col Peter C. Norsky
|
Space Delta 10
? Doctrine and Wargaming (DEL 10)
|
United States Air Force Academy
,
Colorado
|
Col Jack D. Fulmer II
|
Space Delta 11
? Range and Aggressor (DEL 11)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Jay M. Steingold
|
Space Delta 12
? Test and Evaluation (DEL 12)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Sacha N. Tomlinson
|
Space Delta 13
? Education (DEL 13)
|
Maxwell Air Force Base
,
Alabama
|
Col Bryan J. Dutcher
|
U.S. Space Forces ? Space
|
Space Delta 5
? Combined Space Operations Center (DEL 5)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Col Phillip A. Verroco
|
Space Delta 15
? National Space Defense Center (DEL 15)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Stephen G. Lyon
|
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office
|
Space Delta 20
? Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (DEL 20)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Col Robert J. Schreiner
|
Space Delta 21
? Aerospace Data Facility-East (DEL 21)
[
citation needed
]
|
Fort Belvoir
,
Virginia
|
Col Nicholas Martin
|
Space Delta 23
? Aerospace Data Facility-Southwest (DEL 23)
[
citation needed
]
|
White Sands Missile Range
,
New Mexico
|
|
Space Delta 25
? National Reconnaissance Operations Center (DEL 25)
[
citation needed
]
|
Chantilly
,
Virginia
|
Col Robert E. Shrader
[40]
|
Space Delta 26
? NRO Cyber (DEL 26)
[
citation needed
]
|
Chantilly
,
Virginia
|
Col Rob Bonner
[41]
|
Space Rapid Capabilities Office
|
Advanced Capabilities Acquisition Delta
|
Kirtland Air Force Base
,
New Mexico
|
Col Andrew Anderson
[42]
|
Strategic Capabilities Acquisition Delta
|
Kirtland Air Force Base
,
New Mexico
|
Col Gregory Hoffman
|
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.
Squadron
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Below deltas in the Space Force structure are squadrons. Space Force squadrons are focused on specific tactics and are led by an officer in the grade of
lieutenant colonel
.
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Squadron
|
Headquarters
|
Space Delta 1
|
1st Delta Operations Squadron
(1 DOS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
319th Combat Training Squadron
(319 CTS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
328th Weapons Squadron
(328 WPS)
|
Nellis Air Force Base
,
Nevada
|
392nd Combat Training Squadron
(392 CTS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
533rd Training Squadron
(533 TRS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Space Delta 2
|
15th Space Surveillance Squadron
(18 SPSS)
|
Maui
,
Hawaii
|
18th Space Defense Squadron
(18 SDS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
19th Space Defense Squadron
(19 SDS)
|
Naval Support Facility Dahlgren
,
Virginia
|
20th Space Surveillance Squadron
(20 SPSS)
|
Eglin Air Force Base
,
Florida
|
Space Delta 3
|
3rd Combat Training Squadron
(3 CTS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron
(4 EWS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
5th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron
(5 EWS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron
(16 EWS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
23rd Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron
(23 EWS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional) (ISR (P))
[43]
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 4
|
2nd Space Warning Squadron
(2 SWS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
3rd Satellite Communications Squadron
(3 SCS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
5th Space Warning Squadron
(5 SWS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
6th Space Warning Squadron
(6 SWS)
|
Cape Cod Space Force Station
,
Massachusetts
|
7th Space Warning Squadron
(7 SWS)
|
Beale Air Force Base
,
California
|
10th Space Warning Squadron
(10 SWS)
|
Cavalier Space Force Station
,
North Dakota
|
11th Space Warning Squadron
(11 SWS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
12th Space Warning Squadron
(12 SWS)
|
Pituffik Space Base
,
Greenland
|
13th Space Warning Squadron
(13 SWS)
|
Clear Space Force Station
,
Alaska
|
Space Delta 5
|
55th Combat Training Squadron
(55 CTS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Joint Fires and Information Operations Team (JFIOT)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Space Delta 6
|
21st Space Operations Squadron
(21 SOPS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
22nd Space Operations Squadron
(22 SOPS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
23rd Space Operations Squadron
(23 SOPS)
|
New Boston Space Force Station
,
New Hampshire
|
62nd Cyberspace Squadron
(62 CYS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
63rd Cyberspace Squadron
(63 CYS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
64th Cyberspace Squadron
(64 CYS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
65th Cyberspace Squadron
(65 CYS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
68th Cyberspace Squadron
(68 CYS)
[44]
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
69th Cyberspace Squadron
(69 CYS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
645th Cyberspace Squadron
(645 CYS)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
Space Delta 7
|
71st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(71 ISRS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
72nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(72 ISRS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
73rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(73 ISRS)
|
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
,
Ohio
|
74th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(74 ISRS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(75 ISRS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
76th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron
(76 ISRS)
|
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
,
Ohio
|
Space Delta 8
|
8th Combat Training Squadron
(8 CTS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
4th Space Operations Squadron
(4 SOPS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
10th Space Operations Squadron
(10 SOPS)
|
Point Mugu
,
California
|
53rd Space Operations Squadron
(53 SOPS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 9
|
9th Combat Training Squadron
(9 CTS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
1st Space Operations Squadron
(1 SOPS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
3rd Space Operations Squadron
(3 SOPS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 10
|
10th Delta Operations Squadron
(10 DOS)
|
United States Air Force Academy
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 11
|
11th Delta Operations Squadron
(11 DOS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
25th Space Range Squadron
(25 SRS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
57th Space Aggressor Squadron
(57 SAS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
98th Space Range Squadron
(98 SRS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
527th Space Aggressor Squadron
(527 SAS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 12
|
12th Delta Operations Squadron
(12 DOS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
1st Test and Evaluation Squadron
(1 TES)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
3rd Test and Evaluation Squadron
(3 TES)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
4th Test and Evaluation Squadron
(4 TES)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
17th Test and Evaluation Squadron
(17 TES)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 13
|
13th Delta Operations Squadron
(13 DOS)
|
Maxwell Air Force Base
,
Alabama
|
National Security Space Institute
(NSSI)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Squadron Officer School
(SOS)
|
|
Forrest L. Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy
(Vossler NCOA)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 15
|
15th Command and Control Squadron
(15 CACS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
15th Cyber Squadron
(15 CYS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
15th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron
(15 ISRS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 18
|
1st Space Analysis Squadron
(1 SAS)
|
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
,
Ohio
|
2nd Space Analysis Squadron
(2 SAS)
|
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
,
Ohio
|
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Misson Delta (Provisional)
|
2nd Space Operations Squadron
(2 SOPS)
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Software Engineering Squadron (Provisional)
[45]
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Logistics and Operations Support Squadron (Provisional)
[32]
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office
|
NRO Operations Squadron
|
Schriever Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 20
|
Space Operations Squadron
(ADF-C SOPS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Delta 21
|
Space Operations Squadron
(ADF-E SOPS)
|
Fort Belvoir
,
Virginia
|
Space Delta 23
|
Space Operations Squadron
(ADF-SW SOPS)
|
White Sands Missile Range
,
New Mexico
|
Space Delta 26
|
660th Network Operations Squadron
(660 NETOPS)
|
Fort Belvoir
,
Virginia
|
661st Cyber Operations Squadron
(661 CYS)
|
Fort Belvoir
,
Virginia
|
662nd Cyber Operations Squadron
(662 CYS)
|
Fort Belvoir
,
Virginia
|
663rd Cyber Operations Squadron
(663 CYS)
|
Buckley Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
664th Cyber Operations Squadron
(664 CYS)
|
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
,
Florida
|
Space Launch Delta 30
|
30th Operations Support Squadron
(30 OSS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
2nd Range Operations Squadron
(2 ROPS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
2nd Space Launch Squadron
(2 SLS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
30th Space Communications Squadron
(30 SCS)
|
Vandenberg Space Force Base
,
California
|
Space Launch Delta 45
|
1st Range Operations Squadron
(1 ROPS)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
5th Space Launch Squadron
(5 SLS)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
45th Range Squadron
(45 RANS)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
45th Weather Squadron
(45 WS)
|
Patrick Space Force Base
,
Florida
|
Space Base Delta 1
|
21st Communications Squadron
(21 CS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
50th Space Communications Squadron
(50 SCS)
|
Peterson Space Force Base
,
Colorado
|
Space Base Delta 3
|
61st Communications Squadron
(61 CS)
|
Los Angeles Air Force Base
,
California
|
History
[
edit
]
On 20 December 2019,
Air Force Space Command
's principal components were
14th Air Force
(Air Forces Strategic) and the
Space and Missile Systems Center
. At the same time as the creation of the Space Force 14th Air Force was redesignated as Space Operations Command.
[46]
On 12 March 2019, the
Space Development Agency
(SDA), a new space-focused development agency, additional to the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, was established.
[47]
It was established under the authority of the
under secretary of defense for research and engineering
.
[48]
As of January 2020, the SDA is planned to become part of the U.S. Space Force in October 2022.
[49]
In early April 2020, a list of twenty-three units to be transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force was publicly reported.
[50]
Those units included the
17th Test Squadron
, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado;
18th Intelligence Squadron
, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the
25th Space Range Squadron
, Schriever AFB, CO; the
328th Weapons Squadron
, Nellis AFB, NV; the
527th Space Aggressor Squadron
, Schriever AFB, CO; the
7th Intelligence Squadron
,
659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
, 70th ISR Wing, Ft. Meade, Maryland*;
Sixteenth Air Force
/Advanced Programs*, Schriever AFB, Colorado; the
32nd Intelligence Squadron
, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; the
566th Intelligence Squadron
, Buckley AFB, Colorado*; the
544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
, Group Staff & Detachment 5, Peterson AFB, Colorado; D the
533d Training Squadron
,
381st Training Group
, Vandenberg AFB, CA (initial training); the
Air Force Research Laboratory
(AFRL) Research Lab Mission Execution, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division, Edwards AFB, CA; the AFRL Electro-Optical Division, Maui, Hawaii & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the Counter-Space Analysis Squadron and the Space Analysis Squadron, collectively half of the
Space and Missiles Analysis Group
,
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
, both at Wright-Patterson AFB; the
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Detachment 4, Peterson AFB, CO; and the
Air Force Safety Center
? Space Safety Division, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Detachment 1, USAF Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colorado; Operating Location A,
705th Combat Training Squadron
, Schriever AFB, Colorado (ultimately part of the
505th Command and Control Wing
), and the
National Security Space Institute
, Peterson AFB, CO
National Security Space Institute, a place for space education
became eventually part of the STAR Delta.
In September 2021 it was announced the
53rd Signal Battalion
, the
U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade
, and the
Naval Satellite Operations Center
would be transferred to Space Force.
[51]
Heraldry
[
edit
]
Each unit in the Space Force has an emblem in a shape depending on the unit type.
[52]
Each of the three field commands also have a distinctive color: Silver Grey for SpOC, Golden yellow for SSC, and Bluebird (Replacing initial Cannes Blue color) for STARCOM. Units assigned to Space Forces Space (a component field command) will use Brick Red as a distinctive color. Unit emblems are trimmed with the color of the field command to which they report. Space Force personnel assigned to
National Reconnaissance Office
roles will wear insignia trimmed in Black.
Unit
|
SpOC
(Silver gray)
|
SSC
(Golden yellow)
|
STARCOM
(Bluebird)
|
NRO
(Black)
|
Field Command
|
|
|
|
|
Delta
|
|
|
|
|
Base Delta
(hexagon)
|
|
|
?
|
?
|
Squadron
/
Detachment
(ellipse)
|
|
|
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See also
[
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]
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"
.
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c
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e
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.
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