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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1953 (as 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing)–24 July 2020<sup id="cite_ref-spaceforce.mil_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceforce.mil-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" 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style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_unit)" title="Wing (military unit)">Wing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Knights<sup id="cite_ref-welcome_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Strength and Preparedness"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/200px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/300px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/400px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Distinguished Unit Citation</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/200px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/300px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/400px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFHRA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFHRA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>21st Wing</b> (<b>21 WG</b>) is an inactive wing of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p><p>It was established in 1953 as the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing, deploying to Europe to join NATO's <a href="/wiki/Allied_Command_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Command Europe">Allied Command Europe</a>, before being inactivated in 1958. It reactivated in 1958 as the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing, executing air defense operations over Japan and deterring North Korea, being inactivated in 1960. It was reactivated in 1966 as the 21st Composite Wing, and in 1979 redesignated the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing, performing air defense, close air support, and a variety of other missions in Alaska, before being redesignated the 21st Wing and being inactivated in 1991. </p><p>The 21st Wing was activated as a space wing on 15 May 1992, replacing the <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Wing" title="1st Space Wing">1st Space Wing</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Support_Wing" title="3rd Space Support Wing">3rd Space Support Wing</a>. It was inactivated on 24 July 2020 and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Peterson-Schriever_Garrison" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson-Schriever Garrison">Peterson-Schriever Garrison</a>, with the 21st Operations Group being redesignated as <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 2">Space Delta 2</a>, the 73 Space Group was redesignated as <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 3">Space Delta 3</a>, and its ground–based missile warning units, combined with overhead persistent infrared units of the 460th Operations Group, was redesignated as <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 4">Space Delta 4</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 21st Space Wing was the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>'s ground–based missile warning and space control wing. It was also the Space Force's, and prior to its transfer the Air Force's, most geographically dispersed wing, with forces spread across 22 locations. Its ground–based radars included the <a href="/wiki/PAVE_PAWS" title="PAVE PAWS">Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System</a> (PAVE PAWS), <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">Ballistic Missile Early Warning System</a> (BMEWS), and <a href="/wiki/PARCS_(radar)" class="mw-redirect" title="PARCS (radar)">Perimeter Attack Radar Characterization System</a> (PARCS). At the time of its inactivation on 24 July 2020, the 21st Space Wing had 4,200 space professionals and airmen under its command.<sup id="cite_ref-welcome_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fact_sheet_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st Space Wing served as the host wing for <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Air Force Base">Peterson Air Force Base</a>, providing base support for the combined United States–Canadian <a href="/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Aerospace Defense Command">North American Aerospace Defense Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">United States Northern Command</a>, elements of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>'s 367th Recruiting Squadron, and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/302nd_Airlift_Wing" title="302nd Airlift Wing">302nd Airlift Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-units_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-units-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_in_2020">Structure in 2020</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure in 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Operations Group">21st Operations Group</a> (21 OG)<sup id="cite_ref-units_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-units-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/25px-6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/38px-6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/50px-6th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="820" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="6th Space Warning Squadron">6th Space Warning Squadron</a> (6 SWS), <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Cod Air Force Station">Cape Cod Air Force Station</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG/25px-7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG/38px-7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG/50px-7th_Space_Warning_Squadron.PNG 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="538" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="7th Space Warning Squadron">7th Space Warning Squadron</a> (7 SWS), <a href="/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base" title="Beale Air Force Base">Beale Air Force Base</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg/25px-10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg/38px-10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg/50px-10th_Space_Warning_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1828" data-file-height="1877" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="10th Space Warning Squadron">10th Space Warning Squadron</a> (10 SWS), <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalier Air Force Station">Cavalier Air Force Station</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/25px-12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/38px-12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/50px-12th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="703" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="12th Space Warning Squadron">12th Space Warning Squadron</a> (12 SWS), <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/25px-13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/38px-13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png/50px-13th_Space_Warning_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="158" data-file-height="176" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning Squadron</a> (13 SWS), <a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear Air Force Station</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg/25px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg/38px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg/50px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1825" data-file-height="1879" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/18th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Space Control Squadron">18th Space Control Squadron</a> (18 SPCS), <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/25px-20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/38px-20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/50px-20th_Space_Control_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="340" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Space Control Squadron">20th Space Control Squadron</a> (20 SPCS), <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a> <ul><li>Detachment 1, 20th Space Control Squadron, <a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range" title="White Sands Missile Range">White Sands Missile Range</a></li> <li>Detachment 2, 20th Space Control Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia" title="Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia">Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia</a></li> <li>Detachment 3, 20th Space Control Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Maui_Optical_and_Supercomputing_observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory">Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fylingdales" title="RAF Fylingdales">Operating Location – Fylingdales</a> (OL-F), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fylingdales" title="RAF Fylingdales">RAF Fylingdales</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG/25px-21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG/38px-21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG/50px-21st_Operations_Support_Squadron.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="1148" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Support_Squadron" title="21st Operations Support Squadron">21st Operations Support Squadron</a> (21 OSS)</li></ul> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Mission_Support_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Mission Support Group (page does not exist)">21st Mission Support Group</a> (21 MSG) </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png/25px-21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png/38px-21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png/50px-21_Civil_Engineer_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="448" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Civil_Engineer_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Civil Engineer Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Civil Engineer Squadron</a> (21 CES)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Communications_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/21_Communications_Sq_emblem.png/25px-21_Communications_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/21_Communications_Sq_emblem.png/38px-21_Communications_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="489" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Contracting_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Contracting Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Contracting Squadron</a> (21 CONS)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png/25px-21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png/38px-21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png/50px-21_Force_Support_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="407" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Force_Support_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Force Support Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Force Support Squadron</a> (21 FSS)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png/25px-21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png/38px-21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png/50px-21_Security_Forces_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="1681" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Security_Forces_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Security Forces Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Security Forces Squadron</a> (21 SFS)</li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png/25px-21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png/38px-21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png/50px-21_Medical_Gp_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="407" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Medical_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Medical Group (page does not exist)">21st Medical Group</a> (21 MDG) </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Healthcare_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Healthcare Operations Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Healthcare Operations Squadron</a> (21 HCOS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Operational_Medical_Readiness_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron</a> (21 OMRS)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/721st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="721st Operations Group">721st Operations Group</a> (721 OG) </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG/25px-4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG" decoding="async" width="25" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG/38px-4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG/50px-4th_Space_Control_Squadron.PNG 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="938" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Space Control Squadron">4th Space Control Squadron</a> (4 SCS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Space Control Squadron">5th Space Control Squadron</a> (5 SCS)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/25px-16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/38px-16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png/50px-16th_Space_Control_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="677" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/16th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Space Control Squadron">16th Space Control Squadron</a> (16 SCS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/721st_Operations_Support_Squadron" title="721st Operations Support Squadron">721st Operations Support Squadron</a> (721 OSS)</li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png/25px-USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png/38px-USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png/50px-USAF_-_821st_Air_Base_Group.png 2x" data-file-width="2065" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=821st_Air_Base_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="821st Air Base Group (page does not exist)">821st Air Base Group</a> (821 ABG), <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:821st_Support_Squadron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/821st_Support_Squadron.png/25px-821st_Support_Squadron.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/821st_Support_Squadron.png/38px-821st_Support_Squadron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/821st_Support_Squadron.png/50px-821st_Support_Squadron.png 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=821st_Support_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="821st Support Squadron (page does not exist)">821st Support Squadron</a> (821 SPTS)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=821st_Security_Forces_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="821st Security Forces Squadron (page does not exist)">821st Security Forces Squadron</a> (821 SFS)</li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png/25px-21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png/38px-21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png/50px-21_Comptroller_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="413" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Comptroller_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="21st Comptroller Squadron (page does not exist)">21st Comptroller Squadron</a> (21 CPTS) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shield">Shield</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shield"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:21st_Space_Wing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/21st_Space_Wing.png/220px-21st_Space_Wing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/21st_Space_Wing.png/330px-21st_Space_Wing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/21st_Space_Wing.png/440px-21st_Space_Wing.png 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="962" /></a><figcaption>21st Space Wing shield</figcaption></figure> <p>The 21st Space Wing shield was approved for use on 23 July 1957. The blue shield represents the sky, which is the 21st Space Wing's area of operations. The upraised sword represents the strength and readiness of the 21st Space Wing to perform its mission, in both peace and war. The lightning is symbol of the heavens beyond and the power of the 21st Space Wing. The blue, red, and yellow signify the three original fighter squadrons of the 21st Fighter-Bomber wing. The motto of the 21st Space Wing, "Strength and Preparedness" was derived from the original motto of the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing, "Fortitudo et Preparatio."<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_Fighter-Bomber_Wing_(1953–1958)"><span id="21st_Fighter-Bomber_Wing_.281953.E2.80.931958.29"></span>21st Fighter-Bomber Wing (1953–1958)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing (1953–1958)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg/220px-72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg/330px-72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg/440px-72d_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron_-_North_American_F-86F-35-NA_Sabre_-_52-5233.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1705" data-file-height="1039" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/72nd_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron">72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a> North American F-86F Sabre</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 January 1953 the <b>21st Fighter-Bomber Wing</b> (<b>21 FBW</b>) was activated as a part of <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces Central Command">Ninth Air Force</a> at <a href="/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base" title="George Air Force Base">George Air Force Base</a>, California. It directly commanded the <a href="/wiki/21st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Fighter-Bomber Group">21st Fighter-Bomber Group</a>, which oversaw the <a href="/wiki/72nd_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron">72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/416th_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Fighter-Bomber Squadron">416th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/531st_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="531st Fighter-Bomber Squadron">531st Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a>. All fighter-bomber squadrons initially flew <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-51 Mustang</a> piston engine fighters, but within six months of activation upgraded to fly the <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86F Sabre</a> jet fighter.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September and October 1953, each of the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing's squadrons rotated through a two-week arctic indoctrination program at <a href="/wiki/Eielson_Air_Force_Base" title="Eielson Air Force Base">Eielson Air Force Base</a>, Alaska to prepare it for winter warfare operations. The 21st FBW also participated in <a href="/wiki/Defence_diplomacy" title="Defence diplomacy">defense diplomacy</a>, sending six of its F-86F Sabres to participate in Project Willtour, visiting twelve different Central American, South American, and Caribbean states and performing joint training with their armed forces. In April and May 1954 the 21 FBW conducted Operation Boxkite, an exercise at <a href="/wiki/North_Auxiliary_Airfield" title="North Auxiliary Airfield">North Field</a>, South Carolina, which was designed to test the ability of a tactical wing to deploy to a forward base and sustain combat operations for thirty days.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 June 1954 it was announced that the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing would be transferred to Europe to reinforce <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> forces deterring the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. On 12 December 1954 it was reassigned to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> and stationed at <a href="/wiki/Chambley-Bussi%C3%A8res_Air_Base" title="Chambley-Bussières Air Base">Chambley Air Base</a>, France, however the airbase was not operational until June 1956. The fighter-bomber squadrons deployed in four tranches between November 1954 and January 1955, with flying units making stopovers at Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland. When they arrived in France the fighter-bomber squadrons operated out of alternate airfields until Chambley AB could support flying operations.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Europe the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing conduced close air support exercises with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Europe">United States Army Europe</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Northern_Army_Group" title="Northern Army Group">Northern Army Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Army_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Army Group">Central Army Group</a>. They also took part in USAFE's gunnery meet at <a href="/wiki/Wheelus_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheelus Field">Wheelus Field</a>, Libya and the "Carte Blanche" atomic warfare exercise. In 1956, the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing also took second place at the gunnery meet at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a>, Nevada and won the USAFE Award for Tactical Proficiency for January–June 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the pilots of the 21st Fighter-Bomber wing was then <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)" title="Michael Collins (astronaut)">Michael Collins</a>, who would later go on to become a <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> astronaut on <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a>, the first crewed mission to the Moon.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 February 1958 the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing was inactivated, with its assets distributed to various USAFE units.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_(1958–1960)"><span id="21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_.281958.E2.80.931960.29"></span>21st Tactical Fighter Wing (1958–1960)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st Tactical Fighter Wing (1958–1960)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg/220px-416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg/330px-416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg/440px-416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_North_American_F-100D-25-NA_Super_Sabre_-_55-3604.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>416 TFS F-100D at Kunsan AB, South Korea</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 July 1958 the <b>21st Tactical Fighter Wing</b> (<b>21 TFW</b>) was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa Air Base</a>, Japan. Initially directly subordinated to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a>' <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, on 10 November 1958 the 21 TFW was reassigned to Fifth Air Force's <a href="/wiki/39th_Air_Division" title="39th Air Division">39th Air Division</a>. The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing was composed of the <a href="/wiki/416th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Tactical Fighter Squadron">416th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/531st_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="531st Tactical Fighter Squadron">531st Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>, 21st Armament and Electronics Squadron, 21st Field Maintenance Squadron, and the 21st Tactical Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing was tasked, along with the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Air Self Defense Force">Japan Air Self Defense Force</a>, with the air defense of northern Japan against <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> aircraft. The 21 TFW was also postured to perform strategic bombing against <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> as enumerated in the Quick Strike contingency plan, if hostilities broke out again. At the time of reactivation both the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron and 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron flew <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">Republic F-84G Thunderjet</a> fighter-bomber, however, the 531 TFS began transitioning to the <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">North American F-100D Super Sabre</a>, with the 416 TFS performing the warfighting mission in the interim. Once the 531 TFS became fully combat capable in April 1959 it assumed the warfighting mission and the 416 TFS began transitioning to the F-100D.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even with two units transitioning to different platforms, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing still managed to achieve an "Excellent" rating in the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>'s tactical evaluation and operational readiness inspection in August and September 1959, achieving the best bomb score average in the history of the Fifth Air Force. These training successes were repeated in operations, with the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing regularly intercepting <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-16" title="Tupolev Tu-16">Tupolev Tu-16 Badger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Myasishchev_M-4" title="Myasishchev M-4">Myasishchev M-4 Bison</a> bombers encroaching on Japanese airspace, with First Lieutenant Charles Ferguson of the 531st Fighter Squadron achieving the first ever interception of a M-4 Bison bomber on 1 October 1959 and others taking valuable air-to-air photos of the Tu-16 Badger bomber for Air Force intelligence.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to conducting air defense operations, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing also deployed forces to South Korea, deterring <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> from resuming hostilities. On 7 August 1959, two F-100D's from the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron conducted the first transpolar flight by American jet aircraft, flying from Weathersfield, England to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. On 18 June 1960 the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing was inactivated again, due to the United States placing a limit on the amount of fighter wings in the Air Force, resulting in a reorganization of Fifth Air Force. The assets of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing were transferred among the rest of the assets of the 39th Air Division.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_Composite_Wing_(1966–1979),_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_(1979–1991),_and_21st_Wing_(1991)"><span id="21st_Composite_Wing_.281966.E2.80.931979.29.2C_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_.281979.E2.80.931991.29.2C_and_21st_Wing_.281991.29"></span>21st Composite Wing (1966–1979), 21st Tactical Fighter Wing (1979–1991), and 21st Wing (1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 21st Composite Wing (1966–1979), 21st Tactical Fighter Wing (1979–1991), and 21st Wing (1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg/220px-317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg/330px-317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg/440px-317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_-_Convair_F-102A-70-CO_Delta_Dagger_-_56-1259.jpg 2x" data-file-width="787" data-file-height="332" /></a><figcaption>317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor</figcaption></figure> <p>On 8 July 1966 the <b>21st Composite Wing</b> (<b>21 CW</b>) was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Elmendorf_Air_Force_Base" title="Elmendorf Air Force Base">Elmendorf Air Force Base</a>, Alaska and assigned to <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Air_Command" title="Alaskan Air Command">Alaskan Air Command</a>, which also supported <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Defense_Command" title="Continental Air Defense Command">Continental Air Defense Command</a> and the <a href="/wiki/NORAD" title="NORAD">Alaskan NORAD Region</a>. As a composite wing, it was assigned the missions of <a href="/wiki/Air_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air defense">air defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactical airlift">tactical airlift</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a>. </p><p>The air defense mission was carried out by the <a href="/wiki/317th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a>, which was equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102A Delta Dagger</a> and TF-102 interceptors, two of which were always on alert at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eielson Air Force Base, <a href="/wiki/King_Salmon_Airport" title="King Salmon Airport">King Salmon Airport</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edward_G._Pitka_Sr._Airport" title="Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport">Galena Airport</a>. 317 FIS was considered an elite unit, having been the only squadron to have won the Hughes Achievement Trophy for air defense three times. The <a href="/wiki/17th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Troop Carrier Squadron">17th Troop Carrier Squadron</a>, which was redesignated the 17th Tactical Airlift Squadron in 1967, conducted the airlift mission with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a> tactical transports, performing resupply to Alaskan Air Command and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> air defense and space tracking radars. 17 TAS also stationed two cold-weather C-130s at <a href="/wiki/Sondrestrom_Air_Base" title="Sondrestrom Air Base">Sondrestrom Air Base</a>, Greenland to support the <a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">Distant Early Warning Line</a>. The search and rescue mission was conducted by the 21st Operations Squadron and 5040th Helicopter Squadron, which flew the <a href="/wiki/Piasecki_H-21" title="Piasecki H-21">Piasecki H-21</a> helicopters. The 21st Operations Squadron also flew the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118 Liftmaster</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a> transports to perform utility airlift. On 1 January 1970, the 21st Operations Squadron was inactivated, and the search and rescue mission was entirely turned over to the 5040th Helicopter Squadron, which also transitioned from the older H-21s to the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-61R" title="Sikorsky S-61R">Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant</a>. On 1 October 1971, the 5041st Tactical Operations Squadron was activating, operating a variety of aircraft, including the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_T-33" title="Lockheed T-33">Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">North American T-39 Sabreliner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas EC-118</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas VC-118</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">Martin B-57 Canberra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">Martin EB-57</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFHRA_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFHRA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fact_sheet_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg/220px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg/330px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg/440px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-4Es_at_Mount_McKinley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1277" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4Es at Mount McKinley.</figcaption></figure> <p>The technologically outdated F-102s were starting to become ineffective against <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> intruders, resulting in Alaska Air Command to try to upgrade them to more advanced F-4 Phantom IIs, however Tactical Air Command and Pacific Air Forces fighter squadrons tasked for the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> got first priority. <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> augmented Alaska Air Command by sending squadrons equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">Convair F-106 Delta Dart</a> to Alaska on a rotational basis. In 1969, due to the age of their F-102 fighters, the 317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was inactivated. In 1970 the <a href="/wiki/43rd_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron">43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> was assigned to the 21st Composite Wing and equipped with advanced <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II</a>. The 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, despite mechanical issues due to the Alaskan winter, also assumed the close air support mission role in support of the Army. Despite these issues the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron proved itself, conducting combat alerts, intercepts against Soviet Air Forces intruders, and combat exercises. In June 1972 the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron sent a detachment to Operation Cool Shoot at <a href="/wiki/Tyndall_Air_Force_Base" title="Tyndall Air Force Base">Tyndall Air Force Base</a>, Florida and was awarded the Hughes Achievement Trophy in December of that year. 21 CW continued to compete in exercised during 1976, including Jack Frost, the Tactical Air Command Weapons System Evaluation Program at <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a>, Florida, and the <a href="/wiki/William_Tell_(aerial_gunnery_competition)" title="William Tell (aerial gunnery competition)">William Tell</a> fighter weapons competition in October and November at Tyndall AFB, where the 21st Composite Wing won the awards for the best F-4 crew, best maintenance crew, the Apple Splitter award for most drones destroyed, and the Top Gun award. 43 TFS won the Hughes Achievement Trophy again in 1977 and went to the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Air Command">Canadian Forces Air Command</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Maple_Flag" title="Maple Flag">Maple Flag</a> in September 1978 and U.S. Air Force's Red Flag in April 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975 the 21st Composite Wing was divested of its helicopter and transport forces and inactivated the 5021st Helicopter Squadron, which were realigned under <a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a> across the Air Force, however the 21 CW gained two airbase wings and responsibility for all of Alaska's air control and missile and space warning sites.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977 the <a href="/wiki/343rd_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="343rd Wing">343rd Tactical Fighter Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/18th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Tactical Fighter Squadron">18th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>, equipped with F-4Es, was activated under the 21st Composite Wing. The 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron was moved to the 343rd Tactical Fighter Group as well. The 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron assumed responsibility for close air support, while the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron specialized in the air defense mission. In October 1977 the 5041 Tactical Operations Squadron was inactivated as well.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFHRA_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFHRA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg/220px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg/330px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg/440px-43d_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_-_F-15s_over_Alaska_Range.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1283" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15s over Alaska Range</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 October 1979 the 21st Composite Wing was redesignated as the <b>21st Tactical Fighter Wing</b> (<b>21 TFW</b>), reorganizing it along the lines of a standard tactical fighter wing in response to a study initiated by its commander, Colonel Michael Nelson. All of the aircraft from the composite wing were dispersed to other units, except for its 40 F-4E fighters, 12 T-33 trainers, and a <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huron" title="Beechcraft C-12 Huron">Beechcraft C-12 Huron</a>. The F-4Es remained with the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron and 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron, while the T-33s and C-12 were assigned to the newly activated 5021st Tactical Operations Squadron. F-4Es from the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing deployed to <a href="/wiki/Cheongju_International_Airport" title="Cheongju International Airport">Chongju Air Base</a>, South Korea to participate in Exercise <a href="/wiki/Team_Spirit" title="Team Spirit">Team Spirit</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a>. The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing also practiced dissimilar air combat training starting in March 1980, while also conducting combat air patrols, air interdiction operations, and composite force tactics training.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1980, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing received its first <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagles</a> for the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. The 18th Tactical Squadron was moved to the <a href="/wiki/343rd_Composite_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="343rd Composite Wing">343rd Composite Wing</a>, where it was equipped with A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack planes. The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing became the first unit in the Air Force to reach Initial Operitonal Capability on the F-15 without any outside assistance. On 24 November 1982 it made its first intercept with the F-15A Eagle, intercepting a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95" title="Tupolev Tu-95">Tupolev Tu-95</a>. 21 TFW F-15s conducted several deployments and exercises, such as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Readiness_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Readiness Command">United States Readiness Command</a>'s arctic exercise Brim Frost, the 1985 <a href="/wiki/Team_Spirit" title="Team Spirit">Team Spirit</a> exercises with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Air Self Defense Force">Japan Air Self Defense Force</a>, and numerous training exercises with the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Air Command">Canadian Forces Air Command</a>. Three F-15As of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing also became the first Alaskan single-seat fighters to circle the North Pole.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG/220px-US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG/330px-US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG/440px-US_F-15s_and_Soviet_MiG-29s_over_Alaska_1989.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2850" data-file-height="1850" /></a><figcaption>43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15s escort Soviet Air Forces MiG-29s on their visit to America.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1987, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing received its first F-15C and F-15D Eagles, with the D variants replacing the T-33 as the unit's trainer and resulting in the inactivation of the 5021 Tactical Operations Squadron in 1988. The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing also hosted numerous dignitaries, such as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> on his way to the <a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Hirohito" class="mw-redirect" title="Death and funeral of Hirohito">state funeral</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor of Japan</a> <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a>. In 1989, F-15Cs of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Tactical Fighter Wing">21st Tactical Fighter Wing</a> escorted the first two <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">Mikoyan MiG-29s</a> to attend an airshow in North America. </p><p>In 1990, Alaskan Air Command became <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Forces</a>' <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a>. In May 1991, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing activated the <a href="/wiki/90th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="90th Tactical Fighter Squadron">90th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> which was equipped with <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle</a> strike fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991 the Air Force directed the implementation of the one wing, one base policy resulting in the redesignation of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing as the <b>21st Wing</b> (<b>21 WG</b>) on 26 September 1991, in preparation for its inactivation on 19 December 1991. Its flying units were consolidated under the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Wing" title="3rd Wing">3rd Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_Space_Wing_(1992–present)"><span id="21st_Space_Wing_.281992.E2.80.93present.29"></span>21st Space Wing (1992–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 21st Space Wing (1992–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg/220px-Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg/330px-Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg/440px-Radar_RAF_Fylingdales.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3211" data-file-height="2200" /></a><figcaption>Solid State Phased Array Radar (SSPAR) at RAF Fylingdales, England</figcaption></figure> <p>On 15 May 1992, the <b>21st Space Wing</b> (<b>21 SW</b>) was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Air Force Base">Peterson Air Force Base</a>, Colorado and assigned to <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a>. The 21st Space Wing replaced Air Force Space Command's <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Wing" title="1st Space Wing">1st Space Wing</a>, which managed ground and space-based sensors, and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Support_Wing" title="3rd Space Support Wing">3rd Space Support Wing</a>, which was the host wing for Peterson Air Force Base and <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station</a>. Replacing the 1st Space Wing and 3rd Space Support Wing with the 21st Space Wing was part of a larger Air Force initiative designed to preserve early Air Force flying heritage, and bestowed upon the 21st Space Wing the history and honors of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>-era 21st Fighter Group and 21st Bombardment Group. On 20 September 1993, the 21st Space Wing was assigned to the Air Force Space Command's <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st Space Wing's primary mission was <a href="/wiki/Missile_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Missile warning">missile warning</a>, which was conducted via terrestrial and space-based sensors operated by the 21st Operations Group. The <a href="/wiki/2nd_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="2nd Space Warning Squadron">2nd Space Warning Squadron</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Buckley_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckley Air National Guard Base">Buckley Air National Guard Base</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="5th Space Warning Squadron">5th Space Warning Squadron</a>, based <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Range_Complex" title="RAAF Woomera Range Complex">Woomera Air Station</a>, Australia, flew the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">Defense Support Program</a> infra-red missile launch detection satellites. The <a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="4th Space Warning Squadron">4th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base" title="Holloman Air Force Base">Holloman Air Force Base</a>, operated the Defense Support Program's Mobile Ground Station, before having its mission transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/137th_Space_Warning_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="137th Space Warning Squadron">137th Space Warning Squadron</a> in 1997. On 1 October 1994 the <a href="/wiki/11th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="11th Space Warning Squadron">11th Space Warning Squadron</a> was activated at <a href="/wiki/Falcon_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Falcon Air Force Base">Falcon Air Force Base</a> to provide accurate and timely missile warning to theater forces through the Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater (ALERT) system.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to these space systems, the 21st Space Wing operated a number of terrestrial radar sites, spread across the world. The <a href="/wiki/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="6th Space Warning Squadron">6th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Cod Air Force Station">Cape Cod Air Force Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="7th Space Warning Squadron">7th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base" title="Beale Air Force Base">Beale Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/8th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="8th Space Warning Squadron">8th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Eldorado_Air_Force_Station" title="Eldorado Air Force Station">Eldorado Air Force Station</a>, and <a href="/wiki/9th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="9th Space Warning Squadron">9th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins Air Force Base</a> all operated the <a href="/wiki/Phased_Array_Warning_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Phased Array Warning System">Phased Array Warning System</a> (PAVE PAWS), which had been in operation since the 1980s. The <a href="/wiki/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="10th Space Warning Squadron">10th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalier Air Force Station">Cavalier Air Force Station</a>, operated the <a href="/wiki/AN/FPQ-16_PARCS" title="AN/FPQ-16 PARCS">Perimeter Acquisition Radar Characterization System</a> (PARCS), which served as part of the sea launched ballistic missile warning network for the Arctic region. The <a href="/wiki/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="12th Space Warning Squadron">12th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a>, Greenland, <a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear Air Force Station</a>, Alaska, and a British detachment out of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fylingdales" title="RAF Fylingdales">RAF Fylingdales</a> operated the <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_Missile_Early_Warning_System" title="Ballistic Missile Early Warning System">Ballistic Missile Early Warning System</a> (BMEWS) radar network. The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System had been in operation since the 1960s, and was updated to the <a href="/wiki/Solid_State_Phased_Array_Radar_System" title="Solid State Phased Array Radar System">Solid State Phased Array Radar System</a> (SSPAR), which became operational at Thule Air Base in 1987, RAF Fylingdales in 1992, and at Clear Air Force Station in 2001. Due to budgetary reasons the 8th Space Warning Squadron and 9th Space Warning Squadron, and there radar systems, were inactivated in July 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1995 the 21st Space Wing gained the 721st Space Group, which would later be redesignated the 721st Support Group, and in 2002 the 721st Mission Support Group, which oversaw operations at <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station</a>. On 26 April 1995, the <a href="/wiki/73rd_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73rd Space Group">73rd Space Group</a>, which was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Falcon_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Falcon Air Force Base">Falcon Air Force Base</a> and conducted space surveillance operations, was inactivated and its mission was assumed by the 21st Space Wing. The assimilation of the 73rd Space Wing brought a number of space surveillance units into the 21st Space Wing. The <a href="/wiki/19th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Space Surveillance Squadron">19th Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, which was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Pirin%C3%A7lik_Air_Base" title="Pirinçlik Air Base">Pirinclik Air Force Station</a> and operated the <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-79" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-79">AN/FPS-79</a> radar to monitory space and missile launches from the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a>, and Middle East. 19 SPSS, through earlier units, had monitored space and missile launches from the Soviet Union starting in 1955, including the launches of <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vostok_1" title="Vostok 1">Vostok 1</a>. The <a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" title="20th Space Surveillance Squadron">20th Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a>, operated the <a href="/wiki/AN/FPS-85" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/FPS-85">AN/FPS-85</a> radar, which was Air Force Space Command's first electronically steered radar. The 21st Space Wing also inherited the <a href="/wiki/Ground-Based_Electro-Optical_Deep_Space_Surveillance_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System">Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System</a> from the 73rd Space Group, which it operated through Detachment 1 at <a href="/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico" title="Socorro, New Mexico">Socorro, New Mexico</a>, Detachment 2 at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia" title="Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia">Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia</a>, and Detachment 3 at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Maui_Optical_and_Supercomputing_observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory">Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory</a>, which conducted deep-space surveillance and space-object identification. Detachment 4 was activated at <a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón Air Base</a>, Spain to operate the Transportable Optical System (TOS) in September 1998, and was renamed the Morón Optical Surveillance System (MOSS) in April 1999. Morón would receive the El Raven telescope in November 2005 and the RO4 high-volume superior resolution camera in June 2006 to enhance its space control mission. The <a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Space Surveillance Squadron">3rd Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa Air Base</a>, Japan and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Space Surveillance Squadron">5th Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Feltwell" title="RAF Feltwell">RAF Feltwell</a> operated the Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS). The <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" title="1st Space Surveillance Squadron">1st Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss Air Force Base</a>, the <a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Space Surveillance Squadron">4th Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base" title="Lackland Air Force Base">Lackland Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/17th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Space Surveillance Squadron">17th Space Surveillance Squadron</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Edzell" title="RAF Edzell">RAF Edzell</a>, and Detachment 1, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Osan_Air_Base" title="Osan Air Base">Osan Air Base</a>, South Korea operated the Low Altitude Space Surveillance System (LASS). The 21st Space Wing also inherited a number of command and control units, including the included the <a href="/wiki/153d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="153d Command and Control Squadron">721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron</a>, which operated the mobile command and control center, <a href="/wiki/1st_Command_and_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Command and Control Squadron">1st Command and Control Squadron</a>, which was at <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station</a> and tasked the worldwide space surveillance network and maintained the <a href="/wiki/Satellite_Catalog_Number" title="Satellite Catalog Number">space catalog</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Command_and_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Command and Control Squadron">2nd Command and Control Squadron</a>, which was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Schriever_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schriever Air Force Base">Schriever Air Force Base</a> and supported the passive space surveillance network, and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="3rd Command and Control Squadron">3rd Command and Control Squadron</a>, which was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt Air Force Base</a> and was the alternate missile warning center.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_trails_in_Space_Command_(3941764).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg/220px-Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg/330px-Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg/440px-Star_trails_in_Space_Command_%283941764%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>United States Space Surveillance Network telescope.</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to the obsolescence of passive radar systems, the Deep Space Tracking System and Low Altitude Space Surveillance System was decommission, with 1 SPSS inactivating in 1995, 17 SPSS inactivating in 1996, Detachment 1 at Osan AB inactivating in 1997, 5 SPSS inactivating in January 2002, and 3 SPSS inactivating in February 2002. 19 SPSS and its Turkish radar site was inactivated in 1999. The 721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron was inactivated in 1998, but reactivated as the <a href="/wiki/153d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="153d Command and Control Squadron">153d Command and Control Squadron</a> in support of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a>. 2 CACS transferred to 14th Air Force in 1998. 3 CACS was inactivated in 1999 as the upgrades of <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center">Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center</a> removed the need for an alternate missile warning center. In June 2008 1 CACS was realigned under the <a href="/wiki/614th_Air_and_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="614th Air and Space Operations Center">614th Air and Space Operations Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, the 821st Space Group at <a href="/wiki/Buckley_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckley Air National Guard Base">Buckley Air National Guard Base</a> was activated under the 21st Space Wing, to run the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_Program" title="Defense Support Program">Defense Support Program</a> satellites, separate from the 21st Operations Group. The Defense Support Program began to draw down as the 821st Space Group transitioned to the <a href="/wiki/Space-Based_Infrared_System" title="Space-Based Infrared System">Space-Based Infrared System</a>, resulting in the inactivation of the 5th Space Warning Squadron. The 21st Space Wing also lost its last renaming aviation mission with the transition of the <a href="/wiki/84th_Airlift_Flight" title="84th Airlift Flight">84th Airlift Flight</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Learjet_35" title="Learjet 35">Learjet C-21</a> transports to <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> in 1997. In an attempt to achieve greater efficiencies the 21st Medical Group was inactivated and reassigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a> as the 10th Medical Group in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> the 21st Space Wing went to a heightened alert, closing the blast doors at the <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Complex" title="Cheyenne Mountain Complex">Cheyenne Mountain Complex</a> for the first time in history. The 21st Space Wing also deployed space forces across the world in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a>. In May 2001 the <a href="/wiki/11th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="11th Space Warning Squadron">11th Space Warning Squadron</a> was reassigned from the 821st Operations Group to the 21st Operations Group and inactivated in September 2001. The 821st Operations Group and its three remaining component squadrons were inactivated in October 2001, with elements moving to the newly created <a href="/wiki/460th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="460th Air Base Wing">460th Air Base Wing</a>, which oversaw <a href="/wiki/Buckley_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckley Air Force Base">Buckley Air Force Base</a>, having transitioned from the Air National Guard to Air Force Space Command in October 2000. The activation of the 460 ABW saw 21 SW cease to be Buckley AFB's host wing. In December 2001, 2 SWS achieved initial operation capability on the <a href="/wiki/Space_Based_Infrared_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Based Infrared System">Space Based Infrared System</a>. In August 2004, the 21st Space Wing transitioned the Defense Support Program and Space Based Infrared System to the 460th Space Wing, ending the 21st Space Wing's spaceflight mission.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st Space Wing began to focus more on counter-space capabilities, assuming the space control mission. In 2000, it activated the <a href="/wiki/76th_Space_Operations_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="76th Space Operations Squadron">76th Space Operations Squadron</a>, which operated the Counter Communications System, achieving initial operational capability in September 2004. The 76th Space Operations Squadron was redesignated the 76th Space Control Squadron in recognition of its mission in January 2001, and all former space surveillance squadrons were redesignated as space control squadrons on 1 March 2003. The <a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Space Control Squadron">4th Space Control Squadron</a> began transitioning into the space control mission in July 2005, activating its first counter communications system in April 2006. In July 2014, 4 SPCS relocated from Holloman AFB to Peterson AFB and consolidated with 76 SPCS into a single squadron, which assumed the name 4th Space Control Squadron. The <a href="/wiki/16th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Space Control Squadron">16th Space Control Squadron</a> was activated as a defensive space control unit in May 2007 at Peterson AFB.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the space control mission grew, so did the requirement for space situational awareness. To this end, the four detachments of the 21st Operations Group, worked with the <a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Space Control Squadron">20th Space Control Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin Air Force Base</a>, 20 SPCS' Detachment 1 at Dahlgren, Virginia, and the <a href="/wiki/Globus_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Globus II">Globus II</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vard%C3%B8_(town)" title="Vardø (town)">Vardø</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>. In June 2002 the 821st Air Base Group was activated to provide base support at <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a>, Greenland, freeing the <a href="/wiki/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="12th Space Warning Squadron">12th Space Warning Squadron</a> to focus entirely on its operational mission. On 1 October 2002, the 21st Space Wing was aligned along the standard combat wing structure, redesignated the 21st Support Group as the 21st Mission Support Group and the 721st Support Group as the 721st Mission Support Group. On the same day it activated the 21st Maintenance Group and 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron. It also regained control of the 21st Medical Group from the Air Force Academy in October 2003, expanding it with the activation of the 21st Dental Squadron in July 2005 and the 21st Medical Squadron in June 2012. In February 2004, the 721st Civil Engineer Squadron was inactivated, but later was reactivated in June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the Air Force's manpower reductions, in July 2004 the <a href="/wiki/18th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Space Control Squadron">18th Space Control Squadron</a> was inactivated and its detachments were realigned under the 21st Operations Group. In August 2004, Detachment 1, <a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Space Control Squadron">20th Space Control Squadron</a>, was activated in order to operate the Navy Space System and Alternate Space Control Center. As art of Program Budget Decision 720 the 21st Maintenance Group was inactivated in May 2008. The 21st Communications Squadron was transferred to the 21st Mission Support Group, while other elements were moved into the 21st Operations Group or the 21st Space Wing Director of Staff. Elements of the 21st Mission Support Group also experienced changes, as the 21st Mission Support Squadron was redesignated as the 21st Force Support Squadron, and the 21st Services Squadron merged into the 21st Force Support Squadron on 15 July 2008 as part of a larger Air Force restructuring. Detachment 1, 20 SPCS at Dahlgren inactivated in April 2010, and Detachment 4, 21 OG at Morón AB inactivated in March 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, the <a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning Squadron</a> began oversight of the <a href="/wiki/Cobra_Dane" title="Cobra Dane">Cobra Dane</a> radar site in Alaska. Members of the 21st Space Wing were deployed to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Inherent_Resolve" title="Operation Inherent Resolve">Operation Inherent Resolve</a>. These included <a href="/wiki/Airman_First_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="Airman First Class">Airman First Class</a> Matthew Seidler, a member of the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Flight, who was killed in action on 5 January 2012 and <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">Captain</a> David Lyon, an officer of the 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron and member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a>'s class of 2008, was killed in Afghanistan on 27 December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 21st Space Wing also earned numerous awards, including the General Robert T. Herres Award for Best Space Wing in and General Thomas S. Moorman Jr. Award for Air Force Space Command's Best Operational Wing in 2013. The 21st Space Wing also made increased strides in activating the new <a href="/wiki/Space_Fence" title="Space Fence">Space Fence</a> and Long Range Discrimination Radar. Detachment 4, 21st Operations Group was activated on 8 December 2015, while the remaining GEODSS 21 OG detachments transferred to the <a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Space Control Squadron">20th Space Control Squadron</a> on 20 April 2016. On 22 July 2016 the <a href="/wiki/18th_Space_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Space Control Squadron">18th Space Control Squadron</a> was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 December 2019 the 21st Space Wing, along with the rest of Air Force Space Command became part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>. The Fourteenth Air Force was redesignated as <a href="/wiki/Space_Operations_Command" title="Space Operations Command">Space Operations Command</a>, which the 21st Space Wing remained assigned to. On 21 Oct 2020, Space Operations Command was redesignated back to Fourteenth Air Force and returned to the United States Air Force. On the same day, Space Operations Command (formerly, Air Force Space Command) was activated on 21 Oct 2020. On 24 July 2020, the 21st Space Wing was inactivated for a final time, being replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Peterson-Schriever_Garrison" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson-Schriever Garrison">Peterson-Schriever Garrison</a>, while its space domain awareness units were reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 2">Space Delta 2</a>, the 73 Space Group became <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 3">Space Delta 3</a>, responsible for electronic warfare, and its missile warning squadrons were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 4">Space Delta 4</a>, which used to be the 460th Operations Group at Buckley AFB.<sup id="cite_ref-redesignate_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-redesignate-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spaceforce.mil_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spaceforce.mil-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Fighter-Bomber_Wing"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Fighter-Bomber_Wing"></span>Commander, 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="James B. Buck"><img alt="James B. Buck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Buck, James B.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>James B. Buck</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 January 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 April 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002116000000000000♠"></span>116 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert R. Rowland"><img alt="Robert R. Rowland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rowland, Robert R.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Rowland" title="Robert R. Rowland">Robert R. Rowland</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 April 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 June 1956</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003115900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 63 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert N. Baker"><img alt="Robert N. Baker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Baker, Robert N.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Robert N. Baker</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 June 1956</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 February 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002589000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 224 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing"></span>Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_J._Collins.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frank J. Collins"><img alt="Frank J. Collins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Frank_J._Collins.jpg/100px-Frank_J._Collins.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Frank_J._Collins.jpg/150px-Frank_J._Collins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Frank_J._Collins.jpg/200px-Frank_J._Collins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4441" data-file-height="5615" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Collins, Frank J.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Frank J. Collins</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 April 1959</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002294000000000000♠"></span>294 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="William W. Ingenhutt"><img alt="William W. Ingenhutt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ingenhutt, William W.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>William W. Ingenhutt</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 April 1959</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 September 1959</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002221000000000000♠"></span>221 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Dean Davenport"><img alt="Dean Davenport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Davenport, Dean</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Dean Davenport</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 September 1959</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 June 1960</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002203000000000000♠"></span>203 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Composite_Wing"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Composite_Wing"></span>Commander, 21st Composite Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Composite Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald H. Lynch"><img alt="Donald H. Lynch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Lynch, Donald H.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Donald H. Lynch</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 July 1966</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1968</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002723000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 358 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles W. Johnson, Jr."><img alt="Charles W. Johnson, Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Johnson, Jr. Charles W.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Charles W. Johnson, Jr.</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1968</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 September 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002511000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 146 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kenneth D. Dunaway"><img alt="Kenneth D. Dunaway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dunaway, Kenneth D.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Kenneth D. Dunaway</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 September 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 January 1970</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001530000000000000♠"></span>53 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="John A. Nelson"><img alt="John A. Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Nelson, John A.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>John A. Nelson</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 January 1970</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 1970</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002290000000000000♠"></span>290 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kenneth D. Dunaway"><img alt="Kenneth D. Dunaway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dunaway, Kenneth D.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Kenneth D. Dunaway</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 1970</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 July 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002264000000000000♠"></span>264 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="James R. Larkins"><img alt="James R. Larkins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Larkins, James R.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>James R. Larkins</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 July 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 August 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001170000000000000♠"></span>17 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_R._Brickel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James R. Brickel"><img alt="James R. Brickel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/James_R._Brickel.jpg/100px-James_R._Brickel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/James_R._Brickel.jpg/150px-James_R._Brickel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/James_R._Brickel.jpg/200px-James_R._Brickel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="2079" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Brickel, James R.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_R._Brickel" title="James R. Brickel">James R. Brickel</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 August 1971</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 July 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002338000000000000♠"></span>338 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="David T. Stockman"><img alt="David T. Stockman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Stockman, David T.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>David T. Stockman</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 July 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 June 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002327000000000000♠"></span>327 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles F. Loyd"><img alt="Charles F. Loyd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Loyd, Charles F.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Charles F. Loyd</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 June 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002392000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 27 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Fredrick C. Eaton"><img alt="Fredrick C. Eaton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Eaton, Fredrick C.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Fredrick C. Eaton</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1975</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002365000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 0 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_L._Tixier.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward L. Tixier"><img alt="Edward L. Tixier" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_L._Tixier.jpg/100px-Edward_L._Tixier.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_L._Tixier.jpg/150px-Edward_L._Tixier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Edward_L._Tixier.jpg/200px-Edward_L._Tixier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="413" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Tixier, Edward L.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Tixier" title="Edward L. Tixier">Edward L. Tixier</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1975</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 April 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002668000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 302 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="John T. Wotring"><img alt="John T. Wotring" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wotring, John T.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>John T. Wotring</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 April 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 April 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002717000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 352 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_A._Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael A. Nelson"><img alt="Michael A. Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/100px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/150px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/200px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1598" data-file-height="1971" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Nelson, Michael A.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Michael A. Nelson</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 April 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 October 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002168000000000000♠"></span>168 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_2"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Tactical_Fighter_Wing_2"></span>Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_A._Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael A. Nelson"><img alt="Michael A. Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/100px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/150px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Michael_A._Nelson.jpg/200px-Michael_A._Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1598" data-file-height="1971" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Nelson, Michael A.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Michael A. Nelson</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 October 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 February 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002508000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 142 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Jerry D. Cobb"><img alt="Jerry D. Cobb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cobb, Jerry D.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Jerry D. Cobb</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 February 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 April 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002419000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 54 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert W. Hibarger"><img alt="Robert W. Hibarger" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Hibarger, Robert W.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Robert W. Hibarger</b><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">15 April 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">22 April 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠"></span>7 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Evan J. Griffith, Jr."><img alt="Evan J. Griffith, Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Griffith, Jr., Evan J.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Evan J. Griffith, Jr.</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 April 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 April 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002732000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 1 day</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Wilfred K. Abbott"><img alt="Wilfred K. Abbott" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Abbott, Wilfred K.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Wilfred K. Abbott</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 April 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠"></span>55 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Pat R. Paxton"><img alt="Pat R. Paxton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Paxton, Pat R.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Pat R. Paxton</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 March 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002282000000000000♠"></span>282 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="William R. Povilus"><img alt="William R. Povilus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Povilus, William R.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>William R. Povilus</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 March 1985</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 October 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 212 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Stuart L. Alton"><img alt="Stuart L. Alton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Alton, Stuart L.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Stuart L. Alton</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 October 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 August 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002676000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 311 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Harold S. Storer, Jr."><img alt="Harold S. Storer, Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Storer Jr., Harold S.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Harold S. Storer, Jr.</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 August 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 March 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002574000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 209 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald J. Creighton"><img alt="Donald J. Creighton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Creighton, Donald J.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Donald J. Creighton</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 March 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002616000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 251 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Wing"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Wing"></span>Commander, 21st Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">1</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rodney P. Kelly"><img alt="Rodney P. Kelly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg/100px-Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg/150px-Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg/200px-Rodney_P._Kelly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="2898" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Kelly, Rodney P.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_P._Kelly" title="Rodney P. Kelly">Rodney P. Kelly</a></b><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">26 September 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">20 December 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠"></span>24 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald J. Creighton"><img alt="Donald J. Creighton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Creighton, Donald J.</span><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a><br /><b>Donald J. Creighton</b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 December 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 February 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001440000000000000♠"></span>44 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commander,_21st_Space_Wing"><span id="Commander.2C_21st_Space_Wing"></span>Commander, 21st Space Wing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=21st_Space_Wing&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Commander, 21st Space Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_6-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ronald D. Gray"><img alt="Ronald D. Gray" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Ronald_D._Gray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gray, Ronald D.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_D._Gray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ronald D. Gray (page does not exist)">Ronald D. Gray</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 1992</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 109 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Donald G. Cook"><img alt="Donald G. Cook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg/100px-General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg/150px-General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg/200px-General_Donald_G_Cook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cook, Donald G.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_G._Cook" title="Donald G. Cook">Donald G. Cook</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 1993</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 January 1995</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002496000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 131 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gerald F. Perryman Jr."><img alt="Gerald F. Perryman Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="596" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Perryman, Gerald F.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerald_F._Perryman_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerald F. Perryman Jr. (page does not exist)">Gerald F. Perryman Jr.</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 January 1995</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 June 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002514000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 149 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Franklin J. Blaisdell"><img alt="Franklin J. Blaisdell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Franklin_J._Blaisdell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="270" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Blaisdell, Franklin J.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Franklin_J._Blaisdell" title="Franklin J. Blaisdell">Franklin J. Blaisdell</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 June 1996</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 June 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002742000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 12 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jerry M. Drennan"><img alt="Jerry M. Drennan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Jerry_M._Drennan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2369" data-file-height="2958" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Drennan, Jerry M.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_M._Drennan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry M. Drennan (page does not exist)">Jerry M. Drennan</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 June 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 August 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002795000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 64 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="C. Robert Kehler"><img alt="C. Robert Kehler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg/100px-C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg/150px-C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg/200px-C._Robert_Kehler_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Kehler, Claude R.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/C._Robert_Kehler" title="C. Robert Kehler">C. Robert Kehler</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 August 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002631000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 266 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Duane W. Deal"><img alt="Duane W. Deal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Duane_W._Deal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Deal, Duane W.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duane_W._Deal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duane W. Deal (page does not exist)">Duane W. Deal</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 May 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002666000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 301 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Richard E. Webber"><img alt="Richard E. Webber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Richard_E._Webber.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2377" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Webber, Richard E.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Webber" title="Richard E. Webber">Richard E. Webber</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 March 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 November 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002609000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 244 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jay G. Santee"><img alt="Jay G. Santee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Jay_G._Santee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2217" data-file-height="3345" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Santee, Jay G.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_G._Santee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jay G. Santee (page does not exist)">Jay G. Santee</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 November 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002595000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 230 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_John_W._Raymond_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John W. Raymond"><img alt="John W. Raymond" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg/100px-Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg/150px-Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg/200px-Col_John_W._Raymond_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Raymond, John W.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_W._Raymond" title="John W. Raymond">John W. Raymond</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002784000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 53 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen N. Whiting"><img alt="Stephen N. Whiting" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_Stephen_N._Whiting.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Whiting, Stephen N.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_N._Whiting" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen N. Whiting">Stephen N. Whiting</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002677000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 312 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_Chris_Crawford.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Chris D. Crawford"><img alt="Chris D. Crawford" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Col_Chris_Crawford.png/100px-Col_Chris_Crawford.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Col_Chris_Crawford.png/150px-Col_Chris_Crawford.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Col_Chris_Crawford.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Crawford, Chris D.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_D._Crawford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris D. Crawford (page does not exist)">Chris D. Crawford</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 July 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002759000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 28 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John E. Shaw"><img alt="John E. Shaw" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg/100px-Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg/200px-Brig_Gen_John_E._Shaw_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shaw, John E.</span>Brigadier General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_E._Shaw" title="John E. Shaw">John E. Shaw</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 July 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 June 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002686000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 321 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Douglas A. Schiess"><img alt="Douglas A. Schiess" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg/100px-Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg/150px-Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg/200px-Col_Douglas_A._Schiess_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Schiess, Douglass A.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A._Schiess" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas A. Schiess">Douglas A. Schiess</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 June 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002760000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 29 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_Todd_R._Moore_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Todd R. Moore[8]"><img alt="Todd R. Moore[8]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg/100px-Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg/150px-Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg/200px-Col_Todd_R._Moore_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Moore, Todd R.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_R._Moore" title="Todd R. Moore">Todd R. Moore</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 2017</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002729000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 364 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas G. Falzarano[9]"><img alt="Thomas G. Falzarano[9]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg/100px-Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg/150px-Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg/200px-Col_Thomas_G._Falzarano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Falzarano, Thomas G.</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_G._Falzarano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas G. Falzarano (page does not exist)">Thomas G. Falzarano</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 July 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 May 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002307000000000000♠"></span>307 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col._Sam_Johnson_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sam Johnson[10]"><img alt="Sam Johnson[10]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg/100px-Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg/150px-Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg/200px-Col._Sam_Johnson_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Johnson, Sam</span>Colonel<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sam_Johnson_(colonel)" title="Sam Johnson (colonel)">Sam Johnson</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 May 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 July 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; 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title="United States Space Forces – Space">United States Space Forces – Space</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Deltas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_1" title="Space Delta 1">Space Delta 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Delta_2" title="Mission Delta 2">Mission Delta 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Delta_3" title="Mission Delta 3">Mission Delta 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Delta_4" title="Mission Delta 4">Mission Delta 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_5" title="Space Delta 5">Space Delta 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_6" title="Space Delta 6">Space Delta 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_7" title="Space Delta 7">Space Delta 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_8" title="Space Delta 8">Space Delta 8</a></li> <li><a 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31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_Delta_45" title="Space Launch Delta 45">Space Launch Delta 45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Base_Delta_1" title="Space Base Delta 1">Space Base Delta 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Base_Delta_2" title="Space Base Delta 2">Space Base Delta 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Base_Delta_3" title="Space Base Delta 3">Space Base Delta 3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Delta_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Delta Operations Squadron">1st Delta Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Combat_Training_Squadron" title="319th Combat Training Squadron">319th Combat Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Weapons_Squadron" title="328th Weapons Squadron">328th Weapons</a></li> <li><a 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title="4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">4th EW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Electromagnetic_Warfare_Squadron" title="5th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">5th EW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Electromagnetic_Warfare_Squadron" title="16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">16th EW</a></li> <li>23rd EW</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="2nd Space Warning Squadron">2nd Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Satellite_Communications_Squadron" title="3rd Satellite Communications Squadron">3rd satellite Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="5th Space Warning Squadron">5th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="6th Space Warning Squadron">6th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="7th Space Warning Squadron">7th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="10th Space Warning Squadron">10th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="11th Space Warning Squadron">11th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="12th Space Warning Squadron">12th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Space_Warning_Squadron" title="13th Space Warning Squadron">13th Space Warning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Combat_Training_Squadron" title="55th Combat Training Squadron">55th Combat Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="21st Space Operations Squadron">21st Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="22nd Space Operations Squadron">22nd Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="23rd Space Operations Squadron">23rd Space Operations</a></li> <li>62nd Cyberspace</li> <li>63rd Cyberspace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Cyberspace_Squadron" title="64th Cyberspace Squadron">64th Cyberspace</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth (Strategic)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Space_Command_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Air_Force_Space_Command_Logo.svg/80px-Air_Force_Space_Command_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Air_Force_Space_Command_Logo.svg/120px-Air_Force_Space_Command_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckley_Space_Force_Base" title="Buckley Space Force Base">Buckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Air_Force_Base" title="Los Angeles Air Force Base">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_Space_Force_Base" title="Peterson Space Force Base">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schriever_Space_Force_Base" title="Schriever Space Force Base">Schriever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Thule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Cod Space Force Station">Cape Cod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_Space_Force_Station" title="Cavalier Space Force Station">Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Space_Force_Station" title="Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Space_Force_Station" title="Clear Space Force Station">Clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado_Air_Force_Station" title="Eldorado Air Force Station">Eldorado <small>(closed)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaena_Point_Space_Force_Station" title="Kaena Point Space Force Station">Kaena Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Boston_Space_Force_Station" title="New Boston Space Force Station">New Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station" title="Onizuka Air Force Station">Onizuka 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_Delta_45" title="Space Launch Delta 45">61st</a></li> <li>821st Air Base Group</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Command and Control</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Expeditionary_Space_Control_Squadron" title="1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="2d Command and Control Squadron">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="3rd Command and Control Squadron">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="153d Command and Control Squadron">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Mobile_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="55th Mobile Command and Control Squadron">55th Mobile</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/119th_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="119th Command and Control Squadron">119th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/153d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="153d Command and Control Squadron">153d</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/222d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="222d Command and Control Squadron">222d</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153d_Command_and_Control_Squadron" title="153d Command and Control Squadron">721st Mobile</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Space Control</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Expeditionary_Space_Control_Squadron" title="1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron">1st</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/4th_Electromagnetic_Warfare_Squadron" title="4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">4th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/16th_Electromagnetic_Warfare_Squadron" title="16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">16th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/20th_Space_Surveillance_Squadron" title="20th Space Surveillance Squadron">20th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/25th_Space_Range_Squadron" title="25th Space Range Squadron">25th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/76th_Space_Control_Squadron" title="76th Space Control Squadron">76th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/380th_Electromagnetic_Warfare_Squadron" title="380th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron">380th</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Space Launch</th><td 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