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1990 – 2004; 2016 – present</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/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="708" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_domain_awareness" title="Space domain awareness">Space domain awareness</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_surveillance" class="mw-redirect" title="Space surveillance">Space surveillance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">115 military and civilian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 2">Space Delta 2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg Space Force Base</a>, California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Semper vigilans in sine alto</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'Ever Vigilant in the High Frontier')<br />We Find (1968-1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Systems</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Space Defense Operations Center (SPADOC)</li> <li>Astrodynamic Support Workstation (ASW)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jtf-spacedefense.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/3155799/18th-space-defense-squadron/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lt Col</a> Jordan O.E. Mugg</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">18th Space Control Squadron emblem<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18SCSfacts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18SCSfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><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/160px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg/240px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg/320px-18th_Space_Control_Squadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1825" data-file-height="1879" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">18th Surveillance Squadron emblem<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png/160px-18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png/240px-18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png/320px-18_Surveillance_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="437" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>18th Space Defense Squadron</b> (<b>18 SDS</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Space_domain_awareness" title="Space domain awareness">Space Domain Awareness</a> unit located at <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg Space Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. The 18th SDS is tasked with executing command and control of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillance_Network" title="United States Space Surveillance Network">space surveillance network</a> (SSN), maintaining the <a href="/wiki/Resident_Space_Object" title="Resident Space Object">resident space object</a> (RSO) database and managing <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a>'s space situational awareness (SSA) sharing program to United States, foreign government, commercial, and academic entities. The squadron also conducts advanced analysis, sensor optimization, conjunction assessment, human spaceflight support, reentry/break-up assessment, and launch analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson18thSCSfacts_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson18thSCSfacts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mission of the 18th SDS is to provide and advance a continuous, comprehensive, and combat-relevant understanding of the space situation.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson18thSCSfacts_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson18thSCSfacts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a> processes <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillance_Network" title="United States Space Surveillance Network">SSN</a> data to monitor all activity to, in, and from space, and maintains custody of all resident space objects. Primary mission functions include launch detection and tracking, conjunction assessment and <a href="/wiki/Collision_avoidance_(spacecraft)" title="Collision avoidance (spacecraft)">collision avoidance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight">human spaceflight</a> support, <a href="/wiki/Orbital_maneuver" title="Orbital maneuver">maneuver</a> detection, <a href="/wiki/Space_debris" title="Space debris">breakup</a> identification, and <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_entry" title="Atmospheric entry">reentry</a> assessment. These functions ultimately enhance an information advantage and enable space superiority in the defense of U.S. and allied interests. Additionally, the 18 SDS also executes <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">U.S. Space Command</a>'s Space Situational Awareness sharing program, which provides tracking data of resident space objects to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">DoD</a>, interagency, commercial, international and academic partners to: </p> <ul><li>Promote peaceful and responsible use of space by tracking more than 45,000 man-made objects and sharing space data with the world</li> <li>Reduce uncertainty in space domain to minimize risk of misunderstanding and miscalculations<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson18thSCSfacts_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson18thSCSfacts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 18th Space Surveillance Squadron (SPSS) was the optical portion of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Space_Surveillance_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Surveillance Network">Space Surveillance Network</a>. They were responsible for operating four worldwide <a href="/wiki/GEODSS" class="mw-redirect" title="GEODSS">GEODSS</a> sites, in addition to the Transportable Optical System (TOS), and the Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC). The focal point for all optical command and control was centralized at the Optical Command, Control and Communications Facility (OC3F). The 18 SPSS became part of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Wing" title="1st Space Wing">1st Space Wing</a>, Air Force Space Command, on 1 February 1990. </p><p>The unit was reassigned from the <a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Wing" title="1st Space Wing">1st Space Wing</a> to the <a href="/wiki/73d_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Space Group">73d Space Group</a> on 15 May 1992. </p><p>The 18th SPSS relocated to <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, California in July 1995. The <a href="/wiki/73rd_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73rd Space Group">73rd Space Group</a> was inactivated in May 1995 and all units were then assigned to the <a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Wing" title="21st Space Wing">21st Space Wing</a>. With a force-wide renaming of space units, the 18th SPSS became the 18th Space Control Squadron (18 SPCS) in February 2003. This renaming did not last long, however, since the unit was inactivated in June 2004, with all detachments falling under the <a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Operations Group">21st Operations Group</a>. </p><p>From 2004 to 2016, the space surveillance mission was executed by other <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> organizations located at <a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Space_Force_Station" title="Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station</a> in Colorado, and within the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Space_Operations_Center" title="Combined Space Operations Center">Combined Space Operations Center</a> in California.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson18thSCSfacts_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson18thSCSfacts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 July 2016, the 18th Space Control Squadron 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-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron had a mission focused on space situational awareness in support of launches, object and debris tracking, and human spaceflight.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 April 2022, the 18th Space Control Squadron was redesignated as the <b>18th Space Defense Squadron.</b> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change was to signify the squadron's focus on the increasingly congested and contested space domain and their critical role in providing data and information to ensure the safety, security, and sustainability of the space environment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lt Col T. Simpson<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lt Col Scott G. Putnam, 22 July 2016 – July 2017<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lt Col Mia Walsh, July 2017 – 18 June 2019<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lt Col Justin Sorice, 18 June 2019 – ~June 2021<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lt Col Matthew J. Lintker, June 2021 – 21 June 2023</li> <li>Lt Col Jordan O.E. Mugg, 21 June 2023 – present<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assignments">Assignments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combatant_Command">Combatant Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Combatant Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">United States Space Command</a> (29 August 2019 – present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Field_Command">Field Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Field Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Operations_Command" title="Space Operations Command">Space Operations Command</a> (21 October 2020 – present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delta">Delta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Delta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 2">Space Delta 2</a> (24 July 2022 – present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_Command">Major Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Major Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (later Aerospace Defense Command), 1 November 1966-1 October 1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Space Command">Air Force Space Command</a> (1 February 1990 – 2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Numbered_Air_Force">Numbered Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Numbered Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Detachments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>18 SPCS, Detachment 1 – <a href="/wiki/Dahlgren,_Virginia" title="Dahlgren, Virginia">Dahlgren, Virginia</a></li> <li>18 SPSS, Detachment 1 – <a href="/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico" title="Socorro, New Mexico">Socorro</a>, New Mexico</li> <li>18 SPSS, Detachment 2 – <a href="/wiki/Diego_Garcia" title="Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a>, British Indian Ocean Territories</li> <li>18 SPSS, Detachment 3 – <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>, Hawaii</li> <li>18 SPSS, Detachment 4 – <a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón Air Base</a>, Spain June 1997 – June 2004<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>18th Surveillance Squadron</b> and activated on 1 November 1966 (not organized)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Organized on 1 January 1967</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 1 October 1975</dd> <dd>Activated on 1 February 1990</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>18th Space Surveillance Squadron</b> on 15 May 1992</li> <li>Redesignated <b>18th Space Control Squadron</b> on 1 March 2003</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 1 July 2004</dd> <dd>Activated on 22 July 2016<sup id="cite_ref-18SCSfacts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18SCSfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1 January 1967 – 1 October 1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Air Force Base">Peterson Air Force Base</a>, Colorado, 1 February 1990 – 1 November 1994</li> <li>Edwards AFB, California, 1 November 1994 – 1 July 2004</li> <li>Vandenberg Air Force Base (later Vandenberg Space Force Base), California, 22 July 2016 – present<sup id="cite_ref-18SCSfacts_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18SCSfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment_Operated">Equipment Operated</h2><span 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<ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span> <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-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>8 July 1970 – 7 July 1971</li> <li>[1 Feb 1990]-31 Aug 1991</li> <li>18 October 1995 – 30 September 1997</li> <li>1 October 1997 – 30 September 1999</li> <li>1 January 1998 – 31 December 1998</li> <li>1 January 1999 – 31 December 1999</li> <li>1 January 2000 – 31 August 2001<sup id="cite_ref-18SCSfacts_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18SCSfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=18th_Space_Defense_Squadron&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Forces_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Space Forces Korea">United States Space Forces Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Forces_%E2%80%93_Space" 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 href="/wiki/Space_Delta_9" title="Space Delta 9">Space Delta 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_10" title="Space Delta 10">Space Delta 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_11" title="Space Delta 11">Space Delta 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_12" title="Space Delta 12">Space Delta 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_13" title="Space Delta 13">Space Delta 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_15" title="Space Delta 15">Space Delta 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_18" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 18">Space Delta 18</a></li> <li>Space Delta 21</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_23" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 23">Space Delta 23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Delta_26" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Delta 26">Space Delta 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_Delta_30" title="Space Launch Delta 30">Space Launch Delta 30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Delta_31" title="Mission Delta 31">Mission Delta 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 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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 href="/wiki/65th_Cyberspace_Squadron" title="65th Cyberspace Squadron">65th Cyberspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Cyberspace_Squadron" title="68th Cyberspace Squadron">68th Cyberspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Cyberspace_Squadron" title="69th Cyberspace Squadron">69th Cyberspace</a></li> <li>645th Cyberspace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Intelligence,_Surveillance,_and_Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="71st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron">71st ISR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Intelligence,_Surveillance,_and_Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="72nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron">72nd ISR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Intelligence_Squadron" title="18th Intelligence Squadron">73rd ISR</a></li> <li>74th ISR</li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron">75th ISR</a></li> <li>76th ISR</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Space Operations Squadron">1st Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Navigation_Warfare_Squadron" title="2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron">2nd Navigation Warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="3rd Space Operations Squadron">3rd Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="4th Space Operations Squadron">4th Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="10th Space Operations Squadron">10th Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="53rd Space Operations Squadron">53rd Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/527th_Space_Aggressor_Squadron" title="527th Space Aggressor Squadron">527th Space Aggressor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="1st Test and Evaluation Squadron">1st Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Space_Experimentation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Space Experimentation Squadron">3rd Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Test_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Test Squadron">17th Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Space_Range_Squadron" title="25th Space Range Squadron">25th Space Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="2nd Space Launch Squadron">2nd Space Launch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="5th Space Launch Squadron">5th Space Launch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Range_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Range Operations Squadron">1st Range Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Space_Institute" title="National Security Space Institute">NSSI</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting units</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_Development_Agency" title="Space Development Agency">Space Development Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Rapid_Capabilities_Office" title="Space Rapid Capabilities Office">Space Rapid Capabilities Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Warfighting_Analysis_Center" title="Space Warfighting Analysis Center">Space Warfighting Analysis Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Locations</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;">Space Force Bases</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/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/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;">Space Bases</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/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Pituffik</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Space Force 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/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></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel<br />and training</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/List_of_United_States_Space_Force_astronauts" title="List of United States Space Force astronauts">Astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Base groups</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/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 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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 class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="1st Space Launch Squadron">1st</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="2nd Space Launch Squadron">2nd</a></b></li> <li><b>3d Space Launch Squadron</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/4th_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="4th Space Launch Squadron">4th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/5th_Space_Launch_Squadron" title="5th Space Launch Squadron">5th</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Space Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/wiki/9th_Combat_Operations_Squadron" title="9th Combat Operations Squadron">9th</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Space Operations Squadron">19th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/21st_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="21st Space Operations Squadron">21st</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/22nd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="22nd Space Operations Squadron">22d</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/23rd_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="23rd Space Operations Squadron">23d</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/111th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="111th Space Operations Squadron">111th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/148th_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="148th Space Operations Squadron">148th</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Space_Command_Space_Operations_Squadron" title="Air Force Space Command Space Operations Squadron">AFSPC</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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