1710:, 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 MorĂłn AB inactivated in March 2013.
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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.
710:, 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.
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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."
1484:, Spain to operate the Transportable Optical System (TOS) in September 1998, and was renamed the MorĂłn Optical Surveillance System (MOSS) in April 1999. MorĂłn 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
1124:, 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
679:, 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
836:'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
1097:), 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
1408:(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.
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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.
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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
1101:. 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
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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
1270:. 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
207:'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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In 1975 the 21st Composite Wing was divested of its helicopter and transport forces and inactivated the 5021st Helicopter Squadron, which were realigned under
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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.
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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
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satellites, separate from the 21st Operations Group. The Defense Support Program began to draw down as the 821st Space Group transitioned to the
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to provide accurate and timely missile warning to theater forces through the Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater (ALERT) system.
219:(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.
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The 21st Space Wing began to focus more on counter-space capabilities, assuming the space control mission. In 2000, it activated the
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radar, which was Air Force Space Command's first electronically steered radar. The 21st Space Wing also inherited the
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was inactivated and its detachments were realigned under the 21st Operations Group. In August 2004, Detachment 1,
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and TF-102 interceptors, two of which were always on alert at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eielson Air Force Base,
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for the first time in history. The 21st Space Wing also deployed space forces across the world in support of
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removed the need for an alternate missile warning center. In June 2008 1 CACS was realigned under the
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43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15s escort Soviet Air Forces MiG-29s on their visit to America.
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air defense and space tracking radars. 17 TAS also stationed two cold-weather C-130s at
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for the 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. The 18th Tactical Squadron was moved to the
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David Lyon, an officer of the 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron and member of the
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The technologically outdated F-102s were starting to become ineffective against
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piston engine fighters, but within six months of activation upgraded to fly the
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the 21st Space Wing went to a heightened alert, closing the blast doors at the
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radar site in Alaska. Members of the 21st Space Wing were deployed to support
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was activated as a defensive space control unit in May 2007 at Peterson AFB.
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aircraft. The 21 TFW was also postured to perform strategic bombing against
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317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor
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The 21st Wing was activated as a space wing on 15 May 1992, replacing the
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and tasked the worldwide space surveillance network and maintained the
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from the 73rd Space Group, which it operated through Detachment 1 at
794:, on 10 November 1958 the 21 TFW was reassigned to Fifth Air Force's
1131:. 21 TFW F-15s conducted several deployments and exercises, such as
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augmented Alaska Air Command by sending squadrons equipped with the
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tactical transports, performing resupply to Alaskan Air Command and
3842:"Space Force begins transition into field organizational structure"
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was assigned to the 21st Composite Wing and equipped with advanced
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Solid State Phased Array Radar (SSPAR) at RAF Fylingdales, England
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On 1 October 1979 the 21st Composite Wing was redesignated as the
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1741:'s class of 2008, was killed in Afghanistan on 27 December 2013.
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As part of the Air Force's manpower reductions, in July 2004 the
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In March 1980, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing received its first
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fighter-bomber, however, the 531 TFS began transitioning to the
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in September 1978 and U.S. Air Force's Red Flag in April 1979.
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Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System
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and supported the passive space surveillance network, and the
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radar to monitory space and missile launches from the former
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1776:, while its space domain awareness units were reassigned to
1203:. In May 1991, the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing activated the
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Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System
1266:, which was the host wing for Peterson Air Force Base and
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The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing was tasked, along with the
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Among the pilots of the 21st Fighter-Bomber wing was then
4130:"14th Air Force redesignated as Space Operations Command"
1258:. The 21st Space Wing replaced Air Force Space Command's
179:. It was inactivated on 24 July 2020 and replaced by the
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1 January 1953 (as 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing)–24 July 2020
1532:, which operated the mobile command and control center,
1262:, which managed ground and space-based sensors, and the
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helicopters. The 21st Operations Squadron also flew the
1678:, 20 SPCS' Detachment 1 at Dahlgren, Virginia, and the
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43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4Es at Mount McKinley.
896:. As a composite wing, it was assigned the missions of
183:, with the 21st Operations Group being redesignated as
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43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15s over Alaska Range
4198:"Team Pete mourns unexpected death of wing commander"
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Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
798:. The 21st Tactical Fighter Wing was composed of the
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Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
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Military units and formations disestablished in 2021
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was activated under the 21st Space Wing, to run the
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operated the Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS). The
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United States Space Surveillance Network telescope.
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Perimeter Acquisition Radar Characterization System
1305:infra-red missile launch detection satellites. The
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4184:"Guidon passed as 21st Space Wing changes command"
5955:Organizations based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
813:, with the air defense of northern Japan against
729:. They also took part in USAFE's gunnery meet at
5173:Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)
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222:The 21st Space Wing served as the host wing for
1768:. The Fourteenth Air Force was redesignated as
911:The air defense mission was carried out by the
1560:and was the alternate missile warning center.
660:. All fighter-bomber squadrons initially flew
217:Perimeter Attack Radar Characterization System
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4459:United States Space Forces Europe and Africa
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786:, Japan. Initially directly subordinated to
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494:21st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
383:Detachment 3, 20th Space Control Squadron,
377:Detachment 2, 20th Space Control Squadron,
371:Detachment 1, 20th Space Control Squadron,
5945:Space wings of the United States Air Force
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1396:, Alaska, and a British detachment out of
1281:The 21st Space Wing's primary mission was
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5950:Military units and formations in Colorado
3853:
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1530:721st Mobile Command and Control Squadron
1105:, South Korea to participate in Exercise
187:, the 73 Space Group was redesignated as
4300:Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force
1135:'s arctic exercise Brim Frost, the 1985
770:416 TFS F-100D at Kunsan AB, South Korea
755:, the first crewed mission to the Moon.
644:, California. It directly commanded the
228:North American Aerospace Defense Command
4464:United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific
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1192:to attend an airshow in North America.
5940:Wings of the United States Space Force
1753:on 20 April 2016. On 22 July 2016 the
1402:Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
762:21st Tactical Fighter Wing (1958–1960)
213:Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
31:
3984:from the original on 22 December 2019
3865:from the original on 27 December 2019
2621:Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing
1949:Commander, 21st Tactical Fighter Wing
1586:614th Air and Space Operations Center
1406:Solid State Phased Array Radar System
27:Inactive United States Air Force wing
7:
4431:Space Training and Readiness Command
4219:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1209:McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
1195:In 1990, Alaskan Air Command became
747:, who would later go on to become a
609:21st Fighter-Bomber Wing (1953–1958)
4087:"21st Space Wing Heritage Pamphlet"
1797:Commander, 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing
1619:as the 10th Medical Group in 1998.
1582:Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center
1538:Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station
1474:Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia
1413:Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station
1268:Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station
488:21st Healthcare Operations Squadron
379:Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia
5137:Air & Space Forces Association
4474:United States Space Forces – Space
4454:United States Space Forces Central
4357:Senate Committee on Armed Services
1591:In 1996, the 821st Space Group at
913:317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
700:United States Air Forces in Europe
250:'s 367th Recruiting Squadron, and
25:
4908:Space Warfighting Analysis Center
4310:Deputy Chiefs of Space Operations
4128:Chiles, Cody (30 December 2019).
3945:from the original on 15 July 2018
1574:153d Command and Control Squadron
1524:, and Detachment 1, stationed at
1037:McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
827:North American F-100D Super Sabre
536:721st Operations Support Squadron
244:Space and Missile Defense Command
5270:Space Innovation and Development
5248:
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4469:United States Space Forces Korea
4376:
4278:Under Secretary of the Air Force
4213: This article incorporates
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3906:from the original on 5 June 2018
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3859:"Welcome to the 21st Space Wing"
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1554:3rd Command and Control Squadron
1546:2nd Command and Control Squadron
1534:1st Command and Control Squadron
1518:17th Space Surveillance Squadron
1454:20th Space Surveillance Squadron
1426:19th Space Surveillance Squadron
974:Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant
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406:21st Operations Support Squadron
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392:Operating Location – Fylingdales
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139:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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80:
64:
4903:Space Rapid Capabilities Office
1739:United States Air Force Academy
1617:United States Air Force Academy
1593:Buckley Air National Guard Base
1578:United States Strategic Command
1510:4th Space Surveillance Squadron
1502:1st Space Surveillance Squadron
1494:5th Space Surveillance Squadron
1486:3rd Space Surveillance Squadron
1321:in 1997. On 1 October 1994 the
1291:Buckley Air National Guard Base
1133:United States Readiness Command
890:Continental Air Defense Command
804:531st Tactical Fighter Squadron
800:416th Tactical Fighter Squadron
5869:1st Space Development Squadron
5275:614th Air and Space Operations
5077:Reserve Officer Training Corps
4345:House Armed Services Committee
4295:Vice Chief of Space Operations
3978:"Units of the 21st Space Wing"
3164:
3043:
2628:
2106:
2099:Commander, 21st Composite Wing
1956:
1804:
1656:76th Space Operations Squadron
1230:21st Space Wing (1992–present)
1205:90th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1118:McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagles
1076:18th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1033:43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
986:North American T-39 Sabreliner
915:, which was equipped with the
569:821st Security Forces Squadron
236:United States Northern Command
1:
5875:3d Space Development Squadron
5872:2d Space Development Squadron
4362:Strategic Forces subcommittee
4350:Strategic Forces subcommittee
658:531st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
654:416th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
632:) was activated as a part of
469:21st Security Forces Squadron
157:) is an inactive wing of the
4697:3rd satellite Communications
3939:"21st Space Wing Fact Sheet"
1780:, the 73 Space Group became
1319:137th Space Warning Squadron
1145:Japan Air Self Defense Force
1072:343rd Tactical Fighter Group
978:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
969:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
933:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
811:Japan Air Self Defense Force
650:72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron
618:72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron
436:21st Communications Squadron
425:21st Civil Engineer Squadron
203:The 21st Space Wing was the
5905:2d Test Operations Squadron
5847:527th Space Aggressor (ACC)
5840:26th Space Aggressor (AFRC)
4268:Department of the Air Force
1774:Peterson-Schriever Garrison
1755:18th Space Control Squadron
1751:20th Space Control Squadron
1715:13th Space Warning Squadron
1708:20th Space Control Squadron
1704:18th Space Control Squadron
1696:12th Space Warning Squadron
1672:20th Space Control Squadron
1665:16th Space Control Squadron
1649:Space Based Infrared System
1636:11th Space Warning Squadron
1601:Space-Based Infrared System
1430:Pirinclik Air Force Station
1390:13th Space Warning Squadron
1382:12th Space Warning Squadron
1370:10th Space Warning Squadron
1366:Phased Array Warning System
1323:11th Space Warning Squadron
1254:, Colorado and assigned to
1149:Canadian Forces Air Command
1141:Republic of Korea Air Force
1111:Republic of Korea Air Force
1054:Canadian Forces Air Command
982:Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
947:, Greenland to support the
929:17th Troop Carrier Squadron
917:Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
662:North American F-51 Mustang
530:16th Space Control Squadron
458:21st Force Support Squadron
363:20th Space Control Squadron
349:18th Space Control Squadron
335:13th Space Warning Squadron
321:12th Space Warning Squadron
307:10th Space Warning Squadron
232:United States Space Command
181:Peterson-Schriever Garrison
129:Distinguished Unit Citation
115:"Strength and Preparedness"
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5865:850th Space Communications
4273:Secretary of the Air Force
3744:1 year, 364 days
3707:2 years, 29 days
3670:1 year, 321 days
3633:2 years, 28 days
3596:1 year, 312 days
3559:2 years, 53 days
3522:1 year, 230 days
3485:1 year, 244 days
3448:1 year, 301 days
3411:1 year, 266 days
3374:2 years, 64 days
3337:2 years, 12 days
3300:1 year, 149 days
3263:1 year, 131 days
3226:1 year, 109 days
3157:Commander, 21st Space Wing
3029:1 year, 251 days
2992:1 year, 209 days
2955:1 year, 311 days
2918:1 year, 212 days
2690:1 year, 142 days
2577:1 year, 352 days
2540:1 year, 302 days
2205:1 year, 146 days
2168:1 year, 358 days
1942:1 year, 224 days
1905:3 years, 63 days
1727:Operation Inherent Resolve
1723:Operation Enduring Freedom
1660:4th Space Control Squadron
1632:Operation Enduring Freedom
1476:, and Detachment 3 at the
1374:Cavalier Air Force Station
1358:9th Space Warning Squadron
1354:Eldorado Air Force Station
1350:8th Space Warning Squadron
1342:7th Space Warning Squadron
1338:Cape Cod Air Force Station
1334:6th Space Warning Squadron
1307:4th Space Warning Squadron
1295:5th Space Warning Squadron
1287:2nd Space Warning Squadron
1183:21st Tactical Fighter Wing
1091:21st Tactical Fighter Wing
949:Distant Early Warning Line
776:21st Tactical Fighter Wing
666:North American F-86F Sabre
620:North American F-86F Sabre
519:5th Space Control Squadron
513:4th Space Control Squadron
413:21st Mission Support Group
311:Cavalier Air Force Station
293:7th Space Warning Squadron
283:Cape Cod Air Force Station
279:6th Space Warning Squadron
18:21st Tactical Fighter Wing
5879:3rd Space Experimentation
5859:50th Space Communications
5265:Space and Missile Systems
5246:
4374:
4290:Chief of Space Operations
4254:United States Space Force
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2727:1 year, 54 days
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2464:1 year, 27 days
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1963:
1960:
1955:
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1808:
1803:
1766:United States Space Force
1759:Vandenberg Air Force Base
1694:, Greenland, freeing the
1628:Cheyenne Mountain Complex
1556:, which was stationed at
1548:, which was stationed at
1428:, which was stationed at
1419:, which was stationed at
1181:. In 1989, F-15Cs of the
884:, Alaska and assigned to
823:Republic F-84G Thunderjet
715:United States Army Europe
646:21st Fighter-Bomber Group
581:21st Comptroller Squadron
447:21st Contracting Squadron
373:White Sands Missile Range
353:Vandenberg Air Force Base
252:Air Force Reserve Command
205:United States Space Force
39:
5600:3d Space Launch Squadron
5224:Space Operations Command
4898:Space Development Agency
4857:17th Test and Evaluation
4447:Component Field Commands
4407:Space Operations Command
2807:2 years, 1 day
2501:1 year, 0 days
1770:Space Operations Command
1550:Schriever Air Force Base
1415:. On 26 April 1995, the
1207:which was equipped with
1065:Military Airlift Command
1029:Convair F-106 Delta Dart
965:Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
882:Elmendorf Air Force Base
626:21st Fighter-Bomber Wing
5911:4th Space Test Squadron
5853:3d Space Communications
5151:Former wings and deltas
5142:Space Force Association
5087:Basic Military Training
5082:Officer Training School
4852:3rd Test and Evaluation
4847:1st Test and Evaluation
4664:20th Space Surveillance
4649:15th Space Surveillance
4644:21st Operations Support
4134:United States Air Force
3900:"21 Space Wing (AFSPC)"
2195:Charles W. Johnson, Jr.
2188:Johnson, Jr. Charles W.
1717:began oversight of the
1597:Defense Support Program
1514:Lackland Air Force Base
1506:Griffiss Air Force Base
1394:Clear Air Force Station
1311:Holloman Air Force Base
1303:Defense Support Program
1256:Air Force Space Command
1252:Peterson Air Force Base
1185:escorted the first two
937:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
888:, which also supported
339:Clear Air Force Station
248:United States Air Force
224:Peterson Air Force Base
159:United States Air Force
88:United States Air Force
46:Shield of the 21st Wing
5908:3d Space Test Squadron
5900:1st Air and Space Test
5894:5th Space Surveillance
5884:1st Space Surveillance
5240:Fourteenth (Strategic)
5054:Awards and decorations
4891:Direct reporting units
4215:public domain material
3320:Blaisdell, Franklin J.
3289:Gerald F. Perryman Jr.
2790:Griffith, Jr., Evan J.
1645:Buckley Air Force Base
1568:
1301:, Australia, flew the
1264:3rd Space Support Wing
1239:
1159:
1086:
1041:Tyndall Air Force Base
1012:
961:Douglas C-54 Skymaster
869:
771:
673:Eielson Air Force Base
624:On 1 January 1953 the
621:
596:
595:21st Space Wing shield
563:821st Support Squadron
501:721st Operations Group
177:3rd Space Support Wing
5889:3d Space Surveillance
4842:527th Space Aggressor
4837:53rd Space Operations
4832:10th Space Operations
4752:23rd Space Operations
4747:22nd Space Operations
4742:21st Space Operations
4624:319th Combat Training
4583:Space Launch Delta 45
4578:Space Launch Delta 30
4419:Space Systems Command
4402:Space Futures Command
3326:Franklin J. Blaisdell
2982:Harold S. Storer, Jr.
2975:Storer Jr., Harold S.
2797:Evan J. Griffith, Jr.
2038:Ingenhutt, William W.
1566:
1558:Offutt Air Force Base
1421:Falcon Air Force Base
1362:Robins Air Force Base
1327:Falcon Air Force Base
1250:) was reactivated at
1237:
1157:
1099:Beechcraft C-12 Huron
1084:
1010:
957:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
880:) was reactivated at
867:
845:Myasishchev M-4 Bison
782:) was reactivated at
769:
735:Nellis Air Force Base
690:forces deterring the
642:George Air Force Base
616:
594:
267:21st Operations Group
166:Allied Command Europe
5444:821st Air Base Group
4990:Space Force Stations
4877:1st Range Operations
4827:4th Space Operations
4822:3rd Space Operations
4817:2nd Space Operations
4812:1st Space Operations
4737:55th Combat Training
4634:392d Combat Training
4619:1st Delta Operations
4170:"Welcome Col. Moore"
3764:Falzarano, Thomas G.
3690:Schiess, Douglass A.
3133:Creighton, Donald J.
3036:Commander, 21st Wing
3012:Creighton, Donald J.
2045:William W. Ingenhutt
1676:Eglin Air Force Base
1624:September 11 attacks
1613:Air Mobility Command
1458:Eglin Air Force Base
1346:Beale Air Force Base
1276:Fourteenth Air Force
1242:On 15 May 1992, the
1122:343rd Composite Wing
1045:Eglin Air Force Base
1023:got first priority.
998:Martin B-57 Canberra
945:Sondrestrom Air Base
894:Alaskan NORAD Region
841:Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
648:, which oversaw the
634:Tactical Air Command
548:821st Air Base Group
367:Eglin Air Force Base
297:Beale Air Force Base
5459:Command and Control
4669:3rd Combat Training
4327:Lieutenant Generals
4099:on 25 December 2019
3770:Thomas G. Falzarano
3579:Whiting, Stephen N.
3283:Perryman, Gerald F.
3140:Donald J. Creighton
3019:Donald J. Creighton
2901:Povilus, William R.
2747:Hibarger, Robert W.
2299:Dunaway, Kenneth D.
2225:Dunaway, Kenneth D.
1757:was reactivated at
1713:In April 2013, the
1641:460th Air Base Wing
1605:84th Airlift Flight
1470:Socorro, New Mexico
1299:Woomera Air Station
1139:exercises with the
1047:, Florida, and the
1025:Air Defense Command
921:King Salmon Airport
886:Alaskan Air Command
874:21st Composite Wing
872:On 8 July 1966 the
774:On 1 July 1958 the
723:Northern Army Group
5915:55th Space Weather
4732:13th Space Warning
4727:12th Space Warning
4722:11th Space Warning
4717:10th Space Warning
4659:19th Space Defense
4654:18th Space Defense
4603:Space Base Delta 3
4598:Space Base Delta 2
4593:Space Base Delta 1
3696:Douglas A. Schiess
3616:Crawford, Chris D.
3585:Stephen N. Whiting
3468:Webber, Richard E.
2908:William R. Povilus
2827:Abbott, Wilfred K.
2754:Robert W. Hibarger
2673:Nelson, Michael A.
2597:Nelson, Michael A.
2484:Eaton, Fredrick C.
2410:Stockman, David T.
2306:Kenneth D. Dunaway
2232:Kenneth D. Dunaway
1886:Rowland, Robert R.
1731:Airman First Class
1634:. In May 2001 the
1569:
1472:, Detachment 2 at
1442:Russian Federation
1315:Air National Guard
1240:
1201:Eleventh Air Force
1197:Pacific Air Forces
1170:on his way to the
1160:
1087:
1013:
870:
788:Pacific Air Forces
772:
727:Central Army Group
622:
597:
481:21st Medical Group
256:302nd Airlift Wing
240:United States Army
238:, elements of the
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5383:
5365:
5352:Cheyenne Mountain
5185:
5184:
5181:
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5012:Cheyenne Mountain
4928:Space Force Bases
4916:
4915:
4712:7th Space Warning
4707:6th Space Warning
4702:5th Space Warning
4692:2nd Space Warning
4372:
4371:
4305:Director of Staff
3822:
3821:
3655:Brigadier General
3622:Chris D. Crawford
3474:Richard E. Webber
3470:Brigadier General
3433:Brigadier General
3396:Brigadier General
3394:Kehler, Claude R.
3359:Brigadier General
3357:Drennan, Jerry M.
3322:Brigadier General
3285:Brigadier General
3248:Brigadier General
3211:Brigadier General
3154:
3153:
3107:26 September 1991
3104:
3033:
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3026:26 September 1991
2834:Wilfred K. Abbott
2761:
2680:Michael A. Nelson
2618:
2617:
2604:Michael A. Nelson
2521:Tixier, Edward L.
2491:Fredrick C. Eaton
2417:David T. Stockman
2373:Brickel, James R.
2336:Larkins, James R.
2236:23 September 1969
2202:23 September 1969
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2086:28 September 1959
2052:28 September 1959
2001:Collins, Frank J.
1946:
1945:
1894:Robert R. Rowland
1729:. These included
1432:and operated the
1364:all operated the
1325:was activated at
1211:strike fighters.
1187:Soviet Air Forces
1168:George H. W. Bush
1126:Soviet Air Forces
1017:Soviet Air Forces
906:search and rescue
838:Soviet Air Forces
815:Soviet Air Forces
796:39th Air Division
708:Chambley Air Base
706:and stationed at
704:Twelfth Air Force
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1283:missile warning
1244:21st Space Wing
1232:
1190:Mikoyan MiG-29s
862:
834:Fifth Air Force
792:Fifth Air Force
784:Misawa Air Base
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