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  • Peterson Space Force Base History

    Peterson SFB traces its roots to the early years of World War II. Colorado Springs Army Air Base was established on 28 April 1942 at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, which had served the city since 1926. The base’s first mission was photographic reconnaissance training under the auspices of

  • 21st Operations Support Squadron, Detachment 1

    VISION:Train and inspire Missile Warning, Missile Defense, and Space Situational Awareness operatorsLOCATION:The 21st Operations Support Squadron, Detachment 1 (21 OSS/DET 1) is located at Beale Air Force Base, California and is a geographically separated unit of the Peterson-Schriever Garrison,

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 1

    Detachment 1, 20th Space Control Sqaudron is a dedicated space surveillance unit in the northwest corner of the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, approximately 30 miles southeast of the town of Socorro, N.M. The detachment was the first operational site in the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 2

    Detachment 2, 20th Space Control Squadron is a dedicated Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) space surveillance unit on the island of Diego Garcia, in the British Indian Ocean Territories.MISSIONThe primary mission of the detachment is to detect, track, and identify all

  • 20th Space Control Squadron, Det 3

    Detachment 3, 20th Space Control Squadron is a dedicated Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) space surveillance unit on the island of Maui, Hawaii atop the 10.023 foot summit of Mt. Haleakala, a dormant volcano.MISSIONThe primary mission of the detachment is to detect,

 

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