New mission, vision statements emphasize space dominance Published Oct. 16, 2007 By Corey Dahl 21st Space Wing Public Affairs PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- New Mission and Vision Statements for the 21st Space Wing make it clear the wing intends to be a longtime leader in space control and missile warning. Rolled out by wing leadership earlier this month, the new statements emphasize the wing's dominant role in space superiority operations. "Fundamentally, the previous mission statement was sound," Col. Jay Raymond, commander of the 21st Space Wing said. "We fully embraced the existing three major tenets of our mission statement and made some minor changes to be a little more specific in the wording." The cornerstone of the Wing's mission statement remains centered on space superiority, installation support and deploying warrior Airmen. The new version replaces conduct world class space superiority operations with "conduct flawless missile warning and space control operations." The wing's new mission also adds the goal of developing warrior Airmen, not just deploying them, which brings it more in line with one of the Air Force's Top Three Priorities. Finally, the last line of the mission statement provides a clear linkage to the newly released Air Force Space Command Mission statement, by clearly stating we conduct this mission to defend America and our Allies, many of whom work in our Wing. The Wing's new vision statement also emphasizes the fact that the 21st Space Wing is in the space superiority business. The new vision of "America's Space Superiority Wing - Globally Postured to Ensure Space Dominance" underscores the wing's duty toward the country as well as its global reach, with geographically separated units spread around the world. But, most importantly the new vision statement - just like the mission statement - drives home the point that the 21st Space Wing intends to be a space leader, Colonel Raymond said. "Our vision is to dominate the space domain, providing true situational awareness in space control and missile warning for America.," he said. "When people think of space superiority, there first thought needs to be about the 21st Space Wing." 21st Space Wing's Mission and Vision statements: Our Mission: "Conduct flawless missile warning and space control operations, provide unsurpassed installation support and protection, while developing and deploying Warrior Airmen to defend America and our Allies." Our Vision: "America's Space Superiority Wing - Globally Postured to Ensure Space Dominance."