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2nd Space Warning Squadron

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| unit_name = 2nd Space Warning Squadron

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| dates = 1992–present

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| branch = {{space force|United States}}

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| role = Missile Warning

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| command_structure = Space Delta 4

| current_commander = Lt Col Scott M. Wright

| garrison = Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado

| nickname = Squawkin' Dogs{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

| motto = {{unbulleted list|Ils Ne Passeront Pas|(French: "They Shall Not Pass")}}

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The 2nd Space Warning Squadron is part of the Space Delta 4 at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It operates the Space-Based Infrared System satellites conducting global monitoring for significant infrared events.

The squadron's mission is to operate and maintain the Space-Based Infrared System. Additionally, it reports ballistic missile and space launches, nuclear detonations, and infrared data of operational value to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, combatant commanders, intelligence agencies, and global warfighters.{{cite web|url= https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/?id=4485 |author=No byline|title=Buckley AFB Factsheets 460th Operations Group|publisher=460th Space Wing Public Affairs|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080212164438/http://www.buckley.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4485 |archive-date=February 12, 2008|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

Operations

On 7 January 2020 2nd Space Warning Squadron detected the launches of more than a dozen missiles against US and coalition partners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/09/15/space-forms-confirms-space-based-infrared-system-detected-missile-attack-in-january/|title=US Space Force confirms Space Based Infrared System detected missile attack in January|first=Nathan|last=Strout|date=September 15, 2020|website=Defense News}} This provided crucial warning to the warfighters, which helped them to take cover.

History

The squadron has operated ground stations set up to control the Defense Support Program (DSP) and Space-Based Infrared System, space-based surveillance systems configured to detect and report ballistic missile launches, space launches, and nuclear detonations since 1992.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 2d Space Communications Squadron on 1 May 1992

: Activated on 15 May 1992

: Redesignated 2d Space Warning Squadron on 1 May 1993{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9677|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 31 Fighter Wing (USAFE)|date=September 24, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=dead|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003044/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9677|archive-date=2013-12-31}}

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List of commanders

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  • Lt Col Francois Roy, July 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001260144/|title=2nd Space Warning Squadron changes command|website=www.buckley.spaceforce.mil}}
  • Lt Col April Wimmer, 7 July 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001260142/|title=2nd Space Warning Squadron changes command|website=www.buckley.spaceforce.mil}}
  • Lt Col Shannon DaSilva, 11 May 2017
  • Lt Col Brandon Davenport, 5 June 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/USSFSpaceDelta4/posts/309144570892836|title=Change of Command|website=Facebook}}
  • Lt Col Michael Mariner, 1 July 2021
  • Lt Col Scott M. Wright, 7 July 2023

References

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Bibliography

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External links

  • [https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/?id=4485 460th Operations Group Fact Sheet]

{{United States Space Force}}

{{USAF Space Command}}

Category:Squadrons of the United States Space Force

Category:Military units and formations in Colorado