55th Combat Training Squadron

{{short description|U.S. Space Force unit}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 55th Combat Training Squadron

| image = 614th Combat Training Squadron emblem.png

| image_size =

| caption = Squadron emblem

| dates = 16 December 2016 – present

| country = {{flagu|United States}}

| branch = {{no wrap|{{space force|United States}}}}

| type = Squadron

| role = Operations support

| size =

| command_structure = Space Delta 5

| garrison = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S.

| garrison_label = Headquarters

| nickname = Fighting Tigers{{Cite web|url=https://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1425198/614th-combat-training-squadron-fighting-tigers-celebrate-one-year/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917092312/https://www.afspc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1425198/614th-combat-training-squadron-fighting-tigers-celebrate-one-year/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 September 2021|title=614th Combat Training Squadron "Fighting Tigers" Celebrate One Year|website=Air Force Space Command (Archived)}}

| motto =

| website =

| commander1_label = Commander

| commander2 =

| commander2_label = Deputy Commander

| commander3 =

| commander3_label = Superintendent

| notable_commanders =

| identification_symbol = File:614 CTS.png

| identification_symbol_label = Former 614th Combat Training Squadron emblem

}}

The 55th Combat Training Squadron (55 CTS) is a unit of the United States Space Force assigned to Space Operations Command's Space Delta 5. Formerly the 614 CTS, the squadron was activated on 16 December 2016 to implement and sustain enterprise-wide changes under the Space Training Transformation and Space Mission Force constructs. It is headquartered at Vandenberg Space Force Base, inCalifornia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1036059/new-squadron-614th-cts-activates-at-vandenberg/|title=New squadron, 614th CTS, activates at Vandenberg|website=Vandenberg Space Force Base}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1058836/614-combat-training-sq-afspc/|title=614 Combat Training Sq (AFSPC)|website=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spacecom.mil/Newsroom/News/Article-Display/Article/2876232/cspoc-officer-receives-uk-space-operations-badge/|title=CSpOC officer receives UK Space Operations Badge|publisher=spacecom.mil|date=15 December 2021|access-date=15 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacecom.mil/News/Article-Display//Article/2922426/cfscc-spotlight-55th-combat-training-squadron-ensures-space-operations-center-r/|title=CFSCC Spotlight: 55th Combat Training Squadron ensures space operations center readiness|website=United States Space Command}}

List of commanders

  • Lt Col Nicole M. Petrucci, 16 December 2016 – May 2019
  • Lt Col Krista N. St. Romain, May 2019 – 16 June 2021{{Cite web|url=https://www.spacecom.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2468273/space-delta-5-team-wins-7500-prize-toward-unit-innovation-in-usspacecom-competi/|title=Space Delta 5 team wins $7,500 prize toward unit innovation in USSPACECOM competition|website=United States Space Command}}
  • Lt Col Forrest Poole, 16 June 2021 – May 2023
  • Lt Col Scott Voth, May 2023 - Incumbent

See also

References

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