57th Space Aggressor Squadron
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 57th Space Aggressor Squadron
| image = 57th Space Aggressor Squadron emblem.png
| caption = Squadron emblem
| dates = 2022–present
| country = {{Flagu|United States}}
| branch = {{space force|USA}}
| type = Squadron
| role = Aggressor Squadron
| command_structure = Space Delta 11
| garrison = Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
| current_commander = Lt Col Jessica Getrost
| identification_symbol = 150px
| identification_symbol_label = 57th Space Aggressor Squadron emblem
}}
The 57th Space Aggressor Squadron is a United States Space Force unit assigned to the Space Training and Readiness Command. It was activated after the creation of Space Training and Readiness Command and organized under Space Delta 11 to provide orbital warfare aggressors. It is stationed at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The active duty squadron is supported by the United States Air Force Reserve's 26th Space Aggressor Squadron.{{Cite web |title=Air Force "bad guys" revel in 20-year milestone |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/461438/air-force-bad-guys-revel-20-year-milestone |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}
Mission
57 SAS instills an adversary-focused warfighting culture through its mission to know, teach, and replicate modern, emerging, and integrated space threats via adversary threat academics and virtual/live replication of adversary space and counterspace threats.{{Cite web |year=2023 |title=Fact Sheet: 57th Space Aggressor Squadron |url=https://www.starcom.spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/57%20SAS%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |access-date=27 Mar 2024 |website=Space Training and Readiness Command}}
The squadron replicates enemy systems and tactics during tests and training exercises. It provides Space Force, joint and coalition military personnel with an understanding of how to recognize, mitigate, counter and defeat these threats to prevail in competition.
History
Lineage
- Activated on 15 September 2021
= Assignments =
- Space Delta 11, 15 September 2021–present
= Stations =
- Schriever Space Force Base, CO, 15 September 2021–present
= Aircraft =
None.
List of commanders
- Lt Col Josh "Halo" Werner, 15 September 2021 – 9 June 2023
- Lt Col Jessica "THUMPER" Getrost, 9 June 2023 – present
References
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Further reading
The following sources relate to USAF history prior to the formation of the squadron:
- {{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/osprey-general-aviation-red-eagles-americas-secret. |title=Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs |publisher=Osprey Pub |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-84603-378-0 |location=Oxford |oclc=231885515}}
External links
{{United States Space Force}}