76th Space Control Squadron
{{about|the 76th Space Control Squadron activated in 2008|the 76th Space Control Squadron of 1999-2008|76th Fighter Squadron}}
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The United States Air Force's 76th Space Control Squadron is an offensive counter space unit located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The Squadron replaced the original 76th Space Control squadron in 2008 when that squadron returned to its historic role as a fighter unit.
Mission
The 76th Space Control Squadron is an Air Force Space Command unit responsible for delivering offensive counterspace and space situational awareness, as appropriate, to rapidly achieve flexible and versatile effects in support of global and theater campaigns.
History
In 2008 the Air Force decided to return the 76th Space Control Squadron to its traditional role as a fighter. To emphasize the continuity of the space mission, the Air Force decided to constitute a new unit with the same name and number. The new 76th Squadron continued the mission of operating the Counter Satellite Communications System, which had been deployed in 2004 as an offensive system to disrupt hostile satellite systems.{{cite web |url= http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/200025/counter-satellite-communications-system-deployed/ |last1=Lewis|first1=Jeffery|title=Counter Satellite Communications System Deployed|date=4 October 2004|publisher=Air Force History Index|access-date=19 October 2016}}{{cite web |url= http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069149 |last1=Dahl|first1=Corey|title=Transfer ceremony reunites Flying Tigers heritage|date=21 September 2007|publisher=21st Space Wing Public Affairs |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121008192349/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069149 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |access-date=19 October 2016}}
In February 2015 the unit was inactivated and personnel absorbed into its sister unit, the 4th Space Control Squadron.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}{{Cite web |title=4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron |url=https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/3257936/4th-electromagnetic-warfare-squadron/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F3257936%2F4th-electromagnetic-warfare-squadron%2F |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base |language=en-US}}
Lineage
- Constituted as the 76th Space Control Squadron on 16 November
=Assignments=
- 21st Operations Group, 22 January 2008 – February 2015
Locations
- Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, 22 January 2008 – February 2015
=Equipment Operated=
References
{{Reflist}}
=Bibliography=
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
External links
- [https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/?id=4808 76th Space Control Squadron Fact Sheet]
{{USAF Space Command}}