Space Delta 9

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}

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| unit_name = Space Delta 9

| image = Emblem of Space Delta 9.svg

| caption = Delta

| start_date = {{Start date and age|2020|07|24|df=yes}}

| country = {{flagu|United States}}

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

| type = Delta

| role = Orbital warfare

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| command_structure = {{no wrap|25px Space Operations Command}}

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| garrison = Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.

| garrison_label = Headquarters

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| nickname = Stormbringers{{Cite web|url=https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2510837/space-delta-9-builds-orbital-warfare-tradecraft-from-the-ground-up/|title=Space Delta 9 builds orbital warfare tradecraft from the ground up|website=Schriever Air Force Base|access-date=23 February 2021|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228173714/https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2510837/space-delta-9-builds-orbital-warfare-tradecraft-from-the-ground-up/|url-status=live}}

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| commander1 = Col Ramsey M. Horn

| commander1_label = Commander

| commander2 =

| commander2_label = Deputy Commander

| commander3 = CMSgt Dan M. Dempsey{{Cite web|url=https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/3672556/chief-master-sergeant-dan-m-dempsey/|title=CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT DAN M. DEMPSEY|website=Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base|access-date=15 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215053556/https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/3672556/chief-master-sergeant-dan-m-dempsey/|url-status=live}}

| commander3_label = Senior Enlisted Leader

| website = {{URL|https://www.spacebasedelta1.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/SpOC-Deltas/Space-Delta-9/|Official website}}

| identification_symbol = 150px

| identification_symbol_label = Guidon

| identification_symbol_2 = 75px

| identification_symbol_2_label = Orbital Warfare Identification Device

}}

Space Delta 9 (DEL 9) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for conducting orbital warfare. Its mission involves preparing, presenting, and projecting assigned and attached forces for the purpose of conducting protect and defend operations and providing national decision authorities with response options to deter and, when necessary, defeat orbital threats. Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://www.schriever.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/275817/delta-9/|title=Delta 9 Fact Sheet|date=24 July 2020|agency=Schriever Air Force Base|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728010814/https://www.schriever.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/275817/delta-9/|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Space Force reorganizes former Air Force space wings into "Deltas" and "Garrisons"|url=https://spacenews.com/space-force-reorganizes-former-air-force-space-wings-into-deltas-and-garrisons/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=SpaceNews|language=en-US|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20200726174101/https://spacenews.com/space-force-reorganizes-former-air-force-space-wings-into-deltas-and-garrisons/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Space Force Announces Significant Reorganization|url=https://www.airforcemag.com/space-force-organizations-take-shape-as-selection-boards-meet/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Air Force Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811195538/https://www.airforcemag.com/space-force-organizations-take-shape-as-selection-boards-meet/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37361/space-force-has-a-unit-dedicated-to-orbital-warfare-that-now-operates-the-x-37b-spaceplane|title=Space Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B Spaceplane|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=30 October 2020 |access-date=18 August 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904163554/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37361/space-force-has-a-unit-dedicated-to-orbital-warfare-that-now-operates-the-x-37b-spaceplane|url-status=live}}

It replaced the interim 750th Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, which was activated a month before its redesignation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.schriever.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2226859/50th-sw-activates-750th-og/|title=50th SW activates 750th OG|website=Schriever Air Force Base|access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020173425/https://www.schriever.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2226859/50th-sw-activates-750th-og/|url-status=dead}}