U.S. Space Command was created in 1985, but America’s military actually began operating in space much earlier. With the Soviet Union’s unexpected
1957 launch of the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik I, President Eisenhower accelerated the nation’s slowly emerging civil and military
space efforts. The vital advantage that space could give either country during those dark days of the Cold War was evident in his somber words.
"Space objectives relating to defense are those to which the highest priority attaches because they bear on our immediate safety," he said.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the Army, Navy and Air Force advanced and expanded space technologies in the areas of communication, meteorology, geodesy,
navigation and reconnaissance. Space continued to support strategic deterrence by providing arms control and treaty verification, and by offering
unambiguous, early warning of any missile attack on North America.
On September 23, 1985, the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the ever-increasing value of military space systems by creating a new unified command —
U.S. Space Command — to help institutionalize the use of space in U.S. deterrence efforts.
The U.S.-led coalition’s 1991 victory in the Persian Gulf War underscored, and brought widespread recognition to, the value of military space
operations. Communications, intelligence, navigation, missile warning and weather satellites demonstrated that space systems could be indispensable
providers of tactical information to U.S. warfighters.
Since then, U.S. Space Command has further strengthened its focus on warfighting by ensuring that Soldiers and Marines in the foxhole, Sailors on the
ship’s bridge, and pilots in the cockpit have the space information they need — when they need it.
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), created September 1, 1982, is one of nine Air Force major commands, and is headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base,
CO. Missile warning and space operations were combined to form Air Force Space Command in 1982, the same year NASA launched the first space shuttle.
During the Cold War, space operations focused on missile warning, and command and control for national leadership. In 1991, Operation Desert Storm
provided emphasis for the command's new focus on support to the warfighter. ICBM forces were merged into AFSPC in 1993.
AFSPC defends America through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) operations, vital force elements in projecting global reach and
global power. AFSPC is a key factor in implementing the expeditionary aerospace force organizational structure.
Air Force Space Command has two numbered air forces. Fourteenth Air Force provides space warfighting forces to U.S. Space Command, and is located at
Vandenberg AFB, CA. Fourteenth Air Force manages the generation and employment of space forces to support U.S. Space Command and North American
Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) operational plans and missions. Twentieth Air Force, located at F.E. Warren AFB, WY, operates and maintains AFSPC's
ICBM weapon systems in support of U.S. Strategic Command war plans.
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The mission of the Space Warfare Center is to advance America's space capabilities and employment concepts through tactics development, testing,
analysis, and training programs. The genesis of the Space Warfare Center dates back to Desert Storm, during which combat operations relied on space
support more than any past conflict. However, an analysis of these operations revealed several shortfalls in the United States' ability to take
advantage of all the capabilities space has to offer. To remedy this problem, in the fall of 1992, a Blue Ribbon Panel on Space recommended the
establishment of a Space Warfare Center to examine the capabilities of space-based assets versus the actual enhancements gained from them.
The primary purpose of the SWC was to develop and test concepts, applications, and procedures that enable the Warfighter to more fully utilize the
unique capabilities of these space-based assets. The Space Warfare Center is tasked with "operationalizing" space, making its use timely and routine
to the Warfighter. The aim is to exploit these Department of Defense, civil and commercial assets in order to continue to provide US forces with a
definitive edge in future combat operations.
General Charles Horner, past commander of Air Force Space Command, officially dedicated the SWC on December 8, 1993. As the SWC grew, two testing
squadrons were added in 1995 and the innovative Space Battlelab was dedicated in 1997.
The mission of the 17th Test Squadron is to enhance AFSPC's support to the Warfighter through testing and evaluation of space forces. The 17th TS is
responsible for the planning, execution and reporting for all Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation of Air Force Space Forces.
The mission of the 576th Flight Test Squadron is to manage and conduct the JCS directed Intercontinental Ballistics Missile Follow-on Operational Test
and Evaluation program. The squadron has the sole responsibility for collecting, analyzing and reporting the data required to verify the accuracy and
reliability of our deployed ICBMs.
The mission of the Space Battlelab is to identify innovative space operations and logistics concepts and rapidly measure their potential for advancing
the Air Force core competencies and joint warfighting. The Space Battlelab uses field ingenuity, modeling and simulation and actual employment of
exploratory capabilities in operational environments to accomplish the mission.
The objectives of the Space Warfare Center are:
Advance the Air Force's core competency;
Ensure space and missile systems meet the needs of the warfighter;
Integration of present and future space systems into military operations;
Train the warfighters, space systems operators and space support teams;
Develop, validate and document tactics for the employment of space systems and capabilities; and
Visual modeling and simulation of the effect of space systems on the battlespace.
Its basically like starwars!! You never see any of these covered in any media.
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