4th Space Warning Squadron (4 SWS) activated in August 2019 as a component of the 710th Operations Group located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. As a reserve associate to the 11th Space Warning Squadron, 4 SWS supports Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). SBIRS provides critical information regarding national and theater threats through its primary mission areas of missile warning, battlespace awareness, technical intelligence, and missile defense. System operators enable reliable, unambiguous, timely, and accurate warning for theater and strategic missile launches to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and Combatant Commanders worldwide. 4 SWS members are fully integrated into all aspects of the SBIRS crew force, providing long-term knowledge and proficiency in mission management operations, mission execution, battlespace awareness, ground system operations, and satellite command and control.
The 6th Space Warning Squadron (6 SWS), located at Cape Cod Space Force Station in Sagamore, Massachusetts, is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. 'Team 6' includes Department of the Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force Airmen and Guardians, DoD civilians, and InDyne employees.
The 460th Operations Support Squadron (460 OSS) is responsible for the operational training and certification of all space professional assigned to Space Delta 4 (DEL 4), located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. 460 OSS is also responsible for tactics development, engineering support, development-to-operational integration, Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC) development, maintenance operations, crew force management and student accessions.
The 12th Space Warning Squadron (12 SWS) operates the Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR), formerly the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) - Site 1, at Thule Air Base, Greenland. 12 SWS is part of the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment network, which provides early warning of ballistic missile launches to National Command Authorities via the Missile Warning Center and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
The 10th Space Warning Squadron (10 SWS) at Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota, is located 15 miles south of the Canadian and U.S. border. The squadron is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
The 7th Space Warning Squadron (7 SWS), Beale Air Force Base, California, guards the Continental United States, Alaska, and Canada against Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles by detecting both sea-based launches, in-flight missiles and providing mid-course interceptor guidance to eliminate threats. Additionally, the 7 SWS radar tracks and surveils objects in low-earth orbit. The unit is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
The Buckley Garrison located at Buckley SFB, Colorado, is a Space Forceunit that serves Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve and retired personnel throughout the FrontRange community. The Garrison falls under the direction of the Department of the Air Forceand U.S. Space Force for its day-to-day operational mission supporting the National
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