19th Space Operations Squadron

	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
19th Space Operations Squadron (approved 15 December 1967)

The 19th Space Operations Squadron is an

Schriever Air Force Base

, Colorado.

Mission

The 19th Space Operations Squadron is a reserve associate unit with the

2d Space Operations Squadron of the 50th Space Wing. It performs launch, early-orbit, anomaly resolution and disposal operations for the Global Positioning System. The squadron provides navigation, timing and nuclear detonation information to users worldwide. It supports daily operations while also maintaining a reserve force available for mobilization.^[2]

History

Space detection operations in Turkey

Background

In October 1954, the US and Turkey began construction of

Air Defense Command (ADC).^[2]

Squadron activation

ADC organized the 19th Surveillance Squadron on 1 January 1967

Air Force Space Command in 1987.^[2]

During Operation

AN/FPS-79 tracking radar operated until the site closed in 1997.^[2]

Reserve associate operation

The squadron was redesignated the 19th Space Operations Squadron and activated in October 2000 at

reserve as an associate unit of the regular 2d Space Operations Squadron, operating the same equipment to manage the Global Positioning System alongside members of the 2d Squadron.^[1]^[2]

Lineage

Constituted as the 19th Surveillance Squadron and activated on 1 November 1966 (not organized)[note 2]

Organized on 1 January 1967

Redesignated 19th Space Surveillance Squadron on 15 May 1992

Inactivated on 16 June 1997

Redesignated 19th Space Operations Squadron on 1 May 2000

Activated in the reserve on 1 October 2000^[1]

Assignments

Air Defense Command, 1 November 1966 (not organized)
73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing
, 1 January 1967
Fourteenth Aerospace Force
, 30 April 1971
21st Air Division, 1 October 1976
7th Air Division, 1 December 1979
1st Space Wing, 1 May 1983
73d Space Surveillance Group (later 73 Space Group), 1 October 1991
21st Operations Group
, 26 April 1995 – 16 June 1997
310th Space Group
, 1 October 2000
310th Operations Group, 7 March 2008 – present^[1]

Stations

Dyarbakir Air Station (later Pirinclik Air Station), Turkey, 1 January 1967 – 16 June 1997

Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, 1 October 2000 – present [1]

Awards

Award	Dates	Notes
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	15 June 1972 – 14 June 1973	19th Surveillance Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1983 – 30 April 1984	19th Surveillance Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 September 1989 – 31 August 1991	19th Surveillance Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 1995 – 30 September 1997	19th Space Surveillance Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 2000 - 30 September 2002	19th Space Operations Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 2001 - 1 October 2002	19th Space Operations Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 October 2002 – 30 July 2004	19th Space Operations Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 August 2004 – 31 July 2006	19th Space Operations Squadron^[1]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 August 2006 - 31 July 2008	19th Space Operations Squadron^[1]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

^ Air Defense Command had been redesignated Aerospace Defense Command in 1968 to recognize its space mission. The usual abbreviation for the command became AEDC.
^ Cornett and Johnson indiacte the unit was originally designated the 19th Aerospace Surveillance Squadron with the "Aerospace" being dropped on 3 January 1967. Cornett & Johnson, p.149.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Kane, Robert B. (28 December 2010). "Factsheet 19 Space Operations Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "310th Space Wing: About Us:Factsheet 19th Space Operations Squadron". 310th Space Wing Public Affairs. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[3] Air Defense Command had been redesignated Aerospace Defense Command in 1968 to recognize its space mission. The usual abbreviation for the command became AEDC.

[4] Cornett and Johnson indiacte the unit was originally designated the 19th Aerospace Surveillance Squadron with the "Aerospace" being dropped on 3 January 1967. Cornett & Johnson, p.149.

[19SOSfacts-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Kane, Robert B. (28 December 2010). "Factsheet 19 Space Operations Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[310SWfacts19SSOS-2] "310th Space Wing: About Us:Factsheet 19th Space Operations Squadron". 310th Space Wing Public Affairs. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

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