25th Space Range Squadron
25th Space Range Squadron | |
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Active | 1917–1919; 1921–1946; 1952–1964; 1988–1995; 2004–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Space Force |
Role | Electromagnetic Range Operations |
Size | Squadron |
Part of | Space Delta 11 |
Garrison/HQ | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado |
Nickname(s) | Executioners[1] |
Motto(s) | "Give 'em the axe!" |
Equipment | Space Test and Training Range |
Engagements |
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Decorations |
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Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt Col Gerrit "Blade" Dalman |
Insignia | |
Former 25th Space Range Squadron emblem | |
25th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 15 February 1924)[3] | |
25th Aero Squadron emblem (approved by AEF 19 November 1918)[4][note 1] |
The 25th Space Range Squadron is a
The 25th is the second oldest unit in the United States Space Force, its earliest predecessor in the days of the
The squadron's second predecessor was organized as the 25th Squadron (Bombardment) in 1921 as part of the permanent
On March 31, 2020, it was announced that the 25th Space Range Squadron would be moved to the newly formed United States Space Force.[6] This transfer made the 25th the oldest unit in the USSF.
Mission
The 25th Space Range Squadron is responsible for the operation of the Space Test and Training Range, a capability that allows units to exercise space electronic warfare capabilities in a safe, secure, and realistic environment while eliminating the risk of unintended collateral effects.[7]
The 25th has deployed equipment and personnel to support combatant commander operations and large force exercises such as Austere Challenge.[8]
History
World War I
The first predecessor of the
Defense of the Panama Canal
The 25th Squadron (Bombardment) was organized on 1 October 1921 at
The squadron equipped with
World War II
Antisubmarine campaign
After the
On 12 May 1943, the squadron was transferred to the
Strategic attacks on Japan
The 25th was stationed at
From airfields in eastern India, engaged in very long range bombardment raids on Japan. The squadron participated in the first American Air Force attack on the Japanese Home Islands since the 1942
The advance of American forces in the Central Pacific though the
After
Strategic bombardment
The squadron was reactivated at
Strategic tactics development and range control
The 25th was reactivated in 1988 as a SAC training squadron. From 1988 to 1992, the 25th supervised SAC
Space tactics development and range control
A requirement for a safe and secure space range mission was conceived by
In November 2007, the Executioners were redesignated at as the 25th Space Range Squadron and later tested new space control tactics in a secure environment.
In 2013, the 25th was transferred back to Air Combat Command and moved under the Nevada Test and Training Range of the United States Air Force Warfare Center.[15]
On 21 June 2017, the 25th celebrated its "Centennial Anniversary" and became one of the first Air Force units to trace its lineage over 100 years.[1]
On 24 July 2020 the 25th Space Range Squadron was transferred to the United States Space Force and assigned to the
On 23 August 2021, Space Training and Readiness Command was activated and on 30 August Space Delta 11 held an activation ceremony, officially aligning all Space Force range and aggressor units under a single command, including the 25th.[17]
Lineage
- 25th Aero Squadron
- Organized as the 20th Aero Squadron On 13 June 1917
- Redesignated 25th Aero Squadron on 22 June 1917
- Demobilized on 17 June 1919
- Reconstituted and consolidated with the 25th Bombardment Squadron as the 25th Bombardment Squadron on 8 April 1924[2][10]
- 25th Space Range Squadron
- Authorized as the 25th Squadron (Bombardment) on 30 August 1921
- Organized on 1 October 1921
- Redesignated 25th Bombardment Squadron on 25 January 1923
- Consolidated with the 25th Aero Squadron on 8 April 1924[10]
- Redesignated 25th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 December 1939
- Redesignated 25th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 November 1940
- Redesignated 25th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 20 November 1943
- Inactivated on 1 October 1946
- Redesignated: 25th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 9 May 1952
- Activated on 28 May 1952
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 September 1964
- Redesignated 25th Strategic Training Squadron on 21 June 1988
- Activated on 1 July 1988
- Redesignated 25th Flying Tactics Training Squadron on 1 September 1991
- Redesignated 25th Training Squadron on 15 June 1993
- Inactivated on 21 September 1995
- Redesignated 25th Space Control Tactics Squadron on 20 April 2004
- Activated on 1 July 2004
- Redesignated: 25th Space Range Squadron on 11 November 2007[2]
Assignments
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Stations
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Aircraft
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Space Systems
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* AN/TSC-179 Ground Multi-band Terminal (GMT) with 2.4m antenna and 3.9m URC-119 Quad-band Large Aperture Antenna (QLAA) |
Notable personnel
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List of commanders
- Lt Col Todd Spradley, June 2010 - June 2012[18]
- Lt Col Blake Jeffries, June 2012 – June 2014[19]
- Lt Col John Thien, June 2014 – July 2016[20]
- Lt Col Anthony Zilinsky, July 2016 – June 2018[21]
- Lt Col Jason Powell, 2018 – 2020[22]
- Lt Col David Washer, 2020 – 2022[23]
- Lt Col Gerrit Dalman, 16 June 2022 – present
See also
- List of B-29 Superfortress operators
- List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force
- Space Test and Training Range
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
- ^ The executioner faced left or right, so that it was facing the nose of the airplane displaying the emblem.
- ^ Aircraft is Boeing B-29-10-BW Superfortress, serial 42-6331. This aircraft was the first B-29 to reach the CBI Theatre of Operations. Photo taken in July 1944, showing aircraft taking off to attack Japanese targets during the Battle of Imphal. The aircraft was lost in combat, 1 December 1944.
- Citations
- ^ a b Rodriguez, 2Lt Scarlett (28 June 2017). "The "Bloody 25th's" centennial celebration". 50th Space Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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- ^ a b Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 129–130
- ^ "World War I Aero Squadrons". Cross and Cockade Journal. 5 (2). Society of World War I Aero Historians: 145. 1964.
- ^ a b Series "E", Volume 6, History of the 25th–27th Aero Squadrons. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- ^ "Space Force identifies USAF missions for transfer to newest service".
- ^ "25th, 379th Space Range Squadrons undertake Global Exercise Austere Ch". Schriever Air Force Base.
- ^ 25th Space Range Squadron Capabilities Handout, dated 2008.
- ^ a b Conaway, William. "VI Bomber Command in Defense of the Panama Canal 1941–45: Unit Histories: 25th Bombardment Squadron". planesandpilotsof wwii.totalh.net. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Clay, p. 1392
- ^ a b c Mann, [page needed]
- ^ Rhodes, Jeffery P. (December 1989). "SAC's New Graduate School" (PDF). Air Force Magazine.
- ^ Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, April 2012, Maxwell AFB, AL
- ^ Ontiveros, TSG Nicholas (3 March 2013). "379th is now official". 310th Space Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Rodriguez, 2Lt Scarlett (27 June 2017). "25 SRS: A timeline". 50th Space Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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- ^ "Space Delta 11 activates, builds STARCOM Readiness". Schriever Space Force Base (Archived). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "www.linkedin.com/in/todd-spradley-b11ab6100/".
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakejeffries/ [self-published source]
- ^ "COLONEL JOHN G. THIEN". www.peterson.spaceforce.mil. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "News".
- ^ "25th Space Range Squadron provides platform for joint warfighters".
- ^ "Space Delta 11 activation ceremony".
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Clay, Steven E. (2011). US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 (PDF). Vol. 3 The Services: Air Service, Engineers, and Special Troops 1919–1941. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. OCLC 637712205. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- Hagdedorn, Dan (1995). Alae Supra Canalem: Wings Over the Canal. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing. ISBN 1-56311-153-5.
- Gorrell, Col. Edgar S. (1974). History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917-1919. Series E: Squadron Histories. Vol. 6 History of the 25th-27th Aero Squadrons. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. OCLC 215070705.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Mann, Robert A. (2009), The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions, McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-4458-4
- Mayborn, Mitch (1971). The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Aircraft in Profile 101). Leatherhead, UK: Profile Publications (reprint). OCLC 36547156
External links
- Conaway, William. "VI Bomber Command in Defense of the Panama Canal 1941–45". Planes and Pilots of World War Two.