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Space Base Delta 3
CMSgt Sarah Morgan [3]

Space Base Delta 3 (SBD 3) is a United States Space Force unit assigned to the Space Systems Command. The unit is stationed at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California, United States.

It is the successor to the 61st Air Base Group of the United States Air Force and the Los Angeles Garrison, which existed through the first two years of the Space Force. The garrison operates Los Angeles Air Force Base and supports Space Systems Command.

The origins date to

Rhine River, (Operation Varsity
).

History

For additional history and lineage, see 61st Air Base Wing

The group was established before the

Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and flew combat missions in the North African and Tunisian Campaigns under Twelfth Air Force
.

It flew

Mediterranean theaters
.

Reassigned to

European Theater of Operations
(ETO). Flew airborne assault missions during the
Normandy invasion and later supported Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands. In 1945 it participated in the airborne assault across the Rhine
. Also provided transport services in the European theater, hauling gasoline, ammunition, food, medicine, and other supplies, and evacuating wounded personnel.

Moved to Trinidad in May 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Used C-47's to transport troops returning to the US. Inactivated in Trinidad on 31 July 1945

Cold War

It was reactivated in Germany on 30 September 1946. Assigned to

Berlin Airlift
, from June 1948 to May 1949, the group's C-54 aircraft ferried coal, flour, and other cargo into Berlin.

In 1950, the group moved to the United States shortly after the outbreak of the

Far East Air Forces, it flew airlift missions on the Northern Pacific Route from the United States to Japan in support of UN forces in Korea
before moving to Japan and conducting airlift missions from Japan to Korea from 1950–1952.

Returned to the US in November 1952 to join Tactical Air Command, to which the group had been assigned in October 1951. Converted from C-54 to C-124 aircraft and carried out worldwide strategic airlift operations from 1952–1959. Inactivated on 8 October 1959.

The 61st Military Airlift Group was reactivated at

24th Wing when the 310th's mission was transferred to Air Combat Command
on 1 June 1992.

Base support

The 61st Air Base Group operated Los Angeles Air Force Base and supported the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) since 1994.

On July 14, 2022, the Los Angeles Garrison became Space Base Delta 3.[4]

Now-Space Base Delta 3 continues to provide facilities support for the successor to SMC, Space Systems Command (SSC).

Lineage

  • Established as 61st Transport Group on 20 November 1940
Activated on 1 December 1940
Redesignated 61st Troop Carrier Group on 4 July 1942
Inactivated on 31 July 1945
  • Activated on 30 September 1946
Redesignated: 61st Troop Carrier Group, Medium, on 1 July 1948
Redesignated: 61st Troop Carrier Group, Heavy, on 15 August 1948
Inactivated on 8 October 1959
  • Redesignated 61st Military Airlift Group, and activated, on 1 December 1984
Inactivated on 1 June 1992
  • Redesignated 61st Air Base Group on 16 September 1994
Activated on 1 October 1994
  • Redesignated 61st Mission Support Group on 1 August 2006
  • Redesignated 61st Air Base Group on 30 July 2010
  • Redesignated Space Base Delta 3 on 14 July 2022[5]

Assignments

Components

  • 4th Troop Carrier Squadron
    : attached 10 December 1950 – 24 July 1951
  • 12th Troop Carrier Squadron
    : attached 30 September – 15 October 1946
  • 13th Transport (later, 13th Troop Carrier) Squadron
    : 1 December 1940-c. 10 October 1942
  • 14th Transport (later, 14th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached c. 5 December 1950 – 26 March 1952; 21 November – 1 December 1952; August 1956 – March 1957; August-8 October 1959)
  • 15th Transport (later, 15th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached February–August 1957)
  • 53d Transport (later, 53d Troop Carrier) Squadron
    : 1 June 1942 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached 26 March – 14 September 1952; September 1958-c. March 1959)
  • 59th Troop Carrier Squadron: 23 October 1942 – 31 July 1945
  • 310th Military Airlift Squadron
    : 1 December 1984 – 1 June 1992.

Stations

Aircraft

  • C-47 Skytrain
    , 1942–1945; 1946–1948
  • CG-4 Waco
    (Glider), 1942–1945
  • C-54 Skymaster
    , 1948–1952
  • C-124 Globemaster
    , 1952–1959
  • C-130 Hercules
    , 1984–1992.
  • C-22A (Boeing 727-30), 1985–1990

List of commanders

Commanders of the 61st Air Base Group

  • Col Andrew Jasinski, 1 October 1994 – 8 September 1995[7]
  • Col Gilbert A. Engel, 8 September 1995 – 12 September 1997[7]
  • Col Dieter V. Barnes, 12 September 1997 – 18 June 1999[7]
  • Col David E. Price, 18 June 1999 – 26 September 2000[7] (later promoted to brigadier general)[8]
  • Col Phil W. Parker, 26 September 2000 – 27 September 2002[7]
  • Col Brian E. Kistner, 27 September 2002 – 11 May 2004[7]
  • Col Carl E. Brazelton, 11 May 2004 – 21 July 2004[7]
  • Col Joseph M. Codispoti, 21 July 2004 – [7]
  • Col Anita Latin[9]
  • Col Frank W. Simcox, August 2010[9]
  • Col Sam McNiel, 29 June 2012[10]
  • Col Donna Turner
  • Col Charles P. Roberts, 30 June 2016 – 11 July 2018[11]
  • Col Ann M. Igl, 11 July 2018 – 15 July 2020[12]
  • Col Becky M. Beers, 15 July 2020 – 14 July 2022[13]

Commanders of Space Base Delta 3

No. Commander Term
Portrait Name Took office Left office Term length
1
Mia L. Walsh
Colonel
Mia L. Walsh		14 July 2022[5]Incumbent1 year, 279 days

References

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

  1. ^ "Colonel Mia L. Walsh". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Chief Master Sergeant Sarah R.L. Morgan".
  4. ^ "Space Force Drops Garrison Name in Favor of 'Space Base Delta'". 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Los Angeles Welcomes New Base Commander to Lead Space Base Delta 3". Los Angeles Air Force Base. 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "61 Air Base Group (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h 61st Air Base Group Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Historical Overview of the Space and Missile Systems Center, 1954–2003, History Office Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, California, 2004, p. 79.
  8. ^ "Brigadier General David E. Price" Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Biographies, Official United States Air Force Website, Washington, District of Columbia, November 2010.
  9. ^ a b "61st ABW and ABG Ceremony". www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ "61st ABG Welcomes New Commander". Los Angeles Air Force Base. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Changing of the Guard: Igl Takes Command of 61st Air Base Group". Los Angeles Air Force Base. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Col. Becky Beers Takes Command of 61st Air Base Group". Los Angeles Air Force Base. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.