64th Cyberspace Squadron explained

Unit Name:	64th Cyberspace Squadron
Dates:	before 2018–present
Type:	Squadron
Role:	Cyber operations
Command Structure:	Space Delta 6
Garrison:	Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Garrison Label:	Headquarters
Commander1:	Lt Col Matthew Kahley
Commander1 Label:	Commander
Commander2 Label:	Deputy Commander
Commander3 Label:	Superintendent
Identification Symbol Label:	Former 64th Cyberspace Squadron emblem

The 64th Cyberspace Squadron (64 CYS) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for conducting defensive cyberspace operations enabling operations in support of Space Delta 4's missile warning mission at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It was formed by redesignating the 62nd Cyberspace Squadron to the 64 CYS on 6 January 2023.^[1]

Lineage

• Constituted 460th Communications Squadron, 26 April 2001^[2]
• Activated on 1 October 2001 at Buckley AFB^[3]
• Redesignated 460th Space Communications Squadron, 19 August 2004^[4]
• Redesignated 460th Communication Squadron, before October 2018^[5]
• Redesignated 460th Cyberspace Squadron, October 2018^[6]
• Redesignated 62nd Cyberspace Squadron, around 2020
• Redesignated 64th Cyberspace Squadron, 6 January 2023^[1]

List of commanders

• Lt Col Kevin Nyberg, 2007 – 2009
• Lt Col Delbert Jones, 2009 – 2011
• Lt Col Kelly Kanapaux, 2011 – 2012^[7]
• Lt Col Hew Wells, 2012 – 17 July 2014^[8]
• Lt Col Christopher A. Kennedy, 17 July 2014 – August 2016^[9]
• Lt Col Erick Welcome, August 2016 – 28 June 2018^[10]
• Lt Col Travis Prater, 28 June 2018 – 2020^[11]
• Lt Col Raymond Brushier, 2020 – 2022^[12]
• Lt Col Scott Roberts, 3 June 2022 – 18 June 2024^[13]
• Lt Col Matthew Kahley, 18 June 2024 - present

See also

• Space Delta 6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Space Delta 6 activates Cyber Squadrons. Space Base Delta 1.
2. Department of the Air Force, DAF/XPM 229s, 26 Apr 2001
3. Department of the Air Force, DAF/XPM 229s, 26 Apr 2001
4. http://www.15thaf.org/55th_BW/460th_BG/History/PDFs/History.pdf
5. Web site: First USSF Cyber Defense Team emerges at Buckley . 29 May 2020 .
6. Web site: First USSF Cyber Defense Team emerges at Buckley . 29 May 2020 .
7. Web site: Detachment 1 460th Space Communications Squadron welcomes new commander .
8. https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Photos/igphoto/2000832129/
9. https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/3162899/christopher-kennedy/
10. https://www.beale.af.mil/Portals/110/Leadership%20Bios/Final%20-%20Col_%20Erick%20Welcome%20Bio.pdf?ver=_eMbAzpnx7yGgxwWkKWCDw%3D%3D
11. https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002047212/
12. Web site: About AFCEA. AFCEA International.
13. Web site: 62d Cyberspace Squadron | Change of Command. www.youtube.com.