Structure of the United States Space Force explained

The United States Space Force is organized by different units: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.

The Space Force is organized as one of two coequal military service branches within the Department of the Air Force, the other being the United States Air Force. Both services are overseen by the Secretary of the Air Force, who has overall responsibility for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force and Space Force.[1]

The military head of the Space Force is the chief of space operations (CSO), who is an officer in the grade of general.

Space Staff

The Space Staff is the headquarters of the U.S. Space Force. Like the U.S. Air Force's Air Staff that is under the Department of the Air Force, it is overseen by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. It is responsible for developing doctrine, guidance, and plans in performing the Space Force's functions, cooperating with the Air Staff on support issues. It is composed of the military service's most senior leaders: the chief of space operations, the vice chief of space operations, and the chief master sergeant of the Space Force. Like the other services, there is a director of staff who oversees the synchronization of policies and plans of the headquarters staff and four deputy chiefs of space operations.[2] The Space Staff was designed to be lean. Compared to the Air Force's nine headquarters directorates, the Space Force merged nine functional areas into four directorates.[2] Additionally, each of the four deputy chiefs of space operations has unofficial positional titles akin to that of corporate organizations: chief human capital officer, chief operations officer, chief technology and innovation officer, and chief strategy and resourcing officer. The chief human capital officer and chief technology and innovation officer positions are held by senior civilian officials at the SES-3 level, while both the chief operations officer and chief strategy and resourcing officer positions are filled by two lieutenant generals.[3]

Direct reporting units

Direct reporting unitHeadquartersDirector
Space Development Agency (SDA) Derek Tournear
Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) Kelly D. Hammett

Field organization

The Space Force field organization consist of three different echelons of command: field commands, deltas, and squadrons.[13]

Field Command

Field commands (FLDCOMs) align with specific mission focuses and are led by officers in the grade of lieutenant general or major general, comparable to the United States Air Force's major command. The Space Force's three field commands will be Space Operations Command (SpOC), Space Systems Command (SSC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM).

Field CommandHeadquartersCurrent commander
Space Operations Command (SpOC) Lt Gen David N. Miller
Space Systems Command (SSC) Lt Gen Philip Garrant
Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) Maj Gen Timothy Sejba
Space Futures Command[14] TBD TBD
Component Field Commands
United States Space Forces – Cyber[15]
United States Space Forces – Central (SPACEFOR-CENT) Col Christopher S. Putman
United States Space Forces – Europe and Africa (SPACEFOR-EURAF) Ramstein Air Base, Germany[16] Brig Gen Jacob Middleton Jr.
United States Space Forces – Indo-Pacific (SPACEFOR-INDOPAC) Brig Gen Anthony Mastalir
United States Space Forces Japan[17]
United States Space Forces – Korea (SPACEFOR-KOR) Col John D. Patrick
United States Space Forces – Southern (SPACEFOR-SOUTH) [18] Lt Col Jonathan Whitaker
United States Space Forces – Strategic and Northern (SPACEFOR-STRATNORTH) Lt Col James Curran- style="background-color:#ffffcc;"Lt Col Jonathan L. Whitaker -->
United States Space Forces – Space (S4S) Lt Gen Douglas Schiess
United States Space Forces – Special Operations Command (SPACESOC) TBA Col Stephan E. Cummings
Space Force Elements
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office (SFELM NRO) Maj Gen Christopher Povak
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.

Space Operations Command

The Space Operations Command (SpOC) will be the primary force provider of space forces and capabilities. It is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.[19]

Established on 21 October 2020, SpOC was the first field command activated. It was established by the redesignation of the headquarters of the former Air Force Space Command to Space Operations Command. It was composed of the 10 deltas and two garrisons activated on 24 July 2020. This included the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) which served as the interim unit for space training and education until the August 2021 stand-up of a full field command. SpOC also maintained command of the two launch wings, which were later redesignated as launch deltas in 2021, previously under the Air Force Space Command until the establishment of the Space Systems Command.[20]

The 14th Air Force in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California that was temporarily redesignated Space Operations Command upon the creation of the Space Force was inactivated. A new unit, Space Operations Command West (SpOC West), was activated to serve as headquarters of the Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), a subordinate command of the United States Space Command. The SpOC West commander also served as the commander of CFSCC and as the deputy commander of SpOC.

Space Systems Command

The Space Systems Command (SSC) is becoming responsible for developing, acquiring, and fielding space systems, as well as launch, sustainment, and maintenance of space systems. It also advises Space Force science and technology activities.

The Space Force on 8 April 2021 announced the planned structure of the SSC. Led by a lieutenant general, SSC was to be formed by redesignating the Space and Missile Systems Center, Commercial Satellite Communications Office, and other space systems programs offices transferred into the Space Force, being stood up in summer 2021. On July 29, Michael Guetlein was confirmed as its first commander by the United States Senate.[21] [22] The ceremony installing him in command of the new SSC was held August 13, 2021.[23]

Under the new structure, the two launch deltas previously under SpOC were reassigned to SSC under the oversight of the SSC deputy commander. The commander of the Space Launch Delta 45 will take on additional duties as the field command's director of operations.[21]

Space Training and Readiness Command

The Space Training and Readiness Command was planned to train and educate space professionals, develop combat-ready space forces, and additionally taking on the roles of integrated testing and on-orbit checkout. Initially, before the activation of the command, a Space Training and Readiness Delta was established in July 2020 at Peterson SFB.[13] STARCOM was activated on 23 August 2021, led by a major general.[24] Five subordinate deltas then began being established: one each for training, doctrine and lessons learned, range and aggressor, test and evaluation, and education.[24]

Delta

The Space Force has no command echelon equivalent of the U.S. Air Force′s numbered air forces,[25] so the next command echelon below field commands is the delta, a single level of command which combines the wing and group command echelons found in the U.S. Air Force.[25] Each delta is organized around a specific function, such as operations, installation support, or training, and is led by an officer in the grade of colonel.[13] [25] Space Deltas are operational organizations, but have no responsibility for base support, which is either the Air Force′s responsibility,[25] or that of the Space Base Deltas, the former Garrisons.

The first 11 deltas in the Space Force initially were assigned to the Space Operations Command. Of those, two were realigned under the Space Systems Command, and the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) became a separate field command.

DeltaHeadquartersCurrent commander
Field Operating Agency
Space Delta 18 – National Space Intelligence Center (DEL 18)[26] Col Marcus D. Starks
Space Operations Command
Space Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness and Space Battle Management (DEL 2)Col Raj Agrawal
Space Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare (DEL 3) Col Nicole M. Petrucci
Space Delta 4 – Missile Warning (DEL 4)Col Ernest R. Schmitt
Space Delta 6 – Cyberspace Operations (DEL 6)Col Christopher A. Kennedy
Space Delta 7 – Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (DEL 7)Col Phoenix L. Hauser
Space Delta 8 – Satellite Communication (DEL 8)Col Jeffrey E. Weisler
Space Delta 9 – Orbital Warfare (DEL 9)Col Ramsey M. Horn
Space Delta 14 (DEL 14)-->
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Misson Delta (Provisional) (PNT IMD)Col Andrew S. Menschner
Space Base Delta 1 (SBD 1) Col Kenneth F. L. Klock
Space Base Delta 2 (SBD 2)Col Heidi L. Dexter
Space Systems Command
Space Base Delta 3 (SBD 3)Col Andrew C. Dermanoski
Acquisition Delta – Commercial Space Col Richard Kniseley[27]
Space Acquisition Management Delta[28]
Program Executive Office - Assured Access To Space (AATS or SSC/AA)
Acquisition Delta – Launch Execution (AAL)[29] Col James T. Horne[30]
Acquisition Delta – Mission Solutions (AAM)[31] Col Matthew Flahive
Acquisition Delta – Space Mobility Logistics (AAA)[32] Col Joyce Bulson
Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD 30)Col Mark A. Shoemaker
Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45)Brig Gen Kristin Panzenhagen
Program Executive Office - Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3 or SSC/BC)
Acquisition Delta – Operational Command and Control Col Jason E. West
Acquisition Delta – Tactical Command and Control Col P. Little
Product Support Delta – Data TransportTane Yingling
Program Executive Office - Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (MCPNT or SSC/CG)
Acquisition Delta – Tactical SATCOM (CGT)[33] Charlotte M. Gerhart
Acquisition Delta – Strategic SATCOM (CGS) Col A. J. Ashby
Acquisition Delta – Narrowband SATCOM (CGN) Naval Base Point Loma, California[34] Capt Peter J. Sheehy
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System Delta (PNT SYD)[35] Matthew L. Spencer
Program Executive Office - Space Sensing (SSC/SN)
Acquisition Delta – Resilient Missile Warning, Tracking, Defense (SNR) Col Jon Seal
Acquisition Delta – Environmental and Tactical Surveillance (SNS)[36] Col Daniel J. Visosky
Acquisition Delta – Strategic Missile Warning - Ground and Integration (SNG) [37] Col Stevie Medieros
Acquisition Delta – Strategic Missile Warning - Space (SNW) [38] Col L. Brown, Jr.
Product Support Delta – Space Sensing (SNP) Anita J. McCorvey
Program Executive Office - Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDACP or SSC/SZ)
Acquisition Delta – Innovation and Prototyping (SZI)[39] Col Joseph J. Roth
Acquisition Delta – Space Warfighting (SZA) Col Erik S. Stockham
Acquisition Delta – Advanced MILSATCOM Lt Col Cliff Seratti (acting)
Acquisition Delta – Space Domain Awareness (SZG)F. Schnell
Acquisition Delta – Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems (SZQ) M. La Force (acting)
Electromagnetic Warfare System Delta Jordan Riedel
Program Executive Office - Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI or SSC/TI)[40]
Acquisition Delta – Engineering King Molder
Acquisition Delta – Test and Training
Space Training and Readiness Command
Space Delta 1 – Training (DEL 1)Col Peter C. Norsky
Space Delta 10 – Doctrine and Wargaming (DEL 10)Col Shannon DaSilva
Space Delta 11 – Range and Aggressor (DEL 11)Col Jay M. Steingold
Space Delta 12 – Test and Evaluation (DEL 12)Col Sacha N. Tomlinson
Space Delta 13 – Education (DEL 13)Col Bryan J. Dutcher
U.S. Space Forces – Space
Space Delta 5 – Combined Space Operations Center (DEL 5)Col Justin E. Sorice
Space Delta 15 – National Space Defense Center (DEL 15)Col Stephen G. Lyon
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office
Space Delta 20 – Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (DEL 20) Col David E. Gallagher
Space Delta 21 – Aerospace Data Facility-East (DEL 21) Col Nicholas Martin
Space Delta 23 – Aerospace Data Facility-Southwest (DEL 23)
Space Delta 25 – National Reconnaissance Operations Center (DEL 25) Col Robert E. Shrader [41]
Space Delta 26 – NRO Cyber (DEL 26) Col Rob Bonner [42]
Space Rapid Capabilities Office
Col Andrew Anderson[43]
Col Gregory Hoffman
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.

Squadron

See main article: Squadron (aviation).

Below deltas in the Space Force structure are squadrons. Space Force squadrons are focused on specific tactics and are led by an officer in the grade of lieutenant colonel.[13]

History

On 20 December 2019, Air Force Space Command's principal components were 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) and the Space and Missile Systems Center. At the same time as the creation of the Space Force 14th Air Force was redesignated as Space Operations Command.[49]

On 12 March 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA), a new space-focused development agency, additional to the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, was established.[50] It was established under the authority of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering.[51] As of January 2020, the SDA is planned to become part of the U.S. Space Force in October 2022.[52]

In early April 2020, a list of twenty-three units to be transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force was publicly reported.[53] Those units included the 17th Test Squadron, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; 18th Intelligence Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the 25th Space Range Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 328th Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV; the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 7th Intelligence Squadron, 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 70th ISR Wing, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; Sixteenth Air Force/Advanced Programs*, Schriever AFB, Colorado; the 32nd Intelligence Squadron, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; the 566th Intelligence Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colorado*; the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Group Staff & Detachment 5, Peterson AFB, Colorado; D the 533d Training Squadron, 381st Training Group, Vandenberg AFB, CA (initial training); the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Research Lab Mission Execution, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division, Edwards AFB, CA; the AFRL Electro-Optical Division, Maui, Hawaii & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the Counter-Space Analysis Squadron and the Space Analysis Squadron, collectively half of the Space and Missiles Analysis Group, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, both at Wright-Patterson AFB; the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 4, Peterson AFB, CO; and the Air Force Safety Center – Space Safety Division, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

Detachment 1, USAF Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colorado; Operating Location A, 705th Combat Training Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado (ultimately part of the 505th Command and Control Wing), and the National Security Space Institute, Peterson AFB, CO National Security Space Institute, a place for space education became eventually part of the STAR Delta.

In September 2021 it was announced the 53rd Signal Battalion, the U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade, and the Naval Satellite Operations Center would be transferred to Space Force.[54]

Heraldry

Each unit in the Space Force has an emblem in a shape depending on the unit type.[55] Each of the three field commands also have a distinctive color: Silver Grey for SpOC, Golden yellow for SSC, and Bluebird (Replacing initial Cannes Blue color) for STARCOM. Units assigned to Space Forces Space (a component field command) will use Brick Red as a distinctive color. Unit emblems are trimmed with the color of the field command to which they report. Space Force personnel assigned to National Reconnaissance Office roles will wear insignia trimmed in Black.

See also

Notes and References

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