1 January 1953 (as 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing)–24 July 2020[1]
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Wing
Nickname(s)
Knights[2]
Motto(s)
"Strength and Preparedness"
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[3]
Military unit
The 21st Wing (21 WG) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.
It was established in 1953 as the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing, deploying to Europe to join NATO's Allied Command Europe, before being inactivated in 1958. It reactivated in 1958 as the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing, executing air defense operations over Japan and deterring North Korea, being inactivated in 1960. It was reactivated in 1966 as the 21st Composite Wing, and in 1979 redesignated the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing, performing air defense, close air support, and a variety of other missions in Alaska, before being redesignated the 21st Wing and being inactivated in 1991.
The 21st Wing was activated as a space wing on 15 May 1992, replacing the 1st Space Wing and 3rd Space Support Wing. It was inactivated on 24 July 2020 and replaced by the Peterson-Schriever Garrison, with the 21st Operations Group being redesignated as Space Delta 2, the 73 Space Group was redesignated as Space Delta 3, and its ground–based missile warning units, combined with overhead persistent infrared units of the 460th Operations Group, was redesignated as Space Delta 4.
^"Space Force begins transition into field organizational structure".
^"Welcome to the 21st Space Wing". Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^"21 Space Wing (AFSPC)". Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
the 21stWing and being inactivated in 1991. The 21stWing was activated as a spacewing on 15 May 1992, replacing the 1st SpaceWing and 3rd Space Support...
reactivated under Air Force Space Command's 21stSpaceWing in 1992 and provided missile warning, space surveillance, and space control forces. On 24 July...
American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Space Force's 21stSpaceWing, elements of the Space Force's Space Systems Command, and United States Northern...
It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base. Activated on 24 July 2020, it replaced the former 21stSpaceWing's 721st Operations Group upon establishment...
cataloguing objects in space for the U.S. Space Command. Those operational missions are managed by the 21st Operations Group. The 21stSpaceWing operates radar...
on the 21stSpaceWing. The 821st Space Group was inactivated, while the operational space missions were still controlled by the 21stSpaceWing. In 2004...
the 3d SpaceWing, also at Peterson AFB, and the 21stSpaceWing, a unit with a more historic lineage, took their place.[citation needed] 1st Space Support...
Base) and the 50th SpaceWing (based at the then Schriever Air Force Base). 21st Mission Support (21 MS), Peterson Space Force Base 21st Civil Engineer Squadron...
Force Space and Missile Systems Center Space Innovation and Development Center 614th Air and Space Operations Center 21stSpaceWing 30th SpaceWing 45th...
the 21stSpaceWing | USAF | Peterson Air Force Base". www.peterson.af.mil. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. "Units of the 21stSpaceWing |...
United States Space Force, Space Operations Command, 50th SpaceWing, 21stSpaceWing, and 460th SpaceWing. 310th Operations Group 6th Space Operations...
2022. Staff writer (26 July 2016). "21st Space Wing stands up new space control squadron". 21stSpaceWing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on...
later that year. It was activated as a spacewing on 30 January 1992, replacing the 2nd SpaceWing. The 50th SpaceWing was inactivated on 24 July 2020 and...
redesignated as the 6th Space Warning Squadron and reassigned to the 21stSpaceWing's21st Operations Group. On 20 December 2019, the 6th Space Warning Squadron...
involved in U.S. DOD space launches from Vandenberg AFB 21stSpaceWing (re-activated 1992) a unit of the USAF Space Command 3d SpaceWing (1986-1992) a unit...
needed] It was inactivated on 15 May 1992 along with the 1st SpaceWing. The 21stSpaceWing, a unit with a more historic lineage, took their place.[citation...
States Air Force's 1st Expeditionary Space Control Squadron is a provisional squadron attached to the 21stSpaceWing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado...
Operations Center and Joint Space Operations Center, the 21stSpaceWing, and the Combined Force Space Component Command and Fourteenth Air Force. He has also...
460th Wing is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force. The 460th SpaceWing was activated on 1 October 2001, replacing the 821st Space Group....
Air Division, 1 December 1979 1st SpaceWing, 1 May 1983 21st Operations Group, 15 May 1992 – present Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, 1 October...
Space Wing Units: 4th Space Control Squadron". 21stSpaceWing Public Affairs. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016. "Peterson AFB Library: 4th Space Control...
Defense Space Communications Squadron. [citation needed] 21st Operations Group, 15 May 1992-8 Jun 1995 21stSpaceWing, 8 Jun 1995-10 Aug 1999 821st Space Group...
transferred to the U.S. Space Force, including the 21stSpaceWing, 30th SpaceWing, 45th SpaceWing, 50th SpaceWing, 460th SpaceWing, and the 614th Air...
multiplatform, tactical space warfighting domain characterization, recognition, and responsiveness to achieve 21stSpaceWing and United States Space Command intent...
the 10th Space Warning Squadron on May 15, 1992, when the 1st SpaceWing and 3d Space Support Wing were inactivated and the 21stSpaceWing was activated...
Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. DEL 4 was based on the previous 460th Operations Group, 460th SpaceWing and 21st Operations Group, 21stSpaceWing. In...
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