WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force announced May 31 it chosen Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, as the popular location for the headquarters of the Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Delta 10.
Space Delta 10 is the unit accountable for doctrine and wargaming.
The Space Training and Readiness Command, referred to as STARCOM, is one in all three U.S. Space Force field commands, accountable for the event, education and training of space professionals. It also oversees pace warfighting doctrine and tactics, and the operational test and evaluation of Space Force systems.
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Patrick Space Force Base is home to Space Launch Delta 45, the unit that manages the Eastern Range, including Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center.
Other units to be based in Latest Mexico and Colorado
The Air Force chosen Kirtland Air Force Base, Latest Mexico, as the popular location for Space Delta 11, and Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, as the popular location for Space Delta 12.
Space Delta 11 is accountable for training ranges and aggressor squadrons that function enemy units during wargames and exercises.
Space Delta 12 is accountable for the testing and evaluation of Space Force systems.
The Air Force also announced that Space Delta 15, an area defense and intelligence unit activated in March 2023, is anticipated to be permanently based at Schriever Space Force Base, together with the brand new seventy fifth Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron. The Space Operations Command plans to activate the seventy fifth ISR Squadron in late 2023.
The 74th ISR Squadron, activated in November 2022, can be based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
“The Department of the Air Force’s decision to host Space Delta 15 and the 2 ISR squadrons got here after conducting thorough site surveys which assessed the situation’s ability to facilitate the missions and infrastructure capability while accounting for community support, environmental aspects and value,” the department said in an announcement.
“The choice to host STARCOM HQ and the three deltas at their respective bases got here after conducting site surveys at each location to evaluate their ability to facilitate the mission and infrastructure capability, while accounting for community support, environmental aspects, and value.”
The Department of the Air Force will conduct environmental impact analyses at each base, that are expected to be accomplished later this 12 months before final decisions are made.
Response from lawmakers
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in a tweet said the choice to base STARCOM at Patrick is a “major victory for Florida.”
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) said the brand new Space Force units to be based in Colorado bring greater than 500 guardians to the state.“Colorado Springs continues to prove itself because the premier location for our nation’s space defense operations,” Lamborn said in an announcement.