Space Delta 9 | |
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Emblem of Space Delta 9 | |
Founded | 24 July 2020 |
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Branch | ![]() |
Type | Delta |
Role | Orbital warfare |
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Headquarters | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S. |
Nickname(s) | Stormbringers[1] |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commander | Col Mark C. Bigley |
Superintendent | CMSgt Frederick Jaehnig[2] |
Insignia | |
Guidon | |
Orbital Warfare Identification Device |
Space Delta 9 (DEL 9) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for conducting orbital warfare. Its mission involves preparing, presenting, and projecting assigned and attached forces for the purpose of conducting protect and defend operations and providing national decision authorities with response options to deter and, when necessary, defeat orbital threats. Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. Its current commander is Colonel Casey M. Beard.[3][4][5][6]
It replaced the interim 750th Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, which was activated a month before its redesignation.[5][7]
Name | Function | Headquarters | Spacecraft | ||
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Squadrons | |||||
9th Combat Training Squadron[8] | Operational training and certification, tactics development, engineering support, and crew force management | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | |||
1st Space Operations Squadron | Space domain awareness[9] | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | Advanced Technology Risk Reduction[9] Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program Operationally Responsive Space 5 Space Based Space Surveillance | ||
3rd Space Operations Squadron | Space defense[1] | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | |||
Detachments | |||||
Detachment 1 | Technology demonstration[10] | Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado | Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle[10] |
No. | Commander | Term | Ref | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
1 | Casey M. Beard | Colonel24 July 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 334 days | [11][12] | |
2 | Mark C. Bigley | Colonel21 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 days | [13] |