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UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE
Established on 20 Dec 2019, Air Force Space Command was redesignated as the United States Space Force and its commander, General John W. Raymond was sworn in as its first chief of space operations. It’s first organizational change occurred when Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett redeisgnated Air Force Space Command’s Fourteenth Air Force as Space Operations Command. All of Air Force Space Command’s 16,000 active duty and civilian personnel were assigned to the new service.
Major organizational changes during the first year included replacing its space wings and operations groups with deltas and garrisons on 24 Jul 2020 and announcing its field command structure, merging wings and groups into deltas and numbered air forces and major commands into field commands. The Space Force announced that its field commands would be Space Operations Command, Space Systems Command, and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM). Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) absorbed former Air Education and Training Command and Air Combat Command space units, preparing for the activation of STARCOM. Space Delta 2 became the space domain awareness delta, replacing the 21st Operations Group; Space Delta 3 became the space electronic warfare delta, replacing the 721st Operations Group; Space Delta 4 became the missile warning delta, replacing 460th Operations Group and absorbing the ground-based missile warning radars of the 21st Operations Group; Space Delta 5 became the command and control delta, replacing the 614th Air Operations Center; Space Delta 6 became the cyberspace operations delta, replacing the 50th Network Operations Group; Space Delta 7 became the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance delta, replacing Air Combat Command’s 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group; Space Delta 8 became the satellite communication and navigation warfare delta, replacing the 50th Operations Group; Space Delta 9 became the orbital warfare delta, replacing the 750th Operations Group; the Peterson-Schriever Garrison became responsible for the base administration of Peterson AFB, Schriever AFB, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Thule AB, New Boston AFS, and Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station, replacing the 21st Space Wing and the 50th Space Wing; the Buckley Garrison became responsible for the base administration of Buckley AFB, Cape Cod AFS, Cavalier AFS, and Clear AFS, replacing the 460th Space Wing. On 21 Oct 2020, Space Operations Command was established as its first field command, replacing headquarters Air Force Space Command. The first Space Operations Command (redesignated Fourteenth Air Force) was redesignated as Space Operations Command-West and its air and space lineage was split between the Air Force and the Space Force.
During the first year major symbols were also unveiled, with the Seal of the United States Space Force approved on 15 Jan 2020 and was revealed on 24 Jan 2020, the flag of the United States Space Force debuted at signing ceremony for the 2020 Armed Forces Day proclamation on 15 May 2020, the Space Force Delta symbol and motto of Semper Supra released on 22 Jul 2020, and the official service title of Guardian announced on 18 Dec 2020. The first Air Force instillations were renamed to Space Force instillations on 9 Dec 2020, with Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS renamed as Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
In Sep 2020, the Space Force and NASA signed a memorandum of understanding formally acknowledging the joint role of both agencies. This new memorandum replaced a similar document signed in 2006 between NASA and Air Force Space Command. On 20 Oct 2020, the first seven guardians enlisted directly into the Space Force.
The Space Force’s first combat operations as a new service included providing early warning of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force missile strikes against U.S. troops at Al Asad AB on 7 Jan 2020 through the 2nd Space Warning Squadron’s Space Based Infrared System. The Space Force also monitored Russian Space Forces spacecraft which had been tailing U.S. government satellites.