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The 64th Cyberspace Squadron (64 CYS) is a
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space force branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the Unite ...
unit under Space Delta 6
Space Delta 6 (DEL 6) is a United States Space Force unit which assures access to space through the $6.8 billion Satellite Control Network and defensive cyberspace capabilities for space mission systems.
Tracing its history to 1965, the delta i ...
responsible for conducting defensive cyberspace operations in support of Space Delta 4
Mission Delta 4 (MD4) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for providing strategic and theater missile warning and tracking to the United States and its international partners. It operates three constellations of Overhead Persistent I ...
's missile warning mission at Buckley Space Force Base
Buckley Space Force Base is a United States Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado named after United States Army Air Service First lieutenant, First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley. The base is run by Space Base Delta 2, with major units includin ...
, Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
. It was formed by redesignating the 62nd Cyberspace Squadron to the 64 CYS on 6 January 2023. For many years in the past, as the 460th Space Communications Squadron, it was responsible for base communications support (computers, telephones) for Buckley. Those responsibilities were transferred to an Information Technology Flight in Space Base Delta 2. 460 SCS had a Detachment 1 not located at Buckley.
Lineage
* Constituted 460th Communications Squadron, 26 April 2001 * Activated on 1 October 2001 at Buckley AFB * Redesignated 460th Space Communications Squadron, 19 August 2004 * Redesignated 460th Communication Squadron, before October 2018 * Redesignated 460th Cyberspace Squadron, October 2018 * Redesignated 62nd Cyberspace Squadron, around 2020 * Redesignated 64th Cyberspace Squadron, 6 January 2023List of commanders
* Lt Col Kevin Nyberg, 2007 – 2009 * Lt Col Delbert Jones, 2009 – 2011 * Lt Col Kelly Kanapaux, 2011 – 2012 * Lt Col Hew Wells, 2012 – 17 July 2014 * Lt Col Christopher A. Kennedy, 17 July 2014 – August 2016 * Lt Col Erick Welcome, August 2016 – 28 June 2018 * Lt Col Travis Prater, 28 June 2018 – 2020 * Lt Col Raymond Brushier, 2020 – 2022 * Lt Col Scott Roberts, 3 June 2022 – 18 June 2024 * Lt Col Matthew Kahley, 18 June 2024 - presentSee also
*Space Delta 6
Space Delta 6 (DEL 6) is a United States Space Force unit which assures access to space through the $6.8 billion Satellite Control Network and defensive cyberspace capabilities for space mission systems.
Tracing its history to 1965, the delta i ...
References
External links
* Military education and training in the United States Squadrons of the United States Space Force {{US-mil-unit-stub