Space Delta 11 (DEL 11) is a
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the Space force, space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only inde ...
unit responsible for space
range and aggressor. It conducts live and virtual training and operations for test and training requirements. It was established on 23 August 2021 following the establishment of the
Space Training and Readiness Command
Space Training and Readiness Command (STAR Command or STARCOM) is the United States Space Force's education, training, doctrine, and test field command. It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
Space Training and Readiness C ...
, the
field command
The United States Space Force is organized by different units: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.
The Space Force is organized as one of two coequal military service branches within the Department of the Air Force, the o ...
to which it reports. It is temporarily headquartered at
Schriever Space Force Base
Schriever Space Force Base, previously Schriever Air Force Base, Falcon Air Force Base, and Falcon Air Force Station, is a base of the United States Space Force located approximately east of Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs ...
,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
, but its final location requires a base selection process.
A ceremony was held on 30 August 2021 to recognize the delta's activation.
Structure
DEL 11 is one of five
delta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also r ...
s that reports to the
Space Training and Readiness Command
Space Training and Readiness Command (STAR Command or STARCOM) is the United States Space Force's education, training, doctrine, and test field command. It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
Space Training and Readiness C ...
. It is composed of five subordinate units, two of which are newly created and the remaining two of which are the following squadrons:
It plans to add an on-orbit space range unit, the 98th Space Range Squadron, and a space aggressor squadron.
List of commanders
References
External links
Fact Sheet
Deltas of the United States Space Force
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