2d Command and Control Squadron
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2d Command and Control Squadron
| 2d Command and Control Squadron | |
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 2d Command and Control Squadronemblem |
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| Active | 19xx-??? |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Part of | Air Force Space Command/21st Space Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | Falcon AFB, Colorado |
| Motto | EYES OF THE TIGER |
| Decorations |  AFOUA |
The United States Air Force's 2d Command and Control Squadron (2 CACS) was a Air Force Space Command command and control unit located at Falcon AFB (later Schriever AFB), Colorado. The 2 CACS commanded passive surveillance systems supporting USSPACECOM and theater warfighters’ requirements through continuous all-weather, day-night surveillance of on-orbit satellites.[1]
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Mission
The 2 CACS was responsible for planning, assessing, and developing execution orders for passive surveillance missions around the world, at locations such as Misawa AB, Japan, Osan AB, Republic of Korea, RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom and RAF Edzell, United Kingdom[2],[3],[4]
Information from the sites' Low Altitude Surveillance System (LASS) and Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) were fed to 2 CACS, which was then forwarded onto the space surveillance center at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado. The center uses this data, along with data from other sensors, to maintain a catalog of man-made objects in space.[5],[6]
History
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Assignments
Major Command
- Air Force Space Command (???- ???)
Previous designations
- 2d Command and Control Squadron (???)
Commanders
Bases stationed
- Schriever AFB, Colorado (???-???)
Equipment Commanded
- Low Altitude Surveillance System (???-???)[9]
- Detachment 1, 3d SSS - Osan AB, Republic of Korea
- 5th SSS - RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom
- 17 SSS - RAF Edzell, United Kingdom
- Deep Space Tracking System (???-???)[10]
Decorations
See also
References
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- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ Storming Media: Space Tactics Bulletin, Vol 5, Issue 3, 1998
- ^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
- ^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
- ^ Globalsecurity.org: 5th Space Surveillance Squadron
- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 Dec 1996)
- ^ FAS.org: 21st Space Wing Staff Directory, 1995
- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ Ibid
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-62, 6 Dec 1999
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-58, 6 Dec 1999
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 Nov 1997
External links
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- Western States Legal Foundation: National Security Space Road Map, 1998
- Globalsecurity.org: 21st Space Wing
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