19th Space Surveillance Squadron

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unit_name= 19th Space Surveillance Squadron


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dates= 1967-1997
country= United States
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branch= United States Air Force
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role= Space Surveillance
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command_structure=Air Force Space Command/73d Space Group
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garrison= Diyarbakir, Turkey
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The United States Air Force's 19th Space Surveillance Squadron (19 SSS) was a space surveillance unit located at Diyarbakir, Turkey. Before its inactivation in 1997, the 19th SSSoperated the AN/FPS-17 radar.

History

The 19th Space Surveillance Squadron (19 SSS) was originally constituted as the 19th Surveillance Squadron (19 SS) and activated on 1 Jan 1967. The unit operated detection and tracking radar units to provide data on missile launches, deep space surveillance and tactical warning from 1967 until 1975. The squadron was not operational from July 1975 through Oct 1978, but regained its mission in late 1978. In 1992, the unit was redesignated the 19th Space Surveillance Squadron (19th SSS) until its deactivation, and subsequent closure of the Diyarbakir site in 1997.

Assignments

Major Command

*Air Force Space Command (1983-1997)
*Strategic Air Command (1967-1983)
*Air Defense Command (1966-1967)

Numbered Air Force

*14th Air Force (????)
*14th Aerospace Force (30 Apr 1971-???)

Air Defense Command, 1 Nov 1966; 73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing, 1 Jan 1967; Fourteenth Aerospace Force, 30 Apr 1971; 21 Air Division, 1 Oct 1976; 7th Air Division, 1 Dec 1979; 1st Space Wing, 1 May 1983; 73d Space Surveillance (later, 73d Space) Group, 1 Oct 1991; 21st Operations Group, 26 Apr 1995-.

Wing/Group

*21st Operations Group (1995-1997)
*73d Space Group (1991-1995)
*1st Space Wing (1983-1991)
*73d Aerospace Surveillance Wing (1967-1983)

Previous designationsRogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0

*19th Space Surveillance Squadron (15 May 1992-1997)
*19th Surveillance Squadron (1 Nov 1966-15 May 1992)

Bases stationed

*Diyarbakir, Turkey (15 Nov 1993–????)

Equipment OperatedWorld Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

*AN/FPS-17 radar

Decorations

* [http://wwa.afpc.randolph.af.mil/AwardsNet/SearchUnitAwards.aspx?Mode=Graphics Air Force Personnel Center Awards Search (Post-1991)]
**1 May 1983-30 Apr 1984
**15 Jun 1972-14 Jun 1973

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