137th Space Warning Squadron

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unit_name= 137th Space Warning Squadron


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dates= 1995-Present
country= United States
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role= Space Communications
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command_structure= Air National Guard/21st Space Wing
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garrison= Greeley, Colorado
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The United States Air Force's 137th Space Warning Squadron (137 SWS) is an Air National Guard space communications unit located at Greeley, Colorado.

Mission

The 137th SWS provides immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch and detection in the event of an attack against the United States. [http://ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/137th_sw.html Ranger95.com: 137th Space Warning Squadron]

History

The history of the 137 SWS is not so much in the unit designation, but in the equipment operated. The 137th Space Warning Squadron activated 1 Oct 1995, assuming the mission of the 4th Space Warning Squadron (4 SWS), Holloman AFB, New Mexico.

Mobile DSP Communications

The mobile DSP communication mission began on 1 Oct 1983, as the 1025th Communications Squadron (Mobile). The 1025 CS spent its first three years testing the new mobile satellite communications equipment and training its people. On 1 Nov 1985, administrative operations were transferred to the 1st Space Wing, part of the newly formed Air Force Space Command. The 1025th Space Communications Squadron was redesignated as the 4th Satellite Communications Squadron on 1 Aug 1986. During an Air Force wide reorganization, the 1st Space Wing and the 3d Space Wing were inactivated, and their assets merged into the newly renamed 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB, Colorado. The unit was renamed the 4th Space Communications Squadron. Finally, on 1 Oct 1992, the 4th SCS's mission was declassified. When the duties of the 4th transferred to other space projects, the mobile DSP mission was transferred to the newly formed 137th Space Warning Squadron, activated in 1995.

The 137th has since delpoyed it's mobile units and operated in Australia, South East Asia, Hawaii, and across the U.S. The 137th has deployed teams to Iraq, Afgahnistan, Kuwait, and other locations in support of the war on terrorism.

Assignments

Major Command/Gaining Command

*Air National Guard/Air Force Space Command (1995-Present)

Previous designations

* 137th Space Warning Squadron (1995-Present)

Bases stationed

*Greeley, Colorado (1995-Present)

Equipment Operated

*Mobile Defense Support Program equipment (1995-Present)

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