328th Weapons Squadron

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328th Weapons Squadron
Squadron emblem
Active	1942–1994; 2003–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Space weapons school
Part of	Space Delta 1
Headquarters	Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S.
Engagements	World War II American Antisubmarine Theater EAME Theater 1991 Gulf War (Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation of Kuwait)[1]
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation (2) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (9)[1]
Commanders
Commander	Lt Col Shaun Phipps

The 328th Weapons Squadron (328 WPS) is the United States Space Force's weapons school. Assigned to Space Training and Readiness Command's Space Delta 1 and located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, the squadron offers the Space Superiority Weapons Instructor Course and the Space Warfighter Advanced Instructor Course. Students undergo five to six months of rigorous advanced training, after which they become weapons officers, a reservoir of tactical and operational knowledge.^[2]

The squadron's origins trace back to the 328th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) activated on 28 January 1942. The 328th Bombardment Squadron received a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry during the raid on the Ploiești, Romania oil refineries in August 1943. The 328th flew the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, Boeing B-50 Superfortress, and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress during the Cold War until its inactivation in 1994.

In 2003, the 328 WPS was turned into a weapon schools unit, offering weapons instructor courses on space superiority. With the establishment of the United States Space Force in 2019, it transferred into the new service and realigned under Space Delta 1.