Mission Delta 4

Mission Delta 4
Emblem of Mission Delta 4
Founded24 July 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-24)
Country United States
Branch United States Space Force
TypeDelta
RoleMissile warning and tracking
Size1,200 personnel[1]
Part of Space Operations Command
HeadquartersBuckley Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Motto(s)Latin: Videmus Mundum, lit. 'We see the world.'[2]
Websitewww.buckley.spaceforce.mil
Commanders
CommanderCol Ernest R. Schmitt
Vice CommanderLt Col Andrew Downey[3]
Lt Col Richard Fancher[4]
Lt Col Michael L. Hall[5]
Senior Enlisted LeaderCMSgt Kyle T. Mullen[6]
Insignia
Guidon

Mission Delta 4 (MD4) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for providing strategic and theater missile warning and tracking to the United States and its international partners. It operates three constellations of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) satellites and two types of Ground-Based Radars (GBRs) for the purpose of conducting strategic and theater missile warning and tracking. Additionally, DEL 4 provides tipping and cueing to missile defense forces, battlespace awareness to combatant commanders and technical intelligence for further analysis and manages weapon system architectures and ensures operations are intelligence-led, cyber-resilient, and driven by innovation, while postured to operate in a contested, degraded, and operationally-limited environment.[7][8]

Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.[7][9] On 31 October 2024 it was redesignated Mission Delta 4 and gained sustainment responsibilities, along with organic cyber defense and intelligence forces.[10]

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  2. ^ "DEL 4 Motto". Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via www.facebook.com.
  3. ^ "LT. COL. ANDREW DOWNEY > Buckley Space Force Base > Display". Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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  6. ^ "Chief Master Sergeant Kyle T. Mullen". Buckley Space Force Base.
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  10. ^ https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3952582/two-dels-transition-to-fully-integrated-mission-deltas