| Space Delta 1 | |
|---|---|
 DEL 1 emblem | |
| Active | 23 August 2021 (3 years, 95 days) as Space Delta 1 Detailed
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| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Space Force |
| Type | Delta |
| Role | Space training |
| Part of | Space Training and Readiness Command |
| Headquarters | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California |
| Motto(s) | Triumphant We Fly (1942–1945)[1] Peace, Power and Protection (1962–1986)[2] |
| Engagements | European Theater of Operations |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Website | Space Delta 1 - Training |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Col Peter C. Norsky |
| Deputy Commander | Lt Col Joseph G. Clemmer[3] |
| Senior Enlisted Leader | CMSgt Paul C. Norris[4] |
| Notable commanders | Joseph J. Nazzaro Michael Lutton Michele C. Edmondson |
| Insignia | |
| Guidon |  |
Space Delta 1 (DEL 1) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for space training. It runs the Space Force's basic military training, weapons school, and other advanced training courses and exercises. It was established on 23 August 2021 following the establishment of the Space Training and Readiness Command, the field command to which it reports. It is headquartered at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.[5][6]
The Delta traces its history to the United States Air Force 381st Training Group, which provided training for the United States Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile forces and missile maintenance forces. This Air Education and Training Command (AETC) organization had been a tenant unit located on an 80-acre (32 ha) site at Vandenberg. The group was activated in the fall of 1994, when it replaced a provisional group as missile training activities at Vandenberg were transferred to AETC.
During World War II, the group's first predecessor, the 381st Bombardment Group was an Eighth Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress unit, which flew strategic bombing missions from RAF Ridgewell. The group had the highest losses of all groups on first Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission on 17 August 1943. It flew 296 combat missions, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations. It flew its last mission on 25 April 1945 before returning to the United States, where it was inactivated. The group was activated in the reserve in 1947, but was not fully manned or equipped before inactivating in 1949.
The group's second predecessor is the 381st Strategic Missile Wing. During the Cold War, the wing maintained and operated LGM-25C Titan II missiles for the Strategic Air Command at sites near McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The wing and group were consolidated into a single unit in 1984. The consolidated unit was inactivated in 1986 as the Titan II was withdrawn from operational service.
- ^ Watkins, pp. 66–67
- ^ Ravenstein, pp. 206–207
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-clemmer-81215ab/ [self-published source]
- ^ "PAUL C. NORRIS". Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM). Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Space Delta 1 - Training". Space Training and Readiness Command. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Miller, Amanda (23 August 2021). "Raymond: New STARCOM Will 'Shape the Next Century' of Space Operations". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021."Space Force activates Space Training and Readiness Command". United States Space Force. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
