21st Space Wing

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United States Air Force wing space operations unit

The 21st Space Wing was a United States Air Force unit responsible for missile warning, space control, and space surveillance operations worldwide.

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Label	Occurrences
21st Space Wing canonical	9

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force wing ⓘ space operations unit ⓘ
activated	15 May 1992 ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
branch	United States Air Force ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ⓘ
emblem	21st Space Wing emblem ⓘ
engagement	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War (late period space operations)
garrison	Peterson Air Force Base ⓘ Peterson Space Force Base ⓘ
hadComponent	medical group ⓘ mission support group ⓘ multiple geographically separated units ⓘ operations group ⓘ
inactivated	24 July 2020 ⓘ
locatedIn	Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
majorCommand	Air Force Space Command ⓘ
mission	Provide missile warning and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command ⓘ Provide missile warning and space control to United States Strategic Command ⓘ Provide missile warning and space control to other national authorities ⓘ
motto	First in Space ⓘ
nickname	The Knights ⓘ
operated	Ground-based radar systems ⓘ Missile warning radars ⓘ Space surveillance sensors ⓘ
operationalScope	global ⓘ
oversaw	Ballistic missile early warning sites ⓘ Space surveillance networks ⓘ
partOf	Air Force Space Command ⓘ
precededBy	21st Tactical Fighter Wing ⓘ
providedSupportTo	North American Aerospace Defense Command ⓘ U.S. Northern Command ⓘ surface form: United States Northern Command U.S. Strategic Command ⓘ surface form: United States Strategic Command
responsibleFor	global missile warning ⓘ space control operations worldwide ⓘ space surveillance operations worldwide ⓘ
role	missile warning ⓘ space control ⓘ space surveillance ⓘ
succeededBy	Peterson Space Force Base ⓘ surface form: Peterson-Schriever Garrison Space Delta 2 ⓘ Space Delta 4 ⓘ Space Delta 7 ⓘ
supported	missile defense warning architectures ⓘ space situational awareness ⓘ
type	Space wing ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Air Force Space Command → notableUnit → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

Peterson Air Force Base → garrison → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

Peterson Air Force Base → hostUnit → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

Thule Air Base → garrison → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

Commander, 21st Space Wing → partOf → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

Commander, 21st Space Wing → commands → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

21st Tactical Fighter Wing → followedBy → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

21st Tactical Fighter Wing → lineageContinuedAs → 21st Space Wing ⓘ

The Knights → refersTo → 21st Space Wing ⓘ