50th Space Wing

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The 50th Space Wing was a United States Air Force unit responsible for operating and managing key military satellite systems and space control capabilities.

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50th Space Wing canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force wing
space operations unit
activatedAt Hahn Air Base
activatedCountry West Germany
baseRenamedTo Schriever Space Force Base
surface form: Schriever Air Force Base
branchOfServiceType space operations
componentOf United States Space Force
surface form: United States Space Force (transition period)
conflictEraActivity Cold War
Global War on Terrorism
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfGarrison United States of America
surface form: United States
dateEstablished 1949-11-16
dateInactivated 1992-09-30
dateInactivatedFinal 2020-07-24
dateReactivated 1992-09-30
dateRedesignatedAsSpaceWing 1985-01-30
decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
garrison Schriever Space Force Base
surface form: Schriever Air Force Base

Schriever Space Force Base
higherCommand 14th Air Force
Space Operations Command
inactivationReason transition to United States Space Force deltas
locatedIn El Paso County, Colorado
locatedNear Colorado Springs, Colorado
militaryBranch United States Air Force
motto Master of Space
operatedSystem GPS
surface form: Global Positioning System

military communications satellites
space control systems
space situational awareness systems
originalDesignation 50th Fighter Wing
partOf Air Force Space Command
Space Operations Command
providedCapabilityTo NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States military

allied and coalition forces
reactivatedAt Falcon Air Force Base
redesignatedAs 50th Space Wing self-link
responsibleFor command and control of Department of Defense satellites
providing space-based capabilities to joint warfighters
role communications satellite operations
positioning, navigation, and timing support
satellite command and control
space control
space operations
successorUnit Space Delta 8
Space Delta 9

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Air Force Space Command notableUnit 50th Space Wing
50th Space Wing redesignatedAs 50th Space Wing self-link
50th Fighter Wing precededBy 50th Space Wing
50th Fighter Wing followedBy 50th Space Wing
50th Fighter Wing notableSuccessorUnit 50th Space Wing
50th Fighter Wing evolvedInto 50th Space Wing
Falcon Air Force Base garrison 50th Space Wing