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The 2nd Space Launch Squadron is an active United States Space Force unit. It is located at Vandenberg Space Force Base , California, and was reactivated in July 2019 with the merger of the 4th Space Launch Squadron and the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron .
History [ edit ]
When founded, the two launch squadrons at Vandenberg Air Force Base divided launch duties, with the 4th Space Launch Squadron working with Titan II and Titan IV vehicles while the 2nd worked with Delta II , Atlas , and other launch vehicles. On 18 May 1998, the two squadrons merged into the 2nd SLS. The merged squadron was responsible for all launch operations at Vandenberg AFB. The reason for the merger was the similarity in missions performed by both units. It was inactivated after the last Titan IV launch. In June 2019 the 4th Space Launch Squadron and the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron merged and reactivated as the 2nd Space Launch Squadron. The reestablished unit took on all the missions of both the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron and the 4th Space Launch Squadron. the 2nd Space Launch Squadron was one of only two space launch squadrons in the U.S. Air Force. the other being the 5th Space launch Squadron at Cape Canaveral.[3]
Both space launch squadrons are now part of the U.S. Space Force.
Lineage [ edit ]
Constituted as the 2d Space Launch Squadron on 11 September 1990
Activated on 1 October 1990[4]
Inactivated on 31 October 2005[5]
Activated on 1 June 2019[1]
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Aircraft and missiles [ edit ]
Decorations [ edit ]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
1 November 1991 - 30 September 1993[4]
List of commanders [ edit ]
Lt Col Clinton Crosier , July 2001–July 2003
Lt Col David D. Thompson , June 2002–July 2004
Lt Col Brian Chatman, June 2018-July 2020[8] [9]
Lt Col Ken Peters, July 2020-June 2022
Lt Col Shane Rexius, June 2022-21 June 2024
Lt Col Andrew Singleton, 21 June 2024-present[10]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Endicott, p. 330
^ Air Force Association: "Two Space Squadrons Merge" Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine [verification needed
^ a b c d Lineage, including assignments, decorations and stations, through 1995 in Endicott, p. 330
^ a b c Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, October 2005, Maxwell AFB, AL
^ Rogers, [page needed
^ World Airpower Journal . (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-chatman-b7ab65b/
^ "2nd SLS reactivated following squadron merger" .
^ https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3814150/2nd-space-launch-squadrons-change-of-command/
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