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2d Space Launch Squadron

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History
Lineage
Assignments Stations
Aircraft & Missiles
Decorations
References
Bibliography
External links

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The 2d Space Launch Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was a space lift unit located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California from 1990 to 2005. It was inactivated after the last Titan IV launch.

History

When founded, the two launch squadrons at Vandenberg AFB divided launch duties, with the 4th Space Launch Squadron working with Titan II and Titan IV vehicles while the 2d worked with Delta II, Atlas, and other launch vehicles. On 18 May 1998, the two squadrons merged into one, the 2d. The merged squadron was responsible for overseeing all launch operations at Vandenberg AFB. The reason for the merger was the similarity in missions performed by both units.^[2]

Lineage

Constituted as the 2d Space Launch Squadron 0n 11 September 1990

Activated on 1 October 1990^[3]

Inactivated on 31 October 2005^[4]

Assignments

Western Space and Missile Center, 1 October 1990
30th Operations Group, 19 November 1991^[3]
30th Launch Group, 1 December 2003 - 31 October 2005^[5]^[4]

Stations

Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1 October 1990 – 31 October 2005^[3]^[4]

Aircraft & Missiles

Atlas E
Atlas IIAS
Delta II
Titan IV
Titan II, 1 October 1990 – 2005^[6]

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

1 November 1991 - 30 September 1993^[3]

References

Notes

1. ^¹Endicott, p. 330
2. ^Air Force Association: "Two Space Squadrons Merge" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724130815/http://www.afa.org/magazine/July1998/0798world.asp |date=2008-07-24 }}{{verify source|date=April 2017}}
3. ^¹²³Lineage, including assignments, decorations and stations, through 1995 in Endicott, p. 330
4. ^¹²Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, October 2005, Maxwell AFB, AL
5. ^Rogers, {{page needed|date=April 2017}}
6. ^World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. {{ISBN|1-880588-01-3}}

Bibliography

{{cite book|last=Endicott|first=Judy G.|title=Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995|url= http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4908883/FID1533/wings_cd.pdf |accessdate=July 2, 2014|year=1998 |series= Air Force History and Museums Program|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location= Washington, DC |asin= B000113MB2|page=|chapter = }}
{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Brian.|title=United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978|date=2005|publisher=Midland Publications|location=Hinkley, UK|isbn=1-85780-197-0|pages = }}

External links

Vandenberg Air Force Base

1 : Space squadrons of the United States Air Force

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