310th Space Group

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310th Space Group
310th Space Group emblem
Active	1997-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Space Operations
Role	Combat Support
Part of	10th Air Force
Garrison/HQ	Schriever Air Force Base

The 310th Space Group (310 SG) is a Reserve space group of the United States Air Force. It's headquarters is at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado and reports to the 10th Air Force.

1 Mission
2 History
- 2.1 310th Training and Test Wing
- 2.2 310th Space Group
3 Subordinate units
4 Assignments[2]
- 4.1 Major Command
- 4.2 Numbered Air Force
5 Previous designations
6 Stations
7 Aircraft, Missiles, and Satellites Operated
8 Campaign Streamers
9 Decorations
10 References
11 External links

[edit] Mission

Provide specialized expertise, continuity and combat ready personnel, projecting space power for U.S. interests worldwide^[1]

[edit] History

The 310th has a long heritage dating back to World War II when it began as the 310th Bombardment Group on March 15, 1942. The unit flew B-25 Mitchell bombers in support of operations in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Sardinia, France, Austria, and Yugoslavia during the war. The group perfected "skip bombing" techniques against bridge, airborne, rail yard, and marshaling yard targets. The group was inactivated Sept. 12, 1945.

The 310th Bombardment Wing was reactivated in 1952 and trained on the B-29 Superfortress before converting to the B-47 Stratojet. The wing deployed to Royal Air Force station Upper Heyford, England, from March 10 to June 8, 1955 and to RAF Greenham Common, England, from Oct. 3, 1956 to Jan. 19, 1965.

Components: 550 SM? (1 April 1961-25 June 1965)

[edit] 310th Training and Test Wing

On 1 September 1991, the third wing to hold the "310" designation, the 310th Training and Test Wing (310 TTW), assumed the ICBM testing and training mission from the Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB, California under the Twentieth Air Force. After removal of ICBMs from alert status at the end of the Cold War, the 310 TTW continued to train Minuteman crews and to test accuracy and reliability of Minuteman and Peacekeeper missiles. The 310 TTW also assisted in testing the Global Positioning System (GPS) April 1992-May 1992. It was reassigned to Air Combat Command on 31 May 1992. It was inactivated on July 1, 1993.

[edit] 310th Space Group

The 310th designator was again activated with the stand up of the 310th Space Group Sept. 4, 1997. The group was created from its original squadron, the 7th SOPS, and has grown rapidly with the realization of the critical role the Air Force Reserve can play in the future of space operations. The group has been tremendously successful in its initial missions and has been tasked with reviewing future active/Reserve partnerships in space to identify potential areas where the AF Reserve can add value in the space arena.

[edit] Subordinate units

Detachment 1 (associate unit to 21st Space Wing's 16th Space Control Squadron)
6th Space Operations Squadron (DMSP backup for NOAA)
7th Space Operations Squadron
8th Space Warning Squadron (operates SBIRS at Buckley AFB)
9th Space Operations Squadron (supports the 14th Air Force Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB)
14th Test Squadron (associate unit to 17th Test Squadron)
19th Space Operations Squadron (associate unit to 2 SOPS)
26th Space Aggressor Squadron (associate to 527th Space Aggressor Squadron)
310th Security Forces Squadron
310th Communications Flight (augments INOSC West at Peterson AFB)
Reserve National Security Space Institute (associate unit to the NSSI)