Organize train, equip, maintain, and provide space and cyberspace operations forces; develop, procure, and test space systems; sustain national space launch facilities.

Founded

Sept. 1, 1982

Commander

Gen. William L. Shelton

Personnel

Active duty: 13,896
Civilian: 7,678
Total: 21,574

Equipment (TAI)

Air Force Satellite Control Network
BMEWS
GEODSS
Pave PAWS
PARCS
Space surveillance radars

Satellite Systems

Abbreviations: BMEWS: Ballistic Missile Early Warning Systems; GEODSS: Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System; PAWS: Phased Array Warning System; PARCS: Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System;

Source: AIR FORCE Magazine/May 2011