page_title: Structure of the United States Space Force
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the United States Space Force / Organization / Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Space Force Delta Garrisons Graphic
context_page_description: The structure of the United States Space Force consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Office of the Chief of Space Operations, the field commands, and the space deltas.
context_section_description: Office of the Chief of Space Operations (OCSO), The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia
  Space Operations Command (SpOC), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
  Space Delta 2 (Space Domain Awareness), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 3 (Space Electronic Warfare), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 4 (Missile Warning), Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 5 (Command and Control), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
  Space Delta 6 (Cyberspace Operations), Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 7 (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 8 (Satellite Communication/Navigation Warfare), Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
  Space Delta 9 (Orbital Warfare), Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
   30th Space Wing (30 SW), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
   45th Space Wing (45 SW), Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
   Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Los Angeles Air Force Base, California
   61st Air Base Group (61 ABG), Los Angeles Air Force Base, California
  Space Training and Readiness Delta Provisional (STAR Delta), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  Garrison commands
  Peterson–Schriever Garrison, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  Buckley Garrison, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado
  On 12 March 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA), a new space-focused development agency, additional to the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, was established. It was established under the authority of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering. As of January 2020, the SDA is planned to become part of the U.S. Space Force in October 2022.
  In early April 2020, a list of twenty-three units to be transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force was publicly reported. Those units included the 17th Test Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado; 18th Intelligence Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the 25th Space Range Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 328th Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV; the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 7th Intelligence Squadron, 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 70th ISR Wing, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; Sixteenth Air Force/Advanced Programs*, Schriever AFB, Colorado; the 32nd Intelligence Squadron, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; the 566th Intelligence Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colorado*; the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Group Staff & Detachment 5, Peterson AFB, Colorado; D the 533d Training Squadron, 381st Training Group, Vandenberg AFB, CA (initial training);  the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Research Lab Mission Execution, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division, Edwards AFB, CA; the AFRL Electro-Optical Division, Maui, Hawaii & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the Counter-Space Analysis Squadron and the Space Analysis Squadron, collectively half of the Space and Missiles Analysis Group, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, both at Wright-Patterson AFB; the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 4, Peterson AFB, CO; and the Air Force Safety Center – Space Safety Division, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. 
  Detachment 1, USAF Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colorado; Operating Location A, 705th Combat Training Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado (ultimately part of the 505th Command and Control Wing), and the National Security Space Institute, Peterson AFB, CO National Security Space Institute, a place for space education became eventually part of the STAR Delta.
caption: Deltas and Garrisons
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