310th Space Wing The 310th Space Wing ( 310 SW ) is an Air Reserve Component ( ARC ) of the United States Air Force . It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force , Air Force Reserve Command , stationed at Schriever Air Force Base , Colorado . The 310th SW is mission partnered with the 21st Space Wing , Air Force Space Command ( AFSPC ) , 30th Space Wing , ( AFSPC ) , 50th Space Wing , ( AFSPC ) and 460th Space Wing , ( AFSPC ) . If mobilized , the wing is gained by AFSPC . Overview . The 310 SW is the only space wing in the Air Force Reserve . It provides specialized expertise , continuity and combat ready personnel , projecting space power for U . S . interests worldwide . The 310th has a long and rich heritage dating back to World War II , when it began as the 310th Bombardment Group on 15 March 1942 , flying B - 25 Mitchell medium bombers . In October 1942 , the 310th was the first 12th Air Force group sent overseas , initially to England and then to French Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , France , and Italy where the highly - decorated unit participated in the European - African - Middle Eastern Campaign . The 310th Bombardment Group was inactivated in September 1945 . The 310th Bombardment Wing was reactivated in 1952 as part of Strategic Air Command . It trained on the B - 29 Superfortress before converting to the B - 47 Stratojet . It was inactivated in June 1965 with the phaseout of the B - 47 from the U . S . Air Force inventory . The 310th became part of Air Force Space Command in 1991 when the 310th Training and Test Wing was activated for a short time at Vandenberg Air Force Base , Calif . ; the 310th designator was again activated with the stand up of the 310th Space Group on 4 September 1997 . The 310th Space Group was re - designated the 310th Space Wing on 7 March 2008 . The 310th Space Wing is commanded by Col . Jeffrey Mineo . Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Gary L . Brown . Subordinate units . The wing is composed of 16 units , under the 310th Operations Group and 310th Mission Support Group , that support various military and other government organizations including , but not limited to , the Department of Commerce , Air Force Space Command , Air Combat Command , the Space Innovation and Development Center , 14th Air Force , 50th Space Wing , 21st Space Wing , and 460th Space Wing . History . World War II . The unit was constituted as the 310th Bombardment Group ( Medium ) on 28 January 1942 and activated on 15 March 1942 . Used B - 25 ' s in preparing for duty overseas . Moved to the Mediterranean theater by single aircraft between October 1942 and March 1943 and assigned to Twelfth Air Force . Sufficient aircraft were on hand by 2 December , when it conducted its first operation against antiaircraft concentrations at Gabes , Tunisia . Engaged primarily in support and interdictory operations in Tunisia , Sicily , Italy , Corsica , Sardinia , and southern France . The 310th Bomb Group also flew some missions to Austria and Yugoslavia . The unit attacked harbors and shipping to help defeat Axis forces in North Africa , December 1942 – May 1943 . Bombed airdromes , landing grounds , and gun emplacements on Pantelleria , Lampedusa , and Sicily , May – July 1943 . The unit supported the Allied landing at Salerno , September 1943 . Assisted the drive toward Rome , January – June 1944 . Supported the invasion of Southern France , August 1944 . Struck German communications — bridges , rail lines , marshalling yards , viaducts , tunnels , and road junctions in Italy , August 1943 – April 1945 . Also dropped propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines . The 310th Bomb Group received a Distinguished Unit Citation for a mission to Italy on 27 August 1943 when , in spite of persistent attacks by enemy interceptors and antiaircraft artillery , the group effectively bombed marshalling yards at Benevento and also destroyed a number of enemy planes . Received second DUC for another mission in Italy on 10 March 1945 when the group , maintaining a compact formation in the face of severe antiaircraft fire , bombed the railroad bridge at Ora , a vital link in the German supply line . The 310th Bomb Group was inactivated in Italy on 12 September 1945 . The unit was redesignated the 310th Bombardment Group ( Light ) and allotted to the reserve . Activated in the US on 27 December 1946 . Inactivated on 27 June 1949 . Cold War . The 310th Bombardment Wing was activated in 1952 as a Strategic Air Command unit , receiving B - 29 Superfortress bombardment training from 90th Bombardment Wing , April – August 1952 . From February through May 1953 , the 310th Bomb Wing provided bombardment training to the 40th Bombardment Wing . Replaced the propeller - driven B - 29s with new B - 47E Stratojet swept - wing medium bombers in 1954 , capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union . Participated in SAC REFLEX deployments , deploying to RAF Upper Heyford , England , 10 March – 8 June 1955 , and at RAF Greenham Common , England , 3 October 1956 – 9 January 1957 . The wing gained a strategic missile squadron in April 1961 . First Atlas missiles went on alert in September 1962 . In the early 1960s , the B - 47 was considered to be reaching obsolescence , and was being phased out of SAC ' s strategic arsenal . B - 47s began being sent to AMARC at Davis - Monthan in early 1965 ; was inactivated in late June . Air Force Space Command . 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 1 July 1993 . The 310th designator was again activated with the stand up of the 310th Space Group 4 September 1997 . The group was created around 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 . Air Force Reserve Command officials are expanding the role reservists play in space operations by establishing AFRC ' s first space wing at Schriever Air Force Base . Command officials activated the 310th Space Wing on 7 March 2008 . Components . Wings Groups Squadrons