380th Space Control Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 380th Space Control Squadron ( 380 SPCS ) is a space control unit located at Peterson AFB , Colorado . Mission . The 380 SPCS is the Reserve Associate Unit to the 16th Space Control Squadron . They jointly conduct space electronic warfare support operations to enable and enhance U . S . offensive and defensive space control capabilities . 380SPCS and 16SPCS utilize the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System Block 10 systems to rapidly achieve flexible and versatile space superiority in support of theater COCOMs and USSTRATCOM ' s space superiority mission . Equipment Operated . The 380 SPCS will operate the RB - 10 Central Operating Location , five RAIDRS Deployable Ground Segments . The units monitor , intercept and geolocate satellite communications jammers , sources of electromagnetic interference and other signals of interest . When fully operational , RB - 10 will detect and geolocate signals in the C - , X - , Ku - and UHF frequency bands . History . Activated in mid - 1942 as a B - 25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron , trained by Third Air Force in the southeastern United States . Deployed initially to England in September 1942 and flew some missions under VIII Bomber Command over German - occupied France attacking enemy troop formations , bridges and airfields . Was part of the Operation Torch invasion of North Africa in November 1942 , being deployed to the new Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) , being assigned to Twelfth Air Force in French Morocco in November . In North Africa , the squadron engaged primarily in support and interdictory operations , bombing marshalling yards , rail lines , highways , bridges , viaducts , troop concentrations , gun emplacements , shipping , harbors , and other objectives in North Africa . The squadron also engaged in psychological warfare missions , dropping propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines . Took part in the Allied operations against Axis forces in North Africa during March – May 1943 , the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusain islands during June , the invasion of Sicily in July , the landing at Salerno in September , the Allied advance toward Rome during January – June 1944 , the invasion of Southern France in August 1944 , and the Allied operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to April 1945 . Inactivated in Italy after the German Capitulation in September 1945 . Reactivated as part of the Air Force Reserve in 1947 , it is unclear whether or not the squadron was manned or equipped . Inactivated in 1949 . Reactivated in 1952 as a Strategic Air Command squadron , receiving B - 29 Superfortress bombardment training from 90th Bombardment Wing , April – August 1952 . Acted as a training squadron until 1954 when it replaced the propeller - driven B - 29s with new B - 47E Stratojet swept - wing medium bombers , capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union . 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 March . Reactivated as a Space Control squadron in 2008 .