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The 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron (2 NWS) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for operating the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation, which provides global navigation, time transfer, and nuclear detonation detection. It is a component of Space Operations Command's Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Mission Delta (Provisional) and headquartered at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado.
The squadron is augmented by reserve personnel from the 19th Space Operations Squadron, part of the 310th Space Wing.
Mission
The squadron performs the command and control mission for the Global Positioning System satellite constellation. GPS is the world's premiere space-based position, velocity and timing system, capable of providing precision navigation and timing capability simultaneously to an unlimited number of properly equipped users. Continuous GPS availability and unprecedented signal accuracy has resulted in widespread integration of the technology; numerous military, commercial and international users have embraced GPS.
History
The squadron was originally constituted as the 2d Surveillance Squadron and activated on 16 January 1962 under North American Air Defense Command. It was then organized on 1 February 1962 at Ent Air Force Base under the 9th Aerospace Defense Division, under which it operated SPACETRACK, the USAF globe-spanning space surveillance network, from 1962 through 1967. The squadron was inactivated on 1 January 1967.
It was redesignated the 2d Satellite Control Squadron as the first operational squadron of the 2d Space Wing. It was activated at Falcon Air Force Station on 1 October 1985.
The squadron has controlled the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellite constellation and managed the Nuclear Detonation System in support of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty since 1987.
On 30 January 1992, as part of an Air Force reorganization, 2 SCS was redesignated the 2d Space Operations Squadron.
On June 18, 2004, a 24/7 user focal point, the GPSOC, was established.
In late 2005, several National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency monitor stations were integrated into the network to improve navigation accuracy and signal monitoring.
The unit had one geographically separated unit, Detachment 1, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It was responsible for maintenance of a GPS Ground Antenna, Monitor Station, and various operational test assets. It is now discontinued, though contractors remained to perform the mission.
On 15 October 2024, 2 SOPS was redesignated as the 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron when the PNT Delta (Provisional) was redesignated as Mission Delta 31.
Lineage
Constituted as the 2d Surveillance Squadron (Sensor) and activated, on 16 January 1962 (not organized)
Organized on 1 February 1962
Discontinued and inactivated on 1 January 1967
Redesignated 2d Satellite Control Squadron on 16 Jul 1985
Activated on 1 October 1985
Redesignated 2d Space Operations Squadron on 30 Jan 1992
= Assignments
=Air Defense Command, 16 January 1962 (not organized)
9th Aerospace Defense Division, 1 February 1962 – 1 January 1967
2d Space Wing, 1 October 1985 – 30 January 1992
50th Operations Group, 30 January 1992 – 24 July 2020
Space Delta 8, July 2020 – 13 October 2023
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Mission Delta (Provisional), 13 October 2023 – present
= Stations
=Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, 1 February 1962 – 1 January 1967
Falcon Air Force Station (later Falcon Air Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base), Colorado, 1 October 1985 – present
= Decorations
=Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
1 June 1964 – 31 May 1966
1 December 1987 – 30 November 1989
1 September 1990 – 31 August 1991
List of commanders
Lt Col Steven C. Stadler, October 1985 – April 1988
Lt Col Barry R. Springer, April 1988 – April 1989
Lt Col Michael E. Shaw, April 1989 – August 1990
Lt Col William L. Shelton, August 1990 – June 1992
Lt Col Harrison C. Freer, June 1992 – June 1994
Lt Col Frank M. DeArmond, June 1994 – January 1995
Maj Thomas A. Shircliff, January 1995 – March 1995
Lt Col Roger C. Hunter, March 1995 – October 1996
Lt Col Joseph P. Squatrito, October 1996 – July 1998
Lt Col James K. McLaughlin, July 1998 – June 2000
Lt Col Daniel P. Jordan, June 2000 – July 2002
Lt Col Scott A. Henderson, July 2002 – July 2004
Lt Col Stephen T. Hamilton, July 2004 – uly 2006
Lt Col Kurt W. Kuntzleman, July 2006 – August 2008
Lt Col DeAnna M. Burt, August 2008 – August 2010
Lt Col Jennifer L. Grant, August 2010 – June 2012
Lt Col Thomas Ste. Marie, June 2012 – July 2014
Lt Col Todd Benson, July 2014 – June 2016
Lt Col Peter C. Norsky, June 2016 – 1 June 2018
Lt Col Stephen A. Toth, 1 June 2018 – June 2020
Lt Col Michael K. Schriever, June 2020 – 6 July 2022
Lt Col Robert O. Wray, 6 July 2022 – 21 June 2024
Lt Col Jeremy Parr, 21 June 2024 - present
See also
19th Space Operations Squadron
References
Notes
Citations
= Bibliography
=This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Endicott, Judy G. (1998). Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ASIN B000113MB2. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
External links
50th Space Wing Public Affairs: Schriever AFB
GPS Operations Center
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