5th Space Warning Squadron

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The United States Space Force's 5th Space Warning Squadron (5 SWS) is a missile warning unit located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It used to be known as the 5th Joint Defense Space Communications Squadron.

Assignments

Operations

From 1992 to 1999, the 5th Space Warning Squadron operated the only ground station in the Southern Hemisphere for the Defense Support Program, a space-based system that provides global missile warning.

Commanders

Station

Decorations

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