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| current_commander = Col. Adam Rogge
| current_commander = Col. Stephanie Figueroa
| garrison = [[Greeley Air National Guard Station]], [[Greeley, Colorado|Greeley]], [[Colorado]]
| garrison = [[Greeley Air National Guard Station]], [[Greeley, Colorado|Greeley]], [[Colorado]]
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The '''233d Space Group (233 SG)''' is a unit of the [[Colorado Air National Guard]] located at Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley. The 233d Space Group provides immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch and detection in the event of an attack against the United States.<ref name=SWS>{{Cite web |url=http://ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/137th_sw.html |title=Ranger95.com: 233rd Space Group |access-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228061937/http://ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/137th_sw.html |archive-date=28 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Force Space Command|Space Command]].
The '''233d Space Group (233SG)''' is a unit of the [[Colorado Air National Guard]] located at Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, CO. The 233d Space Group provides immediate, worldwide missile warning as well as space launch and detection in the event of an attack against the United States.<ref name=SWS>{{Cite web |url=http://ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/137th_sw.html |title=Ranger95.com: 233rd Space Group |access-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228061937/http://ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/137th_sw.html |archive-date=28 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the [[United States Air Force]] or [[United States Space Force]] depending on decisions made in the hopefully near future by military leaders and Congress.


==Overview==
==Overview==
The 233d Space Group operates the Air Force's strategic survivable, mobile [[Defense Support Program]] ground station. The group provides endurable missile warning detection to the National Command Authority and has the ability to survive and operate through all phases of trans/post attack. In addition, the satellites provide immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch, and nuclear detonation detection.<ref name=official>[http://www.140wg.ang.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12332 137th SWS Official Site and Mission Statement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913070904/http://www.140wg.ang.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12332 |date=13 September 2011 }} Accessed/updated: 2011-11-15.</ref>
The 233d Space Group operates the Air Force's strategic survivable, mobile [[Defense Support Program]] ground station. The group provides endurable missile warning detection to the National Command Authority and has the ability to survive and operate through all phases of trans/post attack. In addition, the satellites provide immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch, and nuclear detonation detection.<ref name=official>[http://www.140wg.ang.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12332 137th SWS Official Site and Mission Statement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913070904/http://www.140wg.ang.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=12332 |date=13 September 2011 }} Accessed/updated: 2011-11-15.</ref> The members of the 233d Space Group are currently in the middle of a larger discussion involving a potential Space National Guard. The idea of a Space National Guard was introduced by military leaders upon the formation of The Space Force in 2019, but was turned down by Congress in 2021. The discussion/battle continues into 2024 with 11 Air National Guard units who perform space related missions being unsure of their future.


==History==
==History==
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==Previous designations==
==Previous designations==
* 1 October 1983 – The 137th SWS activated as the 1025th Satellite Communications Squadron (SCS)
* 1 October 1983 – The 137th SWS activated as the 1025th Satellite Communications Squadron (SCS)
* 1 August 1986 – The 1025th SCS was redesignated as the 4th SCS.
* 1 August 1986 – The 1025th SCS was re-designated as the 4th SCS
* 1 October 1992 – The 4th SCS's mission was declassified and became the 4th Space Warning Squadron.
* 1 October 1992 – The 4th SCS's mission was declassified and became the 4th Space Warning Squadron.
* 1 October 1995 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron activated
* 1 October 1995 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron activated
* 1 March 2012 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron was redesignated as the 233d Space Group
* 1 March 2012 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron was re-designated as the 233d Space Group


==Equipment Operated==
==Equipment Operated==

Revision as of 17:35, 15 February 2024

233d Space Group
233d Space Group front gate, Greeley, Colorado
Active1992 – present
Country United States
Allegiance Colorado
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeGroup
RoleSpace Communications
Part ofAttached to 140th Wing[1]
Garrison/HQGreeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, Colorado
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. Stephanie Figueroa

The 233d Space Group (233SG) is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard located at Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, CO. The 233d Space Group provides immediate, worldwide missile warning as well as space launch and detection in the event of an attack against the United States.[2] If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force or United States Space Force depending on decisions made in the hopefully near future by military leaders and Congress.

Overview

The 233d Space Group operates the Air Force's strategic survivable, mobile Defense Support Program ground station. The group provides endurable missile warning detection to the National Command Authority and has the ability to survive and operate through all phases of trans/post attack. In addition, the satellites provide immediate, worldwide missile warning, space launch, and nuclear detonation detection.[3] The members of the 233d Space Group are currently in the middle of a larger discussion involving a potential Space National Guard. The idea of a Space National Guard was introduced by military leaders upon the formation of The Space Force in 2019, but was turned down by Congress in 2021. The discussion/battle continues into 2024 with 11 Air National Guard units who perform space related missions being unsure of their future.

History

The history of the 233d Space Group is in the equipment it operates. The 233d Space Group activated 1 October 1995, assuming the mission of the 4th Space Warning Squadron (4 SWS), Holloman AFB, New Mexico.[2]

Mobile DSP Communications

The mobile Defense Support Program (DSP) communication mission began on 1 October 1983, as the 1025th Communications Squadron (Mobile).[3] The 1025 CS spent its first three years testing the new mobile satellite communications equipment and training its people. On 1 November 1985, administrative operations were transferred to the 1st Space Wing, part of the newly formed Air Force Space Command. The 1025th Space Communications Squadron was redesignated as the 4th Satellite Communications Squadron on 1 August 1986. During an Air Force-wide reorganization, the 1st Space Wing and the 3d Space Wing were inactivated, and their assets merged into the newly renamed 21st Space Wing, at Peterson AFB, Colorado. The unit was renamed the 4th Space Communications Squadron. On 1 October 1992, the 4th SCS's mission was declassified. When the duties of the 4th SWS transferred to other space projects, the mobile DSP mission was transferred to the newly formed 233d Space Group, activated in 1995.[2]

Assignments

Major Command/Gaining Command

Previous designations

  • 1 October 1983 – The 137th SWS activated as the 1025th Satellite Communications Squadron (SCS)
  • 1 August 1986 – The 1025th SCS was re-designated as the 4th SCS
  • 1 October 1992 – The 4th SCS's mission was declassified and became the 4th Space Warning Squadron.
  • 1 October 1995 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron activated
  • 1 March 2012 – The 137th Space Warning Squadron was re-designated as the 233d Space Group

Equipment Operated

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ 140th Wing Official Site. Accessed 2009-07-24. Archived 2011-11-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Ranger95.com: 233rd Space Group". Archived from the original on 28 February 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b 137th SWS Official Site and Mission Statement Archived 13 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed/updated: 2011-11-15.
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