U.S. Space Force provisional training and readiness unit
Military unit
The Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) (STAR Delta (P) ) was a United States Space Force unit responsible for the training and education of space professionals, as well as the development of space warfighting doctrine. It was a component of Space Operations Command and was headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado .[ 5]
STAR Delta (Provisional)'s first Space Flag exercise.[ 6]
STAR Delta (P) was activated on 24 July 2020 to serve as the precursor organization to the planned Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM). Announced on 30 June 2020 as one of three field commands of the U.S. Space Force, STARCOM was set to be activated in 2021. In the interim, the delta was activated to provide oversight of Space Force education, training, and operational test and evaluation units. It was then inactivated on 23 August 2021 prior to the activation of STARCOM.[ 5] [ 7]
Structure in 2021
Name
Function
Headquarters
Spacecraft
Detachments
Squadrons
3rd Space Experimentation Squadron
Space-based demonstration and experimentation [ 8]
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Augmented Geosynchronous Laboratory Experiment Mycroft Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle [ 8]
Operating Location: Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico[ 8]
17th Test Squadron
Operational test [ 9]
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
25th Space Range Squadron
Space Test and Training Range management[ 9]
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
319th Combat Training Squadron
Advanced space operations training
Peterson Space Force Base , Colorado
328th Weapons Squadron
Space Force Weapons School
Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada
527th Space Aggressor Squadron
Aggressor squadron
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
533rd Training Squadron
Undergraduate space training
Vandenberg Space Force Base , California
Detachment 1, STAR Delta
Space Force Warfare Center
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
Former Detachment 1, United States Air Force Warfare Center [ 10]
Operating Location A, STAR Delta
Military simulations and exercises
Schriever Space Force Base , Colorado
Former Operating Location Alpha, 705th Combat Training Squadron [ 10]
Detachment 4, STAR Delta
Operational test and evaluation
Peterson Space Force Base , Colorado
Former Detachment 4, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center [ 10]
National Security Space Institute
Military space education
Peterson Space Force Base , Colorado
Forrest L. Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy
Enlisted professional military education
Peterson Space Force Base , Colorado
List of commanders
No.
Commander
Term
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Term length
1 Flores, Peter J. ColonelPeter J. Flores [ 3] 24 July 2020[ 11] 23 August 2021 1 year, 30 days
See also
References
Leadership
Structure
Field commands Component Field Commands Deltas Squadrons Direct reporting units
Locations
Space Force Bases Space Bases Space Force Stations
Personnel and training History and traditions