310th Space Wing
A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket blasts off with the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIR-21 satellite from Space Launch Complex-17A, 2009
Active	1942–1945; 1946–1949; 1952–1965; 1991–1993; 1997–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Space Operations
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado
Engagements	European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
Insignia
310th Space Wing emblem(Modified 26 December 2000)[1]
310th Bombardment Wing emblem(Original form, approved 7 January 1954)[2]

The310th Space Wing is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of theUnited States Air Force. It is assigned to theTenth Air Force,Air Force Reserve Command, stationed atSchriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The wing is the only space wing in the Air Force Reserve. It provides specialized expertise, continuity and combat ready personnel. It is mission partnered with severalUnited States Space Force deltas:Space Delta 2,Space Delta 3,Space Delta 4, andSpace Launch Delta 30.^{[citation needed]}

The wing is commanded by Colonel Adam H. Fisher. Its Command Chief is Chief Master Sergeant Sarah A. Faith.^[3]

The wing dates back toWorld War II, when it began as the310th Bombardment Group on 15 March 1942, flyingNorth American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers. In October 1942, the 310th was the first12th Air Force group sent overseas, initially to England and then to French Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, France, and Italy where it participated in the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign.^[4] The 310th Bombardment Group was inactivated in September 1945.

The310th Bombardment Wing was reactivated in 1952 as part ofStrategic Air Command. It trained on theBoeing B-29 Superfortress before converting to theBoeing B-47 Stratojet. It was inactivated in June 1965 with the phaseout of the B-47 from the U.S. Air Force inventory.

The 310th became part of Air Force Space Command in 1991 when the310th Training and Test Wing was activated for a short time at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.; the 310th designator was again activated with the stand up of the310th Space Group on 4 September 1997. The 310th Space Group was re-designated the310th Space Wing on 7 March 2008.

The wing is composed of the 310th Operations Group, 710th Operations Group, and 310th Mission Support Group, that support various military and other government organizations including, but not limited to, theDepartment of Commerce,United States Space Force, andSpace Operations Command.

• 310th Operations Group
  • 6th Space Operations Squadron (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program backup for NOAA)
  • 7th Space Operations Squadron (associate unit to1st Space Operations Squadron)
  • 9th Combat Operations Squadron (supports theCombined Space Operations Center atVandenberg Space Force Base)
  • 19th Space Operations Squadron (associate unit to2 SOPS)
  • 26th Space Aggressor Squadron (associate unit to527 SAS)^[5]
  • 379th Space Range Squadron (associate unit to25th Space Range Squadron)^[5]
  • 14th Test Squadron (associate unit to17th Test and Evaluation Squadron)^[5]
  • 310th Operations Support Squadron (provides operations support and applicable program oversight to the space operations squadrons)
• 710th Operations Group
  • 380th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron (associate unit to16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron at Peterson Space Force Base)^[6][7]
  • 8th Space Warning Squadron (operatesSpace-Based Infrared System atBuckley Space Force Base)
  • 4th Space Warning Squadron (Associate unit to the 11 SWS at Buckley SFB)^[8]
  • 428th Electromagnetic Warfare Flight (Associate unit to the 4 EWS at Peterson SFB)
  • 42nd Combat Training Squadron (Associate unit to the 319 CTS at Peterson SFB)^[9][10]
• 310th Mission Support Group
  • 310th Security Forces Squadron
  • 710th Security Forces Squadron
  • 310th Force Support Squadron
  • 310th Communications Flight (associate unit to 561st Network Operations Squadron (INOSC West) at Peterson Space Force Base)^[11]

The unit was constituted as the310th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 28 January 1942 and activated on 15 March 1942. Used B-25s in preparing for duty overseas.

Moved to the Mediterranean theater by single aircraft between October 1942 and March 1943 and assigned toTwelfth Air Force. Sufficient aircraft were on hand by 2 December, when it conducted its first operation against antiaircraft concentrations atGabes,Tunisia. Engaged primarily in support and interdictory operations in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy,Corsica, Sardinia, and southern France. The 310th Bomb Group also flew some missions toAustria andYugoslavia.

The unit attacked harbors and shipping to help defeat Axis forces in North Africa, December 1942 – May 1943. Bombed airdromes, landing grounds, and gun emplacements onPantelleria,Lampedusa, andSicily, May–July 1943. The unit supported the Allied landing atSalerno, September 1943. Assisted the drive toward Rome, January–June 1944.

Supported the invasion of Southern France, August 1944. Struck German communications— bridges, rail lines, marshalling yards, viaducts, tunnels, and road junctions inItaly, August 1943 – April 1945. Also dropped propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines.

The 310th Bomb Group received aDistinguished Unit Citation for a mission to Italy on 27 August 1943 when, in spite of persistent attacks by enemy interceptors and antiaircraft artillery, the group effectively bombed marshalling yards atBenevento and also destroyed a number of enemy planes. Received second DUC for another mission in Italy on 10 March 1945 when the group, maintaining a compact formation in the face of severe antiaircraft fire, bombed the railroad bridge at Ora, a vital link in the German supply line.

The 310th Bomb Group was inactivated in Italy on 12 September 1945.

The unit was redesignated the 310th Bombardment Group, Light and allotted to the reserve. Activated in the US on 27 December 1946. Inactivated on 27 June 1949.

The310th Bombardment Wing was activated in 1952 as aStrategic Air Command unit, receivingBoeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment training from90th Bombardment Wing, April–August 1952. From February through May 1953, the310th Bomb Wing provided bombardment training to the 40th Bombardment Wing.

The wing replaced the propeller-driven B-29s with newBoeing B-47E Stratojet swept-wing medium bombers in 1954, capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of theSoviet Union. It participated in SACOperation Reflex deployments, deploying toRAF Upper Heyford 10 March – 8 June 1955, and atRAF Greenham Common, 3 October 1956 – 9 January 1957, both in the United Kingdom.

The wing gained a strategic missile squadron in April 1961. FirstCGM-16 Atlas missiles went on alert in September 1962. 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^[jargon] at Davis–Monthan in early 1965; was inactivated in late June.

On 1 September 1991, the third wing to hold the "310" designation, the310th Training and Test Wing (310 TTW), assumed the ICBM testing and training mission from the Strategic Missile Center (the former1st Strategic Aerospace Division) atVandenberg AFB, California under theTwentieth Air Force. After the removal of ICBMs from alert status at the end of the Cold War, the wing continued to train Minuteman crews and to test accuracy and reliability of Minuteman and Peacekeeper missiles. The 310 TTW also assisted in testing theGlobal Positioning System (GPS) from April 1992 – May 1992. It was reassigned toAir Combat Command on 31 May 1992. It was inactivated on 1 July 1993.

The number 310 was again reutilized with the stand up of the310th Space Group on 4 September 1997. The group was created around its original squadron, the 7th SOPS, and has grown rapidly with the realization of the critical role the Air Force Reserve can play in the future of space operations. The group has been tremendously successful in its initial missions and has been tasked with reviewing future active/Reserve partnerships in space to identify potential areas where the AF Reserve can add value in the space arena.

In 2008Air Force Reserve Command officials upgraded the group to a wing at what was then Schriever Air Force Base, CO. The310th Space Wing was activated on 7 March 2008.^[12]

310th Bombardment Group

• Established as the310th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 28 January 1942

Activated on 15 March 1942

Redesignated310th Bombardment Group, Medium on 20 August 1943

Inactivated on 12 September 1945

• Redesignated310th Bombardment Group, Light and activated in the reserve on 27 December 1946.

Inactivated on 27 June 1949

• Consolidated with the310th Strategic Aerospace Wing as the310th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 31 January 1984^[1]

310th Space Wing

• Established as the310th Bombardment Wing, Medium on 15 March 1952
• Activated on 28 March 1952
• Redesignated310th Strategic Aerospace Wing on 1 March 1962

Discontinued and inactivated on 25 June 1965

• Consolidated with the310th Bombardment Group on 31 January 1984 (remained inactive)
• Redesignated310th Training and Test Wing on 29 August 1991

Activated on 1 September 1991

Inactivated on 1 July 1993

• Redesignated310th Space Group on 22 August 1997

Activated in the reserve on 1 September 1997

Redesignated310th Space Wing on 7 March 2008^[1]

Wings

• 40th Bombardment Wing: attached 6 February – 1 May 1953^[1]

Groups

• 310th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 1 July 1993,^[1] 7 March 2008 – present
• 710th Operations Group: c. 1 October 2017 – present

Squadrons

• North American B-25 Mitchell, (1942–1945)
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress (1952–1954)
• Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (1952–1963)
• Boeing B-47 Stratojet (1954–1965)
• CGM-16 Atlas (1962–1965)
• Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1964–1965)
• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (1997–present)
• Global Positioning System (1997–present)
• Space-Based Infrared System (2006–present)

No.	Commander		Term
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length
1		Colonel Jeffrey Ansted[13]	7 January 2006	October 2008	~2 years, 268 days
2		Colonel Karen A. Rizzuti	October 2008	9 January 2011	~2 years, 100 days
3		Colonel Jeffrey T. Mineo[14]	9 January 2011	12 July 2014	3 years, 184 days
4		Colonel Damon S. Feltman[15]	12 July 2014	17 September 2016	2 years, 67 days
5		Colonel Traci L. Kueker-Murphy[16]	17 September 2016	3 November 2018	2 years, 47 days
6		Colonel Dean D. Sniegowski[17]	3 November 2018	31 July 2020	1 year, 271 days
7		Colonel Shariful M. Khan[18]	31 July 2020	3 June 2023	2 years, 307 days
8		Colonel James R. Taggart[19]	3 June 2023	15 July 2024	1 year, 42 days
9		Colonel Adam H. Fisher[20]	15 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 127 days

• List of B-29 Superfortress operators
• List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force
• 521st Air Service Group Support unit for the group in World War II

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
• 310th Space Wing Factsheet

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