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Space Base Delta 3
Delta emblem
Active	1940–1945;1946–1959;1984–1992;1994–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Part of	Space Systems Command
Headquarters	Los Angeles Air Force Base,El Segundo, California, U.S.
Commanders
Commander	Col Andrew C. Dermanoski
Deputy Commander	Lt Col John D. Huntsman[1]
Senior Enlisted Leader	CMSgt Sarah R. L. Morgan[2]

Space Base Delta 3 (SBD 3) is aUnited States Space Force unit assigned to theSpace Systems Command. The unit is stationed atLos Angeles Air Force Base inEl Segundo, California, United States.

It is the successor to the61st Air Base Group of the United States Air Force and theLos Angeles Garrison, which existed through the first two years of the Space Force. The garrison operatesLos Angeles Air Force Base and supports Space Systems Command.

The origins date toWorld War II where the61st Troop Carrier Group (61 TCG) was aDouglas C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to bothTwelfth andNinth Air Forces in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe. The 61 TCG was highly decorated for its combat parachute infantry drops during the Invasion ofSicily (Operation Husky); Invasion ofItaly (Operation Avalanche); Invasion of France (Operation Overlord); the airborne invasion of theNetherlands (Operation Market-Garden); and the airborne crossing of theRhine River (Operation Varsity).

For additional history and lineage, see61st Air Base Wing

The group was established before theAttack on Pearl Harbor, in December 1940, withDouglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. It initially trained underI Troop Carrier Command in the southeast United States. Trained in paratroop missions and glider towing, it was deployed to theMediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and flew combat missions in the North African and Tunisian Campaigns underTwelfth Air Force.

It flewairborne assault and resupplyairdrop missions during theinvasions ofSicily andItaly in 1943 and transported cargo and personnel throughout the North African andMediterraneantheaters.

Reassigned toNinth Air Force and was moved to England in theEuropean Theater of Operations (ETO).Flew airborne assault missions during theNormandy invasion and later supportedOperation Market Garden in the Netherlands. In 1945 it participated in the airborne assault across theRhine. Also provided transport services in the European theater, hauling gasoline, ammunition, food, medicine, and other supplies, and evacuating wounded personnel.

Moved to Trinidad in May 1945. Assigned to Air Transport Command. Used C-47's to transport troops returning to the US. Inactivated in Trinidad on 31 July 1945

It was reactivated in Germany on 30 September 1946. Assigned toUnited States Air Forces in Europe. Redesignated61st Troop Carrier Group (Medium) in July 1948, and61st Troop Carrier Group (Heavy) in August 1948. In Germany, the group participated in theBerlin Airlift, from June 1948 to May 1949, the group's C-54 aircraft ferried coal, flour, and other cargo into Berlin.

In 1950, the group moved to the United States shortly after the outbreak of theKorean War for duty withMilitary Air Transport Service. Attached toFar East Air Forces, it flew airlift missions on the Northern Pacific Route from the United States to Japan in support of UN forces inKorea before moving to Japan and conducting airlift missions from Japan to Korea from 1950–1952.

Returned to the US in November 1952 to joinTactical Air Command, to which the group had been assigned in October 1951. Converted from C-54 to C-124 aircraft and carried out worldwidestrategicairlift operations from 1952–1959. Inactivated on 8 October 1959.

The61st Military Airlift Group was reactivated atHoward Air Force Base, Panama on 1 December 1984. At Howard, the group was the parent unit for the 310th Military Airlift Squadron (310th MAS) with a diverse array of aircraft (C-21A, CT-43A, C-130E/H, C-27A). The C-21 and CT-43 provided VIP airlift support for the Commander-In-Chief, U.S. Southern Command (CINCSOUTH). The C-130s and C-27s flewtactical airlift operations inCentral and South America from 1984–1992. The unit was inactivated and its assets absorbed by the24th Wing when the 310th's mission was transferred toAir Combat Command on 1 June 1992.

The 61st Air Base Group operatedLos Angeles Air Force Base and supported theSpace and Missile Systems Center (SMC) since 1994.

On July 14, 2022, the Los Angeles Garrison became Space Base Delta 3.^[3]

Now-Space Base Delta 3 continues to provide facilities support for the successor to SMC,Space Systems Command.

• Established as61st Transport Group on 20 November 1940

Activated on 1 December 1940

Redesignated61st Troop Carrier Group on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 31 July 1945

• Activated on 30 September 1946

Redesignated:61st Troop Carrier Group, Medium, on 1 July 1948

Redesignated:61st Troop Carrier Group, Heavy, on 15 August 1948

Inactivated on 8 October 1959

• Redesignated61st Military Airlift Group, and activated, on 1 December 1984

Inactivated on 1 June 1992

• Redesignated61st Air Base Group on 16 September 1994

Activated on 1 October 1994

• Redesignated61st Mission Support Group on 1 August 2006
• Redesignated61st Air Base Group on 30 July 2010
• RedesignatedLos Angeles Garrison on 13 August 2021, and became part of the Space Force that day^[4]
• RedesignatedSpace Base Delta 3 on 14 July 2022^[5]

• 4th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 10 December 1950 – 24 July 1951
• 12th Troop Carrier Squadron: attached 30 September – 15 October 1946
• 13th Transport (later, 13th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 1 December 1940-c. 10 October 1942
• 14th Transport (later, 14th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached c. 5 December 1950 – 26 March 1952; 21 November – 1 December 1952; August 1956 – March 1957; August-8 October 1959)
• 15th Transport (later, 15th Troop Carrier) Squadron: 4 December 1940 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached February–August 1957)
• 53d Transport (later, 53d Troop Carrier) Squadron: 1 June 1942 – 31 July 1945; 30 September 1946 – 8 October 1959 (detached 26 March – 14 September 1952; September 1958-c. March 1959)
• 59th Troop Carrier Squadron: 23 October 1942 – 31 July 1945
• 310th Military Airlift Squadron: 1 December 1984 – 1 June 1992.

• C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945; 1946–1948
• CG-4 Waco (Glider), 1942–1945
• C-54 Skymaster, 1948–1952
• C-124 Globemaster, 1952–1959
• C-130 Hercules, 1984–1992.
• C-22A (Boeing 727-30), 1985–1990

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• Col Andrew Jasinski, 1 October 1994 – 8 September 1995^[7][8]
• Col Gilbert A. Engel, 8 September 1995 – 12 September 1997^[7][8]
• Col Dieter V. Barnes, 12 September 1997 – 18 June 1999^[7][8]
• Col David E. Price, 18 June 1999 – 26 September 2000^[7][8] (later promoted to brigadier general)^[9]
• Col Phil W. Parker, 26 September 2000 – 27 September 2002^[7][8]
• Col Brian E. Kistner, 27 September 2002 – 11 May 2004^[7][8]
• Col Carl E. Brazelton, 11 May 2004 – 21 July 2004^[7][8]
• Col Joseph M. Codispoti, 21 July 2004 – 29 June 2006^[7]
• Col Nannette Benitez, 29 June 2006 - July 2008^[7]

The 61st Air Base Group redesignated 61st Mission Support Group, 20 June 2006

Activated 1 August 2006^[7]

• Col Theresa Katein, July 2008 - 1 August 2010^[7]

The 61st Air Base Wing inactivated 30 July 2010

61st Mission Support Group redesignated as 61st Air Base Group^[7]

• Col Frank W. Simcox, 1 August 2010^[7] - 29 June 2012^[10]
• Col Sam McNiel, 29 June 2012^[10]
• Col Donna Turner
• Col Charles P. Roberts, 30 June 2016 – 11 July 2018^[11]
• Col Ann M. Igl, 11 July 2018 – 15 July 2020^[12]
• Col Becky M. Beers, 15 July 2020 – 14 July 2022^[13]

61st Air Base Group redesignated 61st Air Base Wing, 20 Jun 2006

Activated, 1 Aug 2006^[14]

• Col Joseph H. Schwarz, 1 Aug 2006 - 22 July 2008^[14]
• Col Anita E. Latin, 22 Jul 2008^[14][15]

No.	Commander		Term			Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Colonel Mia L. Walsh	14 July 2022	29 May 2024	1 year, 320 days	[5]
2		Colonel Andrew C. Dermanoski	29 May 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 143 days	[16]

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983).Air Force Combat Units of World War II(PDF). Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 15 January 2021.
• Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

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