| Military organization | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Typical units | Typical numbers | Typical commander |
| fireteam | 3–4 | corporal |
| squad/ section |
8–12 | sergeant |
| platoon | 15–30 | lieutenant |
| company | 80–150 | captain/major |
| battalion/ cohort |
300–800 | lieutenant colonel |
| regiment/ brigade/ legion Space Delta |
2,000–5,000 | colonel/ brigadier general |
| division | 10,000–15,000 | major general |
| corps | 20,000–40,000 | lieutenant general |
| field army | 80,000+ | general |
| army group | 2+ field armies | field marshal/ five-star general |
| region/ theater |
4+ army groups | Six-star rank/Head of state |
A Space Delta, normally abbreviated as DEL, is a OF-5 command of the United States Space Force created in 2020 following a full reorganisation of that branch.[1]
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In terms of organisation and leadership, a delta can be compared to the Air Force's wing, commanded by a Colonel.[2][3][4][5]
Because the US Space Force only recently became operational, deltas do not have a standard organisation. However, they all have one or more space squadrons and a headquarters.[3][5]
As apposed to wings in the Air Force, deltas are specially trained in one field and focus on that, as apposed to wings which can change and react accordingly to what is needed. This means certain deltas are specialised in fields where other deltas might not have a full understanding in.[3][5]
Examples[]
There are currently 10 deltas within the US Space Force, all commanded by Colonels, they include:[1][2][3][6]
- Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional), HQ at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 2 (Space Domain Awareness), HQ at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 3 (Space Electronic Warfare), HQ at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 4 (Missile Warning), HQ at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 5 (Command and Control), HQ at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- Space Delta 6 (Cyberspace Operations), HQ at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 7 (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)), HQ at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 8 (Satellite Communications/Navigation Warfare), HQ at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
- Space Delta 9 (Orbital Warfare), HQ at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Space Operations Command Space Mission Deltas". https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/Portals/4/Images/201110-F-EX988-0001.jpg.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leadership". https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Leadership.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Space Force reorganizes former Air Force space wings into "Deltas" and "Garrisons"" (in en-US). 2020-07-24. https://dev.spacenews.com/space-force-reorganizes-former-air-force-space-wings-into-deltas-and-garrisons/.
- ↑ "Cape Canaveral's Air Force launch wing to become a space delta" (in en-US). 2020-08-26. https://dev.spacenews.com/cape-canaverals-air-force-launch-wing-about-to-become-a-space-delta/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Space Force begins transition into field organizational structure" (in en-US). https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2287005/space-force-begins-transition-into-field-organizational-structure.
- ↑ "Home". https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/.
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.
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