Space Delta 7

Space Delta 7
Emblem of Space Delta 7
Founded	24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Delta
Role	Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Part of	Space Operations Command
Headquarters	Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Website	www.peterson.spaceforce.mil/Units/Space-Delta-7/
Commanders
Commander	Col Brett T. Swigert
Vice Commander	Lt Col Erik Schwarz
Superintendent	CMSgt Thomas S. Drake
Insignia
Guidon

Space Delta 7 (DEL 7) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) for the United States Space Force. The delta provides actionable and time-sensitive intelligence for space domain operations including detection, characterization and targeting of adversary space capabilities. The unit employs a variety of fixed and mobile sensors across the globe operated by intelligence professionals to enable its mission to gain and maintain information dominance in the space domain in the execution of National Defense Strategy priorities. It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base.

History

Delta 7 was activated on 24 July 2020 with the redesignation of the United States Air Force's 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group. On 3 September 2020, the delta activated the 73rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron after the inactivation of the 18th Intelligence Squadron. It gained two additional squadrons on 11 September 2020 with the activation of the 71st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron and 72nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron.

Col. Chandler Atwood speaks at the standup of ISRS 71 and 72 on September 11, 2020.

On 8 January 2021, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe designated the "Space Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance enterprise" the 18th member of the United States Intelligence Community.

Emblem

The Space Delta 7 emblem contains the 7 stars of the constellation Ursa Major (Latin for "Great Bear), also often called "The Big Dipper" or "The Plough", at the bottom. A bear holding a key is in the center. A key often symbolizes cryptography or intelligence collection in US military heraldry. The star at the top of the emblem is Polaris, the current North star, which can be found by extending an imaginary line from 2 of the stars in The Big Dipper.^{[citation needed]}

Structure

Space Delta 7 is composed of the three following squadrons. It also plans to add three new squadrons: a threat analysis squadron; a targeting squadron; and a processing, exploitation, and dissemination squadron.

Squadrons
Emblem	Name	Function	Headquarters	Detachments
	71st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron	Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support to space mission deltas	Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado	Detachment 1: Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado 5 other detachments
	72nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron	Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance	Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado	3 detachments
	73rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron	Global ISR operations to support the research, development and acquisition of future space capabilities.	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio	Detachment 2: Osan Air Base, Korea Detachment 4: RAF Feltwell, UK Detachment 6: Fort Meade, Maryland

Commander

No.	Commander		Term			Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Atwood, Chandler P.Colonel Chandler P. Atwood	24 July 2020	7 May 2022	1 year, 287 days
2		Swigert, Chandler P.Colonel Brett T. Swigert	7 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 242 days

See also

• National Air and Space Intelligence Center
• United States Space Force
• Space Force Intelligence Activity

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.