The United States Air Force's 2d Command and Control Squadron (2 CACS) was an Air Force Space Command command and control unit located at Falcon AFB (later Schriever AFB), Colorado. The 2 CACS commanded passive surveillance systems supporting USSPACECOM and theater warfighters’ requirements through continuous all-weather, day-night surveillance of on-orbit satellites.[1]
| 2d Command and Control Squadron | |
|---|---|
 2d Command and Control Squadron emblem | |
| Active | 19??-??? |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Part of | Air Force Space Command/21st Space Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | Falcon AFB, Colorado |
| Motto(s) | EYES OF THE TIGER |
| Decorations |  AFOUA |
Mission
editThe 2 CACS was responsible for planning, assessing, and developing execution orders for passive surveillance missions around the world, at locations such as Misawa AB, Japan, Osan AB, Republic of Korea, RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom and RAF Edzell, United Kingdom.[2][3][4]
Information from the sites' Low Altitude Surveillance System (LASS) and Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) were fed to 2 CACS, which was then forwarded onto the space surveillance center at Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado. The center uses this data, along with data from other sensors, to maintain a catalog of man-made objects in space.[5][6]
Assignments
editMajor Command
edit- Air Force Space Command (???- ???)
Previous designations
edit- 2d Command and Control Squadron (???)
Commanders
editBases stationed
edit- Schriever AFB, Colorado (???-???)
Equipment Commanded
edit- Low Altitude Surveillance System (???-???)[9]
- Detachment 1, 3d SSS - Osan AB, Republic of Korea
- 5th SSS - RAF Feltwell, United Kingdom
- 17 SSS - RAF Edzell, United Kingdom
- Deep Space Tracking System (???-???)
Decorations
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ Storming Media: Space Tactics Bulletin, Vol 5, Issue 3, 1998
- ^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
- ^ FAS.org: National Security Space Road Map, Jul 1999
- ^ Globalsecurity.org: 5th Space Surveillance Squadron
- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 December 1996)
- ^ FAS.org: 21st Space Wing Staff Directory, 1995
- ^ Air University Space Primer: Space Surveillance Theory and Network
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-62, 6 December 1999
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-58, 6 December 1999
- ^ AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997