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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name= = 11th Space Warning Squadron
| image = [[File:11th Space Warning Squadron.PNG|200px]]
| caption = Emblem of the 11th Space Warning Squadron emblem
| dates = 1994–2002; 2007 – present2007–present
| country= United States = {{USA}}
| branch = {{space force|United States}}
|allegiance=
| type =
|branch= [[United States Air Force]]
|type role = SpaceMissile Warning
| size = 69 members<ref name=SpaceSpies>{{cite web |url= http://gazette.com/air-force-squadron-leaving-colorado-springs-for-new-work-as-space-spies/article/1582100 |last1=Roeder|first1=Tom|title= Air Force squadron leaving Colorado Springs for new work as space spies|date=7 August 2016|work=Colorado Springs Gazette|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>
|role= Combat Support
| command_structure = [[Space Delta 4]]
|size=
| current_commander = Lt Col Amanda Manship
|command_structure= [[AFSPC]]
| garrison = [[Buckley Space Force Base]], Colorado<ref name=SquadronReactivated>{{cite web |title=Space warning squadron reactivated |last=Allen |first=SSG Sanjay |url=http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959 |date=6 December 2007 |publisher=460th Space Wing Public Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527211220/http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |url-status = dead|access-date=18 July 2009}}</ref>
|current_commander= Lt Col Lynn McDonald
| ceremonial_chief =
|garrison= [[Schriever AFB]], [[Colorado]]<ref>{{cite web|title=11th SWS reactivated as Buckley plays host |author=Staff Sgt. Sanjay Allen |url=http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959|work=|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5iQHvw6c0|archivedate=20 July 2009|deadurl=no|accessdate=18 July 2009}}</ref>
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| patron =
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| motto = In The Fight
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|motto= IN THE FIGHT
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| mascot = Knight
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| decorations = [[Air Force Meritorious Unit Award]]<br />[[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]]
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The '''11th Space Warning Squadron''' ('''11 SWS''') is a [[United States AirSpace Force]] [[missile]] warning squadron, located at [[SchrieverBuckley AFBSpace Force Base]], [[Colorado]].
 
==Mission==
The mission of the 11th SWSSpace Warning Squadron is to provide "assured" theater missile warningwarnings to warfighters worldwide.
 
==History==
The 11th[[squadron SWS(aviation)|squadron]] iswas the first operational unit using technological procedures developed following [[Desert Storm]] for the Air Force. Commanders in Saudi Arabia pinpointed a need for more timely and accurate information on incoming short-range ballistic missiles.
 
The technology available was accurate enough, as each SCUD[[Scud]] missile launched by Iraq was detected by [[Defense Support Program]] satellites, but wasn't intended for theater use. Commanders in Saudi Arabia needed information quicker, and with more precise targeting information for anti-missile batteries, such as the Patriot.
 
To meet that need, the Air Force set up a research and development program called TALON SHIELD. The program was tasked to improve and enhance sensor processing from [[Defense Support Program]] ([[Defense Support Program|DSP]]) spacecraft to optimize space-based warning support for theater commanders.
 
The first fruitsfruit of that study is the Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater, or ALERT, system. ALERT uses improved satellite data processing equipment and programs to speed up identifying when missiles anywhere in the world are launched. Improvements to the system have sped up this critical aspect of war fightingwarfighting ten-fold.<ref>{{citeCitation webneeded|urldate=http://www.ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/11sws.htm|title=11thApril SPACE WARNING SQUADRON| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20120325191752/http://www.ranger95.com/airforce/space_warning_sq/11sws.htm | archivedate = 2012-03-25| deadurl=yes2020}} </ref>
 
The TALONTalon SHIELDShield system was declared Operationaloperational, and the 11th Space Warning Squadron Constituted on 26 September 1994. 11th SWSwas activated on 1 October 1994.
 
The 11th SWSsquadron usesused infrared data from the constellation of [[Defense Support Program]] ([[Defense Support Program|DSP]]) satellites to warn deployed troops in the theater of short-range missile launches, as well as significant other events around the globe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959|title=11th SWS reactivated as Buckley plays host|publisher=www.buckley.af.mil|accessdate=28 August 2008|last=Allen|first=Sanjay|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gPPL8XpR|archivedate=29 April 2009|deadurl=no}}</ref> The 11th SWSalso formerly operated and maintained the Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater (ALERT), system., That systemwhich provided continuous surveillance and early warning of theater missiles and other threats in direct support of theater warfighters worldwide. When the Missionmission Controlcontrol Stationstation was completed at [[Buckley AirSpace Force Base]] late in 2001, the 11th SWS was inactivated as part of the transition to the DSPDefense Support Program follow-on, [[SBIRSSpace-Based Infrared System]]., Thethe 11thsquadron SWSmission was reduced, and it was inactivated on 31 December 2002.<ref name=SquadronReactivated/>
 
The 11th was reactivated at [[Schriever Air Force Base]], Colorado, in December 2007. The squadron replaced Detachment 1 of the 460th Operations Group. Its new role is to operate the latest Space-Based Infrared Systems satellite payload, using a new sensor in a highly elliptical orbit to provide an increase in warning time and accuracy.<ref name=SquadronReactivated/>
The 11 SWS was reactivated in 2007. The 460th Operations Group, Detachment 1, stood down and stood up as the 11th Space Warning Squadron on 3 December 2007.<ref>[http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959 Space warning squadron reactivated|publisher=www.buckley.af.mil. Accessed 18 July 2009. [http://www.webcitation.org/5iQHvw6c0 Archived] 20 July 2009.</ref>
 
In August 2016, the Air Force announced plans to relocate the squadron back to Buckley and rename it the '''11th Space Experimentation Squadron'''. The relocated unit will focus on how battlefield commanders can use space-based infrared imagery to find enemies. Although the infrared sensors were designed to detect missile launches, they can detect other heat sources that provide intelligence information. A new system will replace the ground control station the squadron was operating at Schriever.<ref name=SpaceSpies/>
==Assignments==
 
===Major Command=Lineage==
* Constituted as the '''11th Space Warning Squadron''' on 26 September 1994
* [[Air Force Space Command]] (1994–2002; 2007 – present)
: Activated on 1 October 1994
: Inactivated on 31 December 2002<ref name=SquadronReactivated/>
: Activated on 3 December 2007<ref name=SquadronReactivated/>
 
===Wing/GroupAssignments===
* [[21st Operations Group]], 1 October 1994
* [[460th Space Wing]] (3 Dec 2007–present)<ref name="buckley.af.mil">[http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123077959 Buckley AFB Public Affairs: "Space warning squadron reactivated", 6 Dec 2007] {{WebCite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5gPPLRS7r|date =2009-04-30}}</ref>
* [[21st821st Space Wing]]Group, (26c. Sep1 1994October – 31 Dec 2002)1999
* 21st Operations Group, c. 1 October 2001 – 31 Dec 2002
* 460th Operations Group. 3 December 2007 – present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10035|last1=McCune|first1=Christopher|title=Factsheet 460 Operations Group (AFSPC)|date=8 August 2016|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826235816/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10035|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref>
 
===Stations===
==Previous designations==
* Falcon Air Force Base (later [[Schriever Air Force Base]]), Colorado. 1 October 1994 – 31 December 2002
* 11th Space Warning Squadron (1994–2002; 2007–present)
* Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado (2007–2016)<ref>http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959. Accessed 18 July 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110527211220/http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959 Archived] 20 July 2009.</ref>
* Buckley Air Force Base (later [[Buckley Space Force Base]]), Colorado (2016–present)
 
==Bases=Equipment stationedoperated===
* Defense Support Program (1994–2002; 2007–present)
* [[Schriever AFB]], [[Colorado]] (2007 – present)<ref>[http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123077959. Accessed 18 July 2009. [http://www.webcitation.org/5iQHvw6c0 Archived] 20 July 2009.</ref>
* FalconAttack AFBand (laterLaunch [[SchrieverEarly AFB]]),Reporting [[Colorado]]to Theater (1994–2002)
* Space-Based Infrared System (2007–present)
 
==Equipment Operated==
* [[Space Based Infrared System|SBIRS]] (2007–present)
* [[Defense Support Program|DSP]] (1994–2002; 2007–present)
* Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater (ALERT) (1994–2002)
 
==Commanders==
* Lt Col Darrell Herriges, 30 Sep 1994 – 1996<ref>AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 December 1996)</ref>
* Lt Col Thomas Colvin (2013-present)
* Lt Col Suzanne M. Vautrinot, December 1998 – July 2000<ref>Biography of Major General Suzanne M. "Zan" Vautrinot http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8656 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712092808/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8656 |date=12 July 2013 }}</ref>
* Lt Col Lynn McDonald (2011–2013)
* Lt Col Holly Weik, 3 December 2007 – 2009<ref name=SquadronReactivated/>
* Lt. Col. Shawn Fairhurst (2009–2011)<ref>http://www.schriever.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123156673 11 SWS change of command slated for 7 July. Accessed 18 July 2009. [http://www.webcitation.org/5iQHvKLXi Archived] 20 July 2009.</ref>
* Lt. Col. Shawn Fairhurst, 2009–2011<ref>http://www.schriever.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123156673 11 SWS change of command slated for 7 July. Accessed 18 July 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110929153100/http://www.schriever.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123156673 Archived] 20 July 2009.</ref>
* Lt Col Holly Weik (2007–2009)<ref name="buckley.af.mil"/>
* Lt Col Lynn McDonald, 2011–12 June 2013
* Lt Col Darrell Herriges (30 Sep 1994–1996)<ref>AFHRA FOIA Req 09-0061: 21st Space Wing Roster of Key Personnel (as of 31 December 1996)</ref>
* Lt Col Thomas Colvin, 12 June 2013 – 16 June 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/275880/new-commander-helms-11-sws/|title = New commander helms 11 SWS}}</ref>
* Lt Col Suzanne M. Vautrinot (December 1998 – July 2000)<ref>Biography of Major General Suzanne M. "Zan" Vautrinot http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8656 {{Wayback|df=y|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8656|date =20130712092808}}</ref>
* Lt Col Brent Morris, 16 June 2015–<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/735313/11-sws-changes-command/|title=11 SWS changes command}}</ref> 2017
* Lt Col Holly Weik (2007–2009)<ref name="buckley.af.mil"/>
* Lt Col Ethan Mattox, 2017–12 June 2018
* Lt Col Michael Kruk, 12 June 2018 – 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001930897/|title=11 SWS gains new commander}}</ref>
* Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, 2020–20 May 2021<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/15/politics/space-force-lohmeier-fired-after-comments/index.html|title=Space Force commander fired after comments made on conservative podcast|last1=Holmes|first1=Kristen|last2=Starr|first2=Barbara|quote="Since taking command as a commander about 10 months ago..."|date=May 15, 2021|work=CNN|access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>
* Lt Col Michael Hall, 24 September 2021–2023<ref>https://www.facebook.com/USSFSpaceDelta4/videos/2968180050061083/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* Lt Col Amanda Manship, 2023–present{{cn|date=July 2023}}
 
===Decorations and awards===
==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:DSP ALERT ground station.png|DSP ALERT ground station circa 1998
File:11 SWS Operations.jpg|11 SWS Operations, 1998
File:11 SWS Satellite Data Systems Operator.jpg|Satellite Data Systems Operator A1C Mary Colin, at the 11 SWS operations center at Schriever Air Force Base, 2001
File:11 SWS Activation Ceremony.jpg|2007 unit activation ceremony
File:11th SWS changes command 20090707.jpg|Lt Col Shawn Fairhurst takes command, 7 July 2009
File:Col. Clint Crosier, 460th Space Wing commander, Lt. Col. Shawn Fairhurst, 11th Space Warning Squadron commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Ellis, 460th Space Wing command chief, pose with the Gen. Seth J. McKee trophy.jpg|Awarding of the Gen. Seth J. McKee trophy 1 June 2010.
</gallery>
 
==Decorations==
* [[Meritorious Unit Award]]
**: 7 OctOctober 2001–312001 Mar– 31 March 2002<ref>AFHRA FOIA Request 200901085, 4 June 2009</ref>
* [[Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] [[File:Outstanding Unit ribbon.svg]]
: 1 October 1995 – 30 September 1997<ref>AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997</ref>
** 1 Jan 2000 – 31_Aug 2001
**: 1 JanJanuary 1999 – 31 DecDecember 1999
: 1 January 2000 – 31_August 2001
** 1 Oct 1995 – 30 Sep 1997<ref>AFSPC Special Order GA-09, 1 November 1997</ref>
 
==Awards==
 
The 11th Space Warning Squadron was awarded the Gen. Seth J. McKee Award for Bestbest Space Warning Squadronspace duringwarning thesquadron 2009, Air Force Space Command Space Operations Awards on 1 June 2010.2018<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123208973 |last1=Musal |first1=SRA Stephen |title=11th SWS takes home Gen. Seth McKee award] {{Wayback|dfdate=y11 June 2010 |publisher=460 Space Wing Public Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030115737/http://www.buckleyafhra.af.mil/newsfactsheets/storyfactsheet.asp?id=12320897310131 |archive-date=30 October 2012 |access-date=2012032202445910 August 2016 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.buckley.af.mil Buckley AFB: 460th Space Wing Official Homepage]
 
{{United States Space Force}}
{{USAF Space Command}}
 
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