4th Space Warning Squadron (4 SWS) activated in August 2019 as a component of the 710th Operations Group located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. As a reserve associate to the 11th Space Warning Squadron, 4 SWS supports Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). SBIRS provides critical information regarding national and theater threats through its primary mission areas of missile warning, battlespace awareness, technical intelligence, and missile defense. System operators enable reliable, unambiguous, timely, and accurate warning for theater and strategic missile launches to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and Combatant Commanders worldwide. 4 SWS members are fully integrated into all aspects of the SBIRS crew force, providing long-term knowledge and proficiency in mission management operations, mission execution, battlespace awareness, ground system operations, and satellite command and control.