Buckley Space Force Base News https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil Buckley Space Force Base News RSS Feed en-us Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:20:38 GMT Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:01:54 GMT A Dedicated Pioneer: 40 Years of Service to Cape Cod https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3885091/a-dedicated-pioneer-40-years-of-service-to-cape-cod/ In honor of Women's Equality Day , we would like to celebrate Ms. Elizabeth Bernadette VanBuskirk during Women’s who has served at Cape Cod Space Force Station for over 40 years.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2024/Aug/26/2003532826/150/150/0/240426-X-IN642-1498.JPG' alt='woman stands arms crossed in front of space force radar system.' /> <br /> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:20:38 GMT Tech. Sgt. Jordan Thompson https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3885091/a-dedicated-pioneer-40-years-of-service-to-cape-cod/ Mission People OBAC Ribbon Cutting https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3449783/obac-ribbon-cutting/ Members of Team Buckley participated in a ribbon cutting, commemorating the grand opening of the new Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Battlespace Awareness Center on July 5, 2023, in the Mission Control Station at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/06/2003254413/150/150/0/230705-X-AJ766-1043.JPG' alt='Members pose with a ribbon' /> <br /> Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:43:29 GMT Airman 1st Class Aleece Williams https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3449783/obac-ribbon-cutting/ Mission 460th SFS Inducts new Honorary Commander https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3348529/460th-sfs-inducts-new-honorary-commander/ <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2023/Mar/31/2003190936/150/150/0/230330-X-AJ766-1341.JPG' alt='People pose for group photo' /> <br /> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:39:30 GMT Airman 1st Class Aleece Williams https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3348529/460th-sfs-inducts-new-honorary-commander/ Mission Base Partners DEL 15 activates, brings C2 support to NSDC https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3346560/del-15-activates-brings-c2-support-to-nsdc/ Space Operations Command and Joint Task Force-Space Defense officials activated Space Delta 15 during a ceremony here, March 10, 2023.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2023/Mar/13/2003189841/150/150/0/230310-F-WR604-1018.JPG' alt='Three men in uniform unveiling guidon' /> <br /> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:09:00 GMT Ms. Bridget Bonnette https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3346560/del-15-activates-brings-c2-support-to-nsdc/ Mission NEWS Buckley Garrison renamed Space Base Delta 2, 460th MSG inactivated https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3041012/buckley-garrison-renamed-space-base-delta-2-460th-msg-inactivated/ During a historical U.S. Space Force ceremony, the 460th Mission Support Group was inactivated and the installation host, Buckley Garrison, was redesignated as Space Base Delta 2 at the Leadership Development Center on Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, May 23, 2022.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2022/May/23/2003004065/150/150/0/220523-X-YW354-1092.JPG' alt='Col. Marcus Jackson, Space Base Delta 2 commander, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Devall, SBD 2 command chief, and Col. Brian Chellgren, SBD 2 vice commander, stand before a formation after successfully completing a combined unit inactivation and redesignation ceremony on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., May 23, 2022.' /> <br /> Mon, 23 May 2022 22:51:42 GMT Space Base Delta 2 Public Affairs https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3041012/buckley-garrison-renamed-space-base-delta-2-460th-msg-inactivated/ Mission Ceremonies Civilian Guardians: vital assets for DEL 4 mission https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3033278/civilian-guardians-vital-assets-for-del-4-mission/ The space operators at Space Delta 4 hold many faces, backgrounds, and mission sets. Take a look at Robert Breland, DEL 4 technical director, and you’ll find that sometimes the most vital support isn’t in uniform.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2022/May/17/2002999126/150/150/0/220509-F-LQ002-0027.JPG' alt='Robert Breland, the Space Delta 4 technical director, stands in front of several radomes located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., May 9, 2022' /> <br /> Tue, 17 May 2022 16:47:00 GMT Senior Airman Michael Mathews https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/3033278/civilian-guardians-vital-assets-for-del-4-mission/ Mission People USecAF visits Buckley SFB https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2990355/usecaf-visits-buckley-sfb/ The Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones, Under Secretary of the Air Force, experienced firsthand how Space Delta 4 and the Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado remains mission-ready during her visit to the installation April 4, 2022. During her time on Buckley SFB, Jones also met with the base’s outstanding performers and saw how members of Buckley SFB work together seamlessly as an integrated total force war-fighting team. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2022/Apr/05/2002970733/150/150/0/220404-X-UC044-1030.JPG' alt='The Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones, Under Secretary of the Air Force, stands with Space Delta 4 members at the Mission Control Station lobby on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., April 4, 2022.' /> <br /> Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:33:00 GMT Buckley Garrison Public Affairs https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2990355/usecaf-visits-buckley-sfb/ Mission Leadership 460th MSG Airman passes SERE selection https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2980665/460th-msg-airman-passes-sere-selection/ Staff Sgt. Macey Cerny, a Cyber Systems operator from the 460th Mission Support Group Information Technology Flight, recently passed selection for the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training pipeline, with hopes to become one of the very few female SERE specialists in the Air Force. The SERE selection course is a prerequisite course to the training pipeline to become a SERE specialist. The course covers a wide variety of things from classroom work and building shelters, to leadership skills and time management, and integrative rigorous physical training.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2022/Mar/25/2002963787/150/150/0/220308-X-FW870-1034.JPG' alt='Cerny recently passed the SERE selection course and is headed to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to begin her pipeline training this April.' /> <br /> Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:12:00 GMT Airman 1st Class Wyatt Stabler https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2980665/460th-msg-airman-passes-sere-selection/ Mission People Buckley SFB members support Operation Allies Refuge https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2810534/buckley-sfb-members-support-operation-allies-refuge/ Following the evacuation of over 60,000 Afghan refugees, members attached to Buckley Space Force Base and Space Delta 4 are working tirelessly to provide a magnitude of humanitarian efforts in support of Operation Allies Refuge. As the gravity of what was occurring became clearer, volunteers stepped up. The Air Force’s core value of “service before self” is continually demonstrated through the character and dedication of its members. Throughout the summer of 2021, multiple teams took charge of different projects for the operation. <br/> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:44:07 GMT Airman 1st Class Wyatt Stabler https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2810534/buckley-sfb-members-support-operation-allies-refuge/ Mission Volunteer Battling Cancer in Combat Boots https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2593379/battling-cancer-in-combat-boots/ While deployed overseas, brave military members fight every day and night, harder than they have ever had to before, with the thought of returning home to their families constantly running through their minds. Service members look forward to the day they come home to decompress from the combat zone they've grown used to. Little did one deployed captain know, greater battles awaited her return.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/May/03/2002633322/150/150/0/210324-X-YW354-0001.JPG' alt='A depiction of the journey Capt. Kathryn Nay, the 140th Wing executive officer for the Colorado Air National Guard, took after receiving her stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis.' /> <br /> Mon, 03 May 2021 16:54:00 GMT Senior Airman Danielle McBride https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2593379/battling-cancer-in-combat-boots/ Mission People Viewpoints Space Delta 4 Leadership visits 7 SWS https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2588015/space-delta-4-leadership-visits-7-sws/ Space Delta 4 Leadership traveled to Beale Air Force Base, California on March 29, 2021, to visit one of their geographically separated units, 7th Space Warning Squadron and their “Bandits.” <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/28/2002629723/150/150/0/210428-X-AI758-0001.JPG' alt='From left to right, Master Sgt. Nadia Segovia, 7 Space Warning Squadron superintendent; Lt. Col. Blake Hoagland, 7 SWS commander; Chief Master Sgt. Willie Frazier II, Space Delta 4 senior enlisted leader; Col. Richard Bourquin, DEL 4 commander, Lt. Col. Trevor Hollis, DEL 4 deputy commander; Master Sgt. Rebecca Brown, DEL 4 first sergeant; and Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion, 7 SWS director of operations, stand next to 7 SWS&#39;s homage to DEL 4 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., March 29, 2021.' /> <br /> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:14:51 GMT 2nd Lt. Anna Cagle https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2588015/space-delta-4-leadership-visits-7-sws/ Mission Base Partners 7 SWS Guardian leads the way in space systems operations https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2580522/7-sws-guardian-leads-the-way-in-space-systems-operations/ Fast forward six and a half decades, and development of space technology continues to shape the future of our national security. To meet this need for robust space technology development, a first-ever Space Test Fundamentals Course was designed within the world-renowned United States Air Force Test Pilot School, which convened on Jan. 4, 2021. Out of 165 applicants, 15 were selected to attend this inaugural course. Of those 15 students, Space Delta 4 was proud to nominate 1st Lt. Emily Remeta, a mission commander from the 7th Space Warning Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, California. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Apr/26/2002628163/150/150/0/210421-X-AI758-0002.JPG' alt='Remeta attended the first-ever Space Test Fundamentals Course for three months as Space Delta 4&#39;s nominee.' /> <br /> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:42:00 GMT Lt. Col. Blake Hoagland https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2580522/7-sws-guardian-leads-the-way-in-space-systems-operations/ Mission Putting New Heavy Rescue to the Test https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2524363/putting-new-heavy-rescue-to-the-test/ Firefighters from the 460th Civil Engineer Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, are getting a much needed upgrade. They received a new Heavy Rescue truck and soon will have a Heavy Hazardous Materials Response vehicle on the way. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Mar/04/2002593358/150/150/0/210224-X-YW354-0523.JPG' alt='Fire Lt. Isaiah C. Draper, a firefighter with the 460th Civil Engineer Squadron, poses in front of the new Heavy Rescue truck before an auto extraction exercise on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Feb. 24, 2021.' /> <br /> Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:59:00 GMT Senior Airman Danielle McBride https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2524363/putting-new-heavy-rescue-to-the-test/ Mission Coding the future: DEL 4 members selected for Supra Coders course https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2520325/coding-the-future-del-4-members-selected-for-supra-coders-course/ The United States Space Force’s cyber Guardians are trained in more than just their original Air Force Specialty Codes. These warriors are leading the forefront in the cyber warfare domain as they are trained to develop software and code. Out of 400 people, 25 members were selected to attend the “Supra Coders” course, and five of those chosen are assigned to Space Delta 4. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Mar/01/2002591089/150/150/0/210301-F-AI758-0003.JPG' alt='Out of 400 people, 25 members were selected to attend the Supra Coders course and five of those chosen are assigned to Space Delta 4.' /> <br /> Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:22:15 GMT Airman 1st Class Andrew Garavito https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2520325/coding-the-future-del-4-members-selected-for-supra-coders-course/ Mission Buckley Garrison leadership receives COVID-19 vaccine https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2476054/buckley-garrison-leadership-receives-covid-19-vaccine/ <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/19/2002567003/150/150/0/210119-F-SJ897-1057.JPG' alt='Chief Master Sgt. Robert Devall, Buckley Garrison command chief, receives a vaccination for the coronavirus from Airman 1st Class Tia Johnson, 460th Medical Group medical technician, on Buckley Air Force Base. Colo., Jan. 14, 2021. Buckley Garrison leadership received the vaccine to pave the way for the rest of Team Buckley. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haley N. Blevins)' /> <br /> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:32:20 GMT DoD News https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2476054/buckley-garrison-leadership-receives-covid-19-vaccine/ Mission DEL 4 CC commissions into USSF https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2463172/del-4-cc-commissions-into-ussf/ Surrounded by his loved ones and esteemed leaders, Col. Richard Bourquin, Space Delta 4 commander, commissioned into the U.S. Space Force on Jan. 5, 2021.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/05/2002560420/150/150/0/210105-X-DR389-0066.JPG' alt='Col. Richard Bourquin (left), Space Delta 4 commander, is commissioned into the U.S. Space Force by 1st Lt. Sydney Hauver (right), 11th Space Warning Squadron executive officer, during a small ceremony at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Jan. 5, 2021.' /> <br /> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:20:01 GMT Staff Sgt. Jazmin Smith https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2463172/del-4-cc-commissions-into-ussf/ Mission Family Space Delta 4 units: 2 SWS https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2451107/space-delta-4-units-2-sws/ Housed beneath the shadows of Buckley Air Force Base’s radomes, a secure perimeter of steel surrounds space warfighters as they work around the clock to support Combatant Commands across the globe.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/22/2002319803/150/150/0/200617-F-SJ897-1126.JPG' alt='Gen. Jay Raymond, United States Space Force Chief of Space Operations and United States Space Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger A. Towberman, U.S. Space Force senior enlisted advisor and U.S. Space Command senior enlisted leader, pose with members from the 2nd Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., June 17, 2020. Raymond presented an American flag to the missile warning crew on behalf of the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. The missile warning crew provided early warning of the Iranian ballistic missile attack that impacted Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haley N. Blevins)' /> <br /> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:23:58 GMT Airman 1st Class Haley N. Blevins https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2451107/space-delta-4-units-2-sws/ Mission Pioneering Cyberspace Squadron hosts Mission Defense Team Conference https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2357021/pioneering-cyberspace-squadron-hosts-mission-defense-team-conference/ The 62d Cyberspace Squadron hosted a Mission Defense Team Conference at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 10, 2020. The conference was held to collaborate across the Air and Space Force cyberspace communities.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/23/2002503729/150/150/0/200917-F-HF520-0003.JPG' alt='Members from the 62d Cyberspace Squadron pose for a photo outside of building 730 on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Kirchner)' /> <br /> Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:17:35 GMT Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Kirchner https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2357021/pioneering-cyberspace-squadron-hosts-mission-defense-team-conference/ Mission Breaking Events United States Space Force establishes Space Delta 4 https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2286004/united-states-space-force-establishes-space-delta-4/ Col. Richard “Bear” Bourquin assumes command of the newly-formed Space Delta 4, during a virtual ceremony hosted by Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, July 24, continuing the alignment of units within the U.S. Space Force. DEL 4 will operate and support both space and ground-based sensors to provide strategic and theater missile warning to the U.S. and international partners.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/24/2002463955/150/150/0/200724-F-ZZZZZ-1002.JPG' alt='Space Delta 4' /> <br /> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:36:17 GMT Airman 1st Class Haley Blevins https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2286004/united-states-space-force-establishes-space-delta-4/ Mission Buckley is now home to USSF’s Buckley Garrison https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2286063/buckley-is-now-home-to-ussfs-buckley-garrison/ Colonel Devin Pepper inactivated the 460th Space Wing and activated Buckley Garrison, continuing the alignment of units within the USSF. “We are at a very historic moment in our nation’s history with the establishment of the Space Force,” said Col. Devin Pepper. “I am honored to command the men and women of the Buckley Garrison at this singular moment in time, as we shape the operational construct of our command and provide combat capability to United States Space Command and other Combatant Commands around the globe. I am humbled to be a part of the legacy forged by space pioneers such as General Bernard Schriever and Lieutenant General Thomas Moorman.”<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/24/2002464236/150/150/0/200724-F-OE121-0002.JPG' alt='Art' /> <br /> Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:33:00 GMT Airman 1st Class Joshua Crossman https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Article/2286063/buckley-is-now-home-to-ussfs-buckley-garrison/ Mission