50th Operations Support Squadron

U.S. Space Force unit

50th Operations Support Squadron
Squadron emblem
Active	1943–1944; 1992–2022
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Operations support
Part of	Space Delta 8
Headquarters	Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Insignia
Former 50th Operations Support Squadron emblem

Military unit

The 50th Operations Support Squadron (50 OSS) was a United States Space Force unit assigned to Space Operations Command's Space Delta 8. It provided operations support to the delta by leading training, intelligence operations, tactics development. It was headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.^[1]^[2]

The squadron was inactivated on 8 February 2022 prior to the activation of the 8th Combat Training Squadron.^[3]

List of commanders

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2021)

Lt Col Chris D. Crawford, April 2004^[4]
Lt Col William B. Robey, 7 June 2006^[5]
Lt Col Harold Martin, ~2008
Lt Col Theresa Malasavage, 4 June 2010^[6]
Lt Col Jack D. Fulmer II, June 2012^[7]
Lt Col Daniel Burtz, 8 July 2014^[8]
Lt Col Timothy Purcell, August 2015^[9]
Lt Col David Gallagher, 26 June 2017^[10]
Lt Col Alan Burwell, 12 July 2019^[11]
Lt Col John Paek, 8 June 2021 – 8 February 2022^[12]^[3]

References

^ "50th Operations Support Squadron". Schriever Space Force Base.
^ "50th OSS trains warfighters with new course". 15 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Space Delta 8. "8 CTS Activation Ceremony". Facebook.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Chris D. Crawford". LinkedIn.
^ "50th Operations Support Squadron" (PDF). USAF Unit Histories. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ "50th OSS welcomes new commander". Schriever Space Force Base.
^ "COLONEL JACK "Jay" D. FULMER II" (PDF). Space Training and Readiness Command. Retrieved 24 August 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "50 OSS receives new commander". www.schriever.spaceforce.mil.
^ "Timothy Purcell". LinkedIn.
^ "50th Operations Squadron welcomes new CC". DVIDS.
^ "50th Operations Support Squadron gets new commander". DVIDS.
^ "50th OSS receives new commander". Schriever Space Force Base.

External links

Media related to 50th Operations Support Squadron at Wikimedia Commons

United States Space Force

Leadership

Oversight	House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee Senate Committee on Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee

Structure

Field commands	Space Futures Command Space Operations Command Commander Space Systems Command Commander Space Training and Readiness Command Commander
Component Field Commands	United States Space Forces Central United States Space Forces Europe and Africa United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific United States Space Forces Korea United States Space Forces – Space
Deltas	Space Delta 1 Space Delta 2 Space Delta 3 Space Delta 4 Space Delta 5 Space Delta 6 Space Delta 7 Space Delta 8 Space Delta 9 Space Delta 10 Space Delta 11 Space Delta 12 Space Delta 13 Space Delta 15 Space Delta 18 Space Delta 21 Space Delta 23 Space Delta 26 Space Launch Delta 30 Space Launch Delta 45 PNT IMD (P) Space Base Delta 1 Space Base Delta 2 Space Base Delta 3
Squadrons	1st Delta Operations 319th Combat Training 328th Weapons 392d Combat Training 533rd Training 21st Operations Support 15th Space Surveillance 18th Space Defense 19th Space Defense 20th Space Surveillance 3rd Combat Training 4th EW 5th EW 16th EW 23rd EW 2nd Space Warning 3rd satellite Communications 5th Space Warning 6th Space Warning 7th Space Warning 10th Space Warning 11th Space Warning 12th Space Warning 13th Space Warning 55th Combat Training 21st Space Operations 22nd Space Operations 23rd Space Operations 62nd Cyberspace 63rd Cyberspace 64th Cyberspace 65th Cyberspace 68th Cyberspace 69th Cyberspace 645th Cyberspace 71st ISR 72nd ISR 73rd ISR 74th ISR 75th ISR 76th ISR 1st Space Operations 2nd Space Operations 3rd Space Operations 4th Space Operations 10th Space Operations 53rd Space Operations 527th Space Aggressor 1st Test and Evaluation 3rd Test and Evaluation 17th Test and Evaluation 25th Space Range 2nd Space Launch 5th Space Launch 1st Range Operations NSSI
Direct reporting units	Space Development Agency Space Rapid Capabilities Office Space Warfighting Analysis Center

Locations

Space Force Bases	Buckley Los Angeles Patrick Peterson Schriever Vandenberg
Space Bases	Pituffik (Greenland)
Space Force Stations	Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cavalier Cheyenne Mountain Clear Kaena Point New Boston