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The 45th Space Wing (45 SW) is a wing
Wing (air force unit)

Wing is a term used by different air forces for a unit of command. The terms wing and group are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another, and this may cause confusion....
 of the United States Air Force
United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
 based at Patrick Air Force Base
Patrick Air Force Base

Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
.

History
The 45th trained in anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines....
 in 1941 and flew patrol and search missions off the Atlantic and Gulf
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 coasts as part of First Air Force and later the United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. The direct precursor to the United States Air Force, its peak size was over 2.4 million men and women in service and nearly 80,000 aircraft in 1944, and 783 domestic bases in December 1943....
 (USAAF) Antisubmarine Command until inactivation in late 1942.

Later, the Joint Long Range Proving Ground was organized to maintain and operate the proving ground facilities in coordination and collaboration with other agencies of the national guided missile
Missile

A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet engines. Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used....
 program.






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The 45th Space Wing (45 SW) is a wing
Wing (air force unit)

Wing is a term used by different air forces for a unit of command. The terms wing and group are used for different-sized units from one country or service to another, and this may cause confusion....
 of the United States Air Force
United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
 based at Patrick Air Force Base
Patrick Air Force Base

Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
.

Mission


To assure access to the high frontier and to support global operations
Military operation

This article describes three distinct, but related terms: military operations, Operations as military events, and operational level of war....
.

History


The 45th trained in anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines....
 in 1941 and flew patrol and search missions off the Atlantic and Gulf
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 coasts as part of First Air Force and later the United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. The direct precursor to the United States Air Force, its peak size was over 2.4 million men and women in service and nearly 80,000 aircraft in 1944, and 783 domestic bases in December 1943....
 (USAAF) Antisubmarine Command until inactivation in late 1942.

Later, the Joint Long Range Proving Ground was organized to maintain and operate the proving ground facilities in coordination and collaboration with other agencies of the national guided missile
Missile

A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet engines. Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used....
 program. It provided static and flight testing to meet requirements of Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
, Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, and Air Force research and development
Research and development

The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications [sic]" ...
 programs, including operational experimentation and training. From May 1950 to May 1951 it had separate operating agency status, assigned directly to the United States Air Force. The unit has maintained and operated the Eastern Range and affiliated facilities in support of Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Military of the United States....
 (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 (NASA), US Air Force, and other test and evaluation agencies from 1951 – 1977 and 1979 to the present. It has also operated "Down-Range" facilities at Antigua
Antigua

Antigua is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda....
, Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex, Ascension Island
Ascension Island

Ascension Island is an isolated island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa, and from the coast of South America....
 and at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 from 1951 - 1977 and 1979 to the present (the period between the deactivation of the Air Force Eastern Test Range organization and the founding of the Eastern Space and Missile Center is not considered part of the 45th lineage). After October 1979 it launched DoD payloads into orbit
ORBit

ORBit is a Common Object Request Broker Architecture 2.4 compliant Object Request Broker . It features mature C , C++ and Python bindings, and less developed bindings for Perl, Lisp , Pascal , Ruby , and Tcl....
 and collected flight data for evaluation of ballistic missile
Ballistic missile

A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistics flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead to a predetermined target....
 systems launched from Eastern Launch sites for DoD, NASA, and commercial customers. It has also given support for DoD, NASA, and commercial manned and unmanned space
Outer space

Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace and terrestrial locations....
 programs while providing host-base responsibilities at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

Operations


  • World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....


Previous designations


  • 45th Bombardment Group (1940 – 1964)
  • Joint Long Range Proving Ground (1949 – 1950)
  • Long Range Proving Ground (1950 – 1951)
  • Air Force Missile Test Center (1951 – 1964)
  • Eastern Test Range (1964 – 1977)
  • Eastern Space and Missile Center (1979 – 1991)
  • 45th Space Wing (1991 – Present)


Assignments


Major Command


  • Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (1941 – 1942)
  • Air Force Systems Command
    Air Force Systems Command

    Air Force Systems Command is a former United States Air Force command. Its headquarters was located at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. On July 1, 1992, AFSC and Air Force Logistics Command were merged to form the Air Force Materiel Command, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio....
     (1951 – 1977)
  • Air Force Space Command
    Air Force Space Command

    Air Force Space Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. AFSPC is headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base Colorado. Its current commander is C....
     (1991 – Present)


Numbered Air Force


  • 1st Air Force (1941 – 1942)
  • 14th Air Force (1993 – Present)


Subordinate Organizations


45th Operations Group (45 OG)
  • 45th Space Communications Squadron (45 SCS)
  • 1st Range Operations Squadron (1 ROPS)
  • 45th Range Management Squadron (45 RMS)
  • 45th Weather Squadron (45 WS)
  • 45th Operations Support Squadron (45 OSS)
  • Antigua
    Antigua

    Antigua is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda....
     Air Station (Det. 1, 45 OG)
  • Ascension
    Ascension Island

    Ascension Island is an isolated island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, around from the coast of Africa, and from the coast of South America....
     Auxiliary Air Field (Det. 2, 45 OG)


45th Launch Group (45 LCG)
  • 1st Space Launch Squadron (1 SLS)
  • 5th Space Launch Squadron (5 SLS)
  • 45th Launch Support Squadron (45 LCSS)


45th Mission Support Group (45 MSG)
  • 45th Contracting Squadron (45 CONS)
  • 45th Security Forces Squadron (45 SFS)
  • 45th Mission Support Squadron (45 MSS)
  • 45th Civil Engineering Squadron (45 CES)
  • 45th Logistics Readiness Flight (45 LRF)
  • 45th Services Division
  • Cape Canaveral
    Cape Canaveral

    Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
     Air Force Station (Det. 1, 45 MSG)


45th Medical Group (45 MDG)
  • 45th Medical Operations Squadron (45 MDOS)
  • 45th Aeromedical Dental Squadron (45 ADS)
  • 45th Medical Support Squadron (45 MDSS)


Bases stationed


  • Savannah
    Savannah, Georgia

    Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
     Air Base, Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
     (1941)
  • Grenier Field, New Hampshire
    New Hampshire

    New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
     (1941 – 1942)
  • Dover
    Dover

    Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel....
    , Delaware
    Delaware

    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
     (1942)
  • Miami, Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
     (1942)
  • Patrick Air Force Base
    Patrick Air Force Base

    Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States....
    , Florida (1949 – Present)


Aircraft and Launch Vehicles Operated


  • A-20 Havoc
    Douglas DB-7

    The Douglas Aircraft Company A-20/DB-7 Havoc was a family of United States attack, light bomber and night fighter aircraft of World War II, serving with several Allies of WWII air forces, principally those of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States....
     (1941 – 1942)
  • B-18 Bolo
    B-18 Bolo

    The Douglas B-18 Bolo was a United States Army Air Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force bomber of the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its Douglas DC-2....
     (1941 – 1942)
  • Minotaur I
  • Taurus
    Taurus rocket

    Taurus is a four Multistage rocket, solid rocket launch vehicle built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It is based on the air-launched Pegasus from the same manufacturer....
  • Pegasus
  • Delta II
    Delta II

    Delta II is a space launch system originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and has been in service since 1989....
  • Delta IV
    Delta IV rocket

    Delta IV is an active expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family. Delta IV uses rockets designed by Boeing's Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and built in the United Launch Alliance facility in Decatur, Alabama....
  • Atlas V
    Atlas V

    The Atlas V rocket is an expendable launch vehicle formerly built by Lockheed Martin and now built by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance....
  • Titan IV
    Titan IV

    The Titan IV family of space boosters were used by the U.S. Air Force. They were rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California....
  • Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle


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