111th Space Operations Squadron

Arizona Air National Guard unit

111th Space Operations Squadron
111th Space Operations Squadron emblem
Active	2003 – present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Arizona
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Space Operations
Role	Communications
Size	27
Part of	Air Force Space Command
Garrison/HQ	Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona^[1]
Motto(s)	EYES OF THE EAGLE
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Patty Tuttle^[2]

Military unit

The United States Air Force's 111th Space Operations Squadron (111 SOPS) is an Air National Guard space communications unit located at Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona. 111 SOPS is the military's first unit to operate free-floating balloons in the near space environment.^[3]

Previous designations

111th Space Operations Squadron (2003 – present)
Det 2, Arizona Air National Guard (???)^[4]

^[5]

Bases stationed

Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona (2003 – present)

Equipment Operated

Combat SkySat balloons (2003 – present)^[6]^[7]

References

^ Airman Magazine: Guard’s mission expands into space"
^ Singer, Jeremy (18 July 2007). "Pentagon Eyes High-Altitude Balloons for Emergency Communications System". Space.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs Annual Report 2006-07
^ "Arizona Air National Guard Headquarters and Units". Arizona Air National Guard. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
^ Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0
^ Morse, Joni (9 September 2005). "Military testing balloons as communications option". Space Data. RCR Wireless News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^ World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

External links

Arizona Air National Guard

Space Operations Command

Air Forces

Fourteenth (Strategic)

Centers

Bases

Stations

Cape Canaveral
Cape Cod
Cavalier
Cheyenne Mountain
Clear
Eldorado (closed)
Kaena Point
New Boston
Onizuka (closed)

Space wings

Air Base groups

61st
821st Air Base Group

Squadrons

Command and Control	1st 2d 3d 4th 55th Mobile 119th 153d 222d 721st Mobile
Space Control	1st 4th 16th 20th 25th 76th 380th
Space Launch	1st 2nd 3d Space Launch Squadron 4th 5th
Space Operations	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 19th 21st 22d 23d 111th 148th AFSPC
Space Warning	2nd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 137th 213th
Others	26th Space Aggressor (AFRC) 527th Space Aggressor (ACC) 3d Space Communications 50th Space Communications 850th Space Communications 1st Space Development Squadron 2d Space Development Squadron 3d Space Development Squadron 3rd Space Experimentation 1st Space Surveillance 3d Space Surveillance 5th Space Surveillance 1st Air and Space Test 2d Test Operations Squadron 3d Space Test Squadron 4th Space Test Squadron 55th Space Weather

Air National Guard

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Centers	Air National Guard Readiness ANG AFRC Test ANG Weather Readiness I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education

Wings and Groups

Wings

Composite	108th 113th 118th 119th 127th 140th 154th 175th 176th 178th 188th
Air Control	116th
Airlift	103d 105th 107th 109th 120th 123d 130th 133d 136th 139th 143d 145th 146th 152d 153d 156th 164th 165th 166th 167th 172d 179th 182d 189th
Air Refueling	101st 117th 121st 126th 128th 134th 137th 141st 151st 155th 157th 161st 168th 171st 185th 186th 190th
Attack	110th 174th
Bomb	131st
Fighter	52d* 53d* 54th* 55th* 60th* 61st* 62d* 63d* 66th* 67th* 71st* 86th* 104th 106th* 111th 114th 115th 122d 124th 125th 132d 138th 142d 144th 148th 149th 150th 159th 162d 169th 173d 177th 180th 183d 187th 192d
Intelligence	102d 181st 184th
Reconnaissance	147th 163d
Regional Support	194th
Rescue	106th 129th
Special Operations	150th 193d

Groups

Composite	170th
Airlift	135th*
Air Operations	102d 152d 157th
Air Refueling	112th* 127th 160th*
Combat Communications	162d 163d 201st 226th 252d 254th 281st*
Cyberspace Engineering Installation	251st 253d
Operations	140th
Reconnaissance	214th

Squadrons

Flying

Air Command and Control	128th
Airlift	109th 115th 118th 130th 135th* 137th 139th 142d 143d 144th 155th 156th 158th 164th 165th 167th 169th 180th 181st 183d 186th 187th 189th* 192d 198th* 200th 201st 204th 249th
Air Refueling	106th 108th 116th 117th 126th 132d 133d 141st 145th* 146th 147th 151st 153d 166th 168th 171st 173d 174th 191st 197th 203d
Attack	103d 105th 111th 124th 136th 138th 160th 162d 172d 178th 184th 196th 214th
Bomb	110th
Fighter	100th 104th 107th 112th 114th 119th 120th 121st 122d 123d 125th 131st 134th 148th 149th 152d 157th 159th 163d 170th* 175th 176th 179th 182d 190th 194th 195th 199th
Rescue	101st 102d 103d 129th 130th 131st 188th 210th 211th 212th
Special Operations	150th 185th 193d
Training	154th

Non-Flying

Air Control	103d 109th 116th 117th 123d 128th 133d 134th 141st 176th 255th
Air Operations	112th
Air Support	113th ASOS 172d
Air Traffic Control	243rd 245th 270th
Civil Engineering	285th Civil Engineering Squadron
Combat Communications	143d 147th 149th 206th 221st 222d 223d 225th 228th 231st 232d 234th 236th 239th 240th 242d 244th 256th 261st 262d 263d 264th 265th 267th 269th 271st 272d 280th 282d 283d 291st 292d 293d
Command and Control	119th 127th 153d 222d
Engineering Installation	130th 202d 205th 210th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 217th 218th 219th 220th 241st 243d 270th 272d
Force Support	187th
Information Warfare Aggressor	177th
Intelligence	101st 117th 123d 152d 161st 194th 234th
Joint Communications Support	224th 290th
Logistics Readiness	187th
RED HORSE	202d 203d 819th
Security Forces	187th
Space Control	114th
Space Operations	111th 148th
Space Warning	137th 213th
Special Operations Communications	193d 280th
Special Tactics	125th
Asterisk (*) denotes an inactive unit

United States Air Force

Leadership

Structure

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations
Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy
Major commands	ACC AETC AFGSC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AMC PACAF USAFE–AFAFRICA
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