United States Space Forces – Korea

Space Force component field command to the U.S. Forces Korea

United States Space Forces – Korea
USSPACEFOR-KOR emblem
Founded	14 December 2022; 16 months
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Component field command
Role	Space operations
Size	~20 personnel^[1]
Part of	United States Forces Korea United States Space Forces – Indo-Pacific
Headquarters	Osan Air Base, South Korea^[2]
Commanders
Commander	Lt Col Joshua M. McCullion
Deputy Commander	Maj Charles Taylor^[3]
Senior Enlisted Leader	MSgt Shawn L. Stafford^[3]

Military unit

The United States Space Forces – Korea (USSPACEFOR-KOR) is the United States Space Force component field command to the United States Forces Korea. Headquartered in Osan Air Base, South Korea, it plans, coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of the sub-unified command's objectives. It was activated on 14 December 2022.^[4]

History

Director of Space Forces, Seventh Air Force

USSPACEFOR-KOR's presence in the United States Forces Korea traces back to the director of space forces (DIRSPACEFOR) construct before the establishment of the Space Force. When the Space Force was still Air Force Space Command, there would be a space operations officer called the DIRSPACEFOR in every air service component command that would advise the air component commander on matters relating to space operations.^[5] As such, there was a director of space forces assigned to Seventh Air Force.^[6]

List of directors of space forces

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Lt Col Joshua M. McCullion, May 2021 – 14 December 2022

Establishment

USSPACEFOR-KOR was activated on 14 December 2022.^[7]^[8]^[9]

List of commanders

No.	Commander		Term			Ref
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term Length	Ref
1		Lieutenant Colonel Joshua M. McCullion (born c. 1983)	14 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 137 days	^[9]

References

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^ "U.S. is putting a space force unit in Korea". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 27 November 2022.
^ "Engineers in South Korea design U.S. Space Force headquarters 'from scratch'". www.army.mil.
^ ^a ^b https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2023-08-30/space-force-new-command-japan-11211743.html
^ Hadley, Greg (2 November 2022). "Space Force to Establish Components for INDOPACOM, CENTCOM, Korea by End of 2022".
^ Cohen, Rachel (11 August 2021). "Space Force planning for new component in the Middle East alongside AFCENT". Air Force Times.
^ https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/pacaf/publication/afi13-103_pacafsup/afi13-103_pacafsup.pdf
^ Lendon, Brad (14 December 2022). "US Space Force establishes first foreign command in South Korea as threat from North grows". CNN.
^ "US military creates space unit in S. Korea to watch North". AP NEWS. 14 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Space Force activates component field command for U.S. Forces Korea". United States Forces Korea.

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