Showing posts with label ORGANIZATION AND MISSION OF U.S. SPACE COMMAND. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ORGANIZATION AND MISSION OF U.S. SPACE COMMAND. Show all posts

Thursday, August 16, 2012

U.S. AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND'S CHANGE IN MISSION 2001

The Jan. 1, 2001 release of the Congressionally-chartered Space Commission report set the stage for significant organizational and mission changes for AFSPC. (Courtesy of Department of Defense/dod.gov)
FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AFSPC Milestone: Space commission report released


8/15/2012 - Peterson AFB, Colo. -- As Air Force Space Command approaches its 30th Anniversary on 1 Sep, here is a significant milestone from the command's history...


On 11 January 2001, the release of the Congressionally-chartered Space Commission report set the stage for significant organizational and mission changes for AFSPC.


Recommendations from the report led to AFSPC becoming a four-star Air Force command and its commander no longer triple-hatted with U.S. Space Command and NORAD, allowing AFSPC commanders the ability to focus their time and energy on organizing, training, and equipping U.S. Air Force space forces. In addition, the Space and Missile Systems Center was transferred from AFMC to AFSPC, bringing to the command responsibility for the development and acquisition of space and missile systems, thus merging operations and acquisitions functions within a single organization.

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