Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)

The Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) (STAR Delta (P)) is a delta of the United States Space Force and headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base. Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) is be responsible for the training and education of space professionals, as well as the development of space warfighting doctrine and will serve as the precursor to the Space Training and Readiness Command.[2]

STAR Delta (Provisional)'s first Space Flag exercise.[3]

Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)
Emblem of the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional)
Founded	24 July 2020
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Type	Delta
Role	Space training and readiness
Part of	Space Operations Command
Headquarters	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Motto(s)	Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum "If you want peace, prepare for war"[1]
Commanders
Commander	Col Peter J. Flores
Senior enlisted leader	CMSgt Tina Timmerman

Announced as part of the U.S. Space Force's structure on 30 June 2020, STARCOM will activate in 2021. In the interim period, the Space Training and Readiness Delta was activated on 24 July 2020 to provide oversight of Space Force education, training, and operational test and evaluation units. STARCOM will be led by a major general, while the STAR Delta is led by a colonel.[2][4]

Structure

Name		Function	Headquarters	Spacecraft	Detachments
Squadrons
	3rd Space Experimentation Squadron	Space-based demonstration and experimentation[5]	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado	Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Augmented Geosynchronous Laboratory Experiment Mycroft Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle[6]	Operating Location: Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico[7]
	17th Test Squadron	Operational test[8]	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	25th Space Range Squadron	Space Test and Training Range management[9]	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	319th Combat Training Squadron	Advanced space operations training	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
	328th Weapons Squadron	Space Force Weapons School	Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
	527th Space Aggressor Squadron	Aggressor squadron	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	533rd Training Squadron	Undergraduate space training	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
	Detachment 1, United States Air Force Warfare Center	Space Force Warfare Center	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	Operating Location Alpha, 705th Combat Training Squadron	Military simulations and exercises	Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado
	Detachment 4, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	Operational test and evaluation	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
	National Security Space Institute	Military space education	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
	Forrest L. Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy	Enlisted professional military education	Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

Commander

No.	Commander		Term			Superintendent
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Colonel Peter J. Flores	24 July 2020	Incumbent	194 days	Chief Master Sergeant Tina Timmerman

See also

• United States Air Force Academy
• Air Education and Training Command
• United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command
• Naval Education and Training Command

References

1. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2426219/star-delta-provisional/
2. "USSF field command structure reduces command layers, focuses on space warfighter needs". United States Space Force.
3. https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2321531/space-flag-the-premier-exercise-for-training-space-forces-successfully-conclude/
4. "Space Force Finalizes Organizational Changes". 30 June 2020.
5. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/734833/3rd-space-experimentation-squadron/
6. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/734833/3rd-space-experimentation-squadron/
7. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/734833/3rd-space-experimentation-squadron/
8. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1553598/17th-test-squadron/
9. https://www.schriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1553598/17th-test-squadron/