Description

310th Space Wing Patch – Plastic Backing

A 4.”W x 3.95″H squadron patch of the 310th Space Wing with plastic backing.

The 310th Space Wing is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.

The 310th SW is mission partnered with the United States Space Force’s 21st Space Wing, 30th Space Wing, and 460th Space Wing.

Overview
The 310 SW is the only space wing in the Air Force Reserve. It provides specialized expertise, continuity and combat ready personnel, projecting space power for U.S. interests worldwide.

The 310th has a long and rich heritage dating back to World War II, when it began as the 310th Bombardment Group on 15 March 1942, flying North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers. In October 1942, the 310th was the first 12th Air Force group sent overseas, initially to England and then to French Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, France, and Italy where the highly decorated unit participated in the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign.[3] The 310th Bombardment Group was inactivated in September 1945.

The 310th Bombardment Wing was reactivated in 1952 as part of Strategic Air Command. It trained on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress before converting to the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. It was inactivated in June 1965 with the phaseout of the B-47 from the U.S. Air Force inventory.

The 310th became part of Air Force Space Command in 1991 when the 310th Training and Test Wing was activated for a short time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.; the 310th designator was again activated with the stand up of the 310th Space Group on 4 September 1997. The 310th Space Group was re-designated the 310th Space Wing on 7 March 2008.

The 310th Space Wing is commanded by Colonel Traci L. Kueker-Murphy. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Imelda B. Johnson.

Subordinate units
The wing is composed of the 310th Operations Group, 710th Operations Group, and 310th Mission Support Group, that support various military and other government organizations including, but not limited to, the Department of Commerce, United States Space Force, Space Operations Command, 50th Space Wing, 21st Space Wing, and 460th Space Wing.

310th Operations Group
6th Space Operations Squadron (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program backup for NOAA)
7th Space Operations Squadron (associate unit to 1st Space Operations Squadron)
9th Combat Operations Squadron (supports the Fourteenth Air Force Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base)
19th Space Operations Squadron (associate unit to 2 SOPS)
310th Operations Support Squadron (provides operations support and applicable program oversight to the space operations squadrons)
710th Operations Group
380th Space Control Squadron (associate unit to 16th Space Control Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base)[5] 8th Space Warning Squadron (operates Space-Based Infrared System at Buckley Air Force Base)
Detachment 1 8th Space Warning Squadron
310th Mission Support Group
310th Security Forces Squadron
710th Security Forces Squadron
310th Force Support Squadron
310th Communications Flight (associate unit to 561st Network Operations Squadron (INOSC West) at Peterson Air Force Base)[6] Reserve National Security Space Institute (associate unit to the NSSI)