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The Space Development and Test Wing is a unit of the Space Command of the United States Air Force. The wing is located at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The wing is commanded by Col. Kevin McLaughlin, who is also director of the Operationally Responsive Space Office.[1]

History

The Space Development and Test Wing was activated 2006-08-01. Prior to that, Detachment 12 of the Space and Missile Systems Center had been activated at Kirtland AFB 2001-06-29, taking responsibility for research, developmental test and evaluation organizations that had been collocated at Kirtland AFB alongside the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips site.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rupp, Sheila. "Operationally Responsive Space". USAF.
  2. ^ "Space Development and Test Wing Fact Sheet". USAF.

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