Space Development and Test Wing

Space Development and Test Wing
Emblem of the SDTW
Active	August 2006-present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Type	Space system test and evaluation
Size	219 military 345 contractor
Part of	Air Force Space Command
Garrison/HQ	Kirtland Air Force Base
Decorations	AFOEA
Commanders
Commander	Col Burke E. Wilson

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.

History

The Space Development and Test Wing was activated 1 August 2006. Prior to that, Detachment 12 of the Space and Missile Systems Center had been activated at Kirtland AFB 29 June 2001, taking responsibility for research, developmental test and evaluation organizations that had been co-located at Kirtland AFB alongside the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates.

Units

The Space Development and Test Wing is divided into two Groups, the Space Development Group and the Space Test Group.

• Space Development Group
  • Responsive Space Squadron
  • Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division
  • Human Spaceflight Payloads Division - Houston, TX

• Space Test Group
  • Space Test Squadron
    • SOC 96 - Schriever AFB
    • SOC 97 - Kirtland AFB
  • Space Test Operations Squadron
  • Launch Test Squadron

References

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: http://www.kirtland.af.mil

See also

• Space Test Program
• Space and Missile Systems Center
• C/NOFS