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The 64th Cyberspace Squadron (64 CYS) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for conducting defensive cyberspace operations enabling operations in support of Space Delta 4's missile warning mission at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It was formed by redesignating the 62nd Cyberspace Squadron to the 64 CYS on 6 January 2023.[1]

Lineage

  • Constituted 460th Communications Squadron, 26 April 2001[2]
  • Activated on 1 October 2001 at Buckley AFB[3]
  • Redesignated 460th Space Communications Squadron, 19 August 2004[4]
  • Redesignated 460th Communication Squadron, before October 2018[5]
  • Redesignated 460th Cyberspace Squadron, October 2018[6]
  • Redesignated 62nd Cyberspace Squadron, around 2020
  • Redesignated 64th Cyberspace Squadron, 6 January 2023[1]

List of commanders

  • Lt Col Kevin Nyberg, 2007 – 2009
  • Lt Col Delbert Jones, 2009 – 2011
  • Lt Col Kelly Kanapaux, 2011 – 2012[7]
  • Lt Col Hew Wells, 2012 – 17 July 2014[8]
  • Lt Col Christopher A. Kennedy, 17 July 2014 – August 2016[9]
  • Lt Col Erick Welcome, August 2016 – 28 June 2018[10]
  • Lt Col Travis Prater, 28 June 2018 – 2020[11]
  • Lt Col Raymond Brushier, 2020 – 2022[12]
  • Lt Col Scott Roberts, 3 June 2022 – present[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Space Delta 6 activates Cyber Squadrons". Space Base Delta 1.
  2. ^ Department of the Air Force, DAF/XPM 229s, 26 Apr 2001
  3. ^ Department of the Air Force, DAF/XPM 229s, 26 Apr 2001
  4. ^ http://www.15thaf.org/55th_BW/460th_BG/History/PDFs/History.pdf
  5. ^ "First USSF Cyber Defense Team emerges at Buckley". 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ "First USSF Cyber Defense Team emerges at Buckley". 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Detachment 1 460th Space Communications Squadron welcomes new commander".
  8. ^ https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/NEWS/Photos/igphoto/2000832129/
  9. ^ https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/3162899/christopher-kennedy/
  10. ^ https://www.beale.af.mil/Portals/110/Leadership%20Bios/Final%20-%20Col_%20Erick%20Welcome%20Bio.pdf?ver=_eMbAzpnx7yGgxwWkKWCDw%3D%3D
  11. ^ https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002047212/
  12. ^ "About AFCEA". AFCEA International.
  13. ^ "62d Cyberspace Squadron | Change of Command" – via www.youtube.com.

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