Space Base Delta 2

Space Base Delta 2 (SBD 2) is a unit in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Space_Force/bWlsxC5D">United States Space Force</a>. It is assigned to <a href="/facts/Space_Operations_Command/GGy5aJKt">Space Operations Command</a> and headquartered at <a href="/facts/Buckley_Space_Force_Base/jNUfxjwr">Buckley Space Force Base</a> in <a href="/facts/Aurora%2c_Colorado/p7rMDyGj">Aurora, Colorado</a>, United States.
SBD 2 is responsible for providing installation support functions for the resident air operations, space-based missile warning capabilities, space surveillance operations, and space communications missions at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, <a href="/facts/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station/DkY35kpQ">Cape Cod Space Force Station</a> in Massachusetts, <a href="/facts/Cavalier_Space_Force_Station/j1lYGJFT">Cavalier Space Force Station</a> in North Dakota, and <a href="/facts/Clear_Space_Force_Station/P6IP6mke">Clear Space Force Station</a> in Alaska. It also provides Airmen and Guardians that deploy and are deployed in-place, to accomplish warfighting missions globally.
The delta hosts six major base partners: <a href="/facts/Space_Delta_4/RW0TUCEN">Space Delta 4</a> (Missile Warning Delta), <a href="/facts/140th_Wing/noWQMwfc">140th Wing</a> of the Colorado Air National Guard (COANG); the Denver Navy Reserve Center, the <a href="/facts/Aerospace_Data_Facility-Colorado/lI2eEyXW">Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado</a>, the Army Aviation Support Facility, and the <a href="/facts/Air_Reserve_Personnel_Center/54786Hg4">Air Reserve Personnel Center</a>. 
The garrison and delta traces its heritage to the 2d Space Wing. Constituted on 5 December 1984 and activated on 8 July 1985, the 2d Space Wing was the host wing at Falcon Air Force Station (later Falcon Air Force Base, then Schriever Air Force Base, now <a href="/facts/Schriever_Space_Force_Base/9bdpnacc">Schriever Space Force Base</a>). It took operational control of the <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Satellite_Control_Network/ebGI9DBj">Air Force Satellite Control Network</a> in October 1987. It was inactivated on 30 January 1992 when the <a href="/facts/50th_Space_Wing/TXe9Co3a">50th Space Wing</a> replaced it.
The 2d Space Wing was redesignated as Buckley Garrison on 23 July 2020. and activated on 24 July 2020 (from elements, personnel, and resources of the <a href="/facts/460th_Space_Wing/KIBWGUq9">460th Space Wing</a>). On May 23, 2022 Buckley Garrison was redesignated Space Base Delta 2.
Its current commander is <a href="/facts/Colonel_(United_States)/eva6u8ok">Colonel</a> Heidi L. Dexter.

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Space Base Delta 2