11th Space Warning Squadron [1th SWS]
The 11th Space Warning Squadron, located at Schriever AFB, CO, was established by Air Force Space Command on January 23, 1994 and activated as an operational squadron on October 1, 1994.
The mission of the 11th SWS is to provide "assured" theater missile warning to warfighters worldwide.
The 11th Space Warning Squadron is one of several ballistic missile warning squadrons belonging to the 21st Space Wing at Peterson AFB, CO. The 11th, and its sister squadrons, form an early warning network of ground-based and space-based sensor systems that provide worldwide continuous surveillance and early warning of intercontinental ballistic missiles, sea-launched ballistic missiles and theater ballistic missiles.
The 11th SWS operates and maintains the Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theater, or ALERT, system. ALERT provides continuous surveillance and early warning of theater missiles and other threats in direct support of theater war fighters worldwide.
The 11th SWS is the first operational unit using technological procedures developed following Desert Storm for the Air Force.
The 11th SWS is tasked with:
- Operating the ALERT tactical missile warning system; and
- Improving missile warning support to theater commanders.
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