Air Force's newest space squadron runs space operations center
Released: May 13, 1998
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Moving a step closer to integrating space into global military operations, 14th Air Force activated its newest squadron, the 614th Space Operations Squadron, here May 8.
Maj. Gen. Gerald F. Perryman Jr., commander of 14th Air Force, stressed the significance the 614th represents in the Air Force space community when he addressed the audience that included vintage World War II Flying Tigers,
"The 614th, operating the Space Operations Center, leads the way as the focal point for bringing Air Force spacepower into America's global military operations," he said.
Major Teresa A. H. Djuric is the commander of the 614th SOPS. The squadron was first initiated as the 614th Space Operations Flight in April 1996, and the Space Operations Center was activated in Nov. 13, 1998.
The SOC gives 14th Air Force the capability of planning, monitoring and assessing the execution of 141 worldwide space units that provide space surveillance, space warning, satellite command and control and space launch capabilities. The SOC also enables the 14th Air Force commander in his role as commander of Air Force space forces, to task space units in support of warfighting around the globe.
"Through the continued excellent efforts of Major Djuric and the 614th, we're making spacepower more readily available to American forces anywhere in the world. The 614th has given us an avenue to normalize space for the military, it gives us the means to bring space forces around the globe into the warfighting arena," said Perryman. (Courtesy of Air Force Space Command News Service)
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