All military operations, from humanitarian to combat, now depend on space. Space operators at a deactivated World War II airstrip taxiway stand ready 24/7 to support these missions.
The 21st Space Operations Squadron Detachment 2 members celebrated 50 years of space operations Sept. 17 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The ceremony lured past members, as well as leaders from its parent unit, the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, to the remote site.
In 1965, Operating Location Number 10 was founded. It supported the Corona Project, a mission where a camera took detailed photographs of large areas of the Earth from orbit. Once the photos were taken, a film cartridge was then dropped back into Earth’s atmosphere for U.S. forces to retrieve.
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