In a ceremony held April 11, 4th Space Operations Squadron members decommissioned the Satellite Mission Control Subsystem and Air Force Command Post Terminal closing the door on a legacy of operations.
“Today we turn the lights off on the command and control system that has been operating the wing’s secured, protected military satellite communication operations for 16 years,” said Lt. Col. Douglas Schiess, 4 SOPS commander.
Through the SMCS, 4 SOPS has been operating the Milstar constellation, the Air Force’s protected SATCOM system that provides warfighters global, secure, survivable, strategic and tactical communication during peacetime and throughout the full spectrum of conflict.
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