111th Space Operations Squadron

Arizona Air National Guard unit June 2015 December 2019 111th Space Operations Squadron 60px|center 111th Space Operations Squadron.png 111th Space Operations Squadron emblem 2003 – present Arizona 25px  Air National Guard Space operations 27 Arizona Air National Guard Lt Col Patty TuttleSinger Jeremy Pentagon Eyes High-Altitude Balloons for Emergency Communications System http://www.space.com/4079-pentagon-eyes-high-altitude-balloons-emergency-communications-system.html 21 December 2016 Space.com 18 July 2007 Sky Harbor International Airport, ArizonaAirman Magazine: Guard’s mission expands into space" Eyes of the Eagle The United States Air Force's 111th Space Operations Squadron is an Air National Guard space communications unit located at Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona. The squadron is the military's first unit to operate free-floating balloons in the near space environment.Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs Annual Report 2006-07 Previous designations 111th Space Operations Squadron (2003 – present) Det 2, Arizona Air National Guard (???)http://www.azguard.gov/hqang/Arizona_Air_National_Guard_Hqs.htm Arizona Air National Guard Headquarters and Units Arizona Air National Guard https://web.archive.org/web/20080322013403/http://www.azguard.gov/hqang/Arizona_Air_National_Guard_Hqs.htm 22 March 2008 21 November 2016 Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. 1-85780-197-0 Bases stationed Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona (2003 – present) Equipment Operated Combat SkySat balloons (2003 – present)http://www.spacedata.net/news090905.htm Military testing balloons as communications option Morse Joni 9 September 2005 Space Data RCR Wireless News https://archive.today/20120911180713/http://www.spacedata.net/news090905.htm 11 September 2012 21 December 2016 dead World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. 1-880588-01-3 References 30em External links Arizona Air National Guard Category:Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Category:Military units and formations in Arizona Space Operations 0111 Category:Military units and formations established in 2003