The Space Force stood up the 5th Space Warning Squadron and its Detachment 4 in Japan to oversee active/passive defense and attack operations for JTAGS, a new mission taken on from the Army.
The Space Force assumed official control of the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) missile warning system from the Army on Oct. 1, one of the final milestones in the Space Force’s consolidation of many space missions across the services.
Space Delta 4, the Space Force unit responsible for missile tracking and warning, is slated to take over a key system from the Army in October, its commander said March 6. The Joint Tactical Ground Stations, or JTAGS, are currently used by the Army to receive, ...