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  • Col. William Angerman, 50th Network Operations Group commander, hands the 21st Space Operations Squadron guidon to the squadron’s new commander, Lt. Col. Wade McGrew, during the unit’s change of command ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, July 13, 2017. McGrew was preceded by Lt. Col. Philip Verroco. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jason Brown)

    McGrew takes command of Vandenberg GSU

    Col. William Angerman, 50th Network Operations Group commander, hands the 21st Space Operations Squadron guidon to the squadron’s new commander, Lt. Col. Wade McGrew, during the unit’s change of command ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, July 13, 2017. McGrew was preceded by Lt. Col. Philip Verroco. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Jason
  • Lt. Col. Phillip Verroco, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, presents the unit guidon to Maj. Derrick Russell during the 21 SOPS, Detachment 1 change of command ceremony at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Wednesday, June 6, 2017. Russell assumed command of the detachment from Maj. Tyler Westerberg. (Courtesy photo)

    Diego Garcia welcomes new CC

  • Lt. Col. Phillip Verroco, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, gives the detachment flag to Maj. Edmond Chan, Detachment 3 incoming commander, during the Detachment 3 Change of Command Ceremony, Kaena Point, Hawaii, June 9, 2017. Detachment 3 is a component of the 21st Space Operations Squadron, 50th Network Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, and is located on the western tip of Oahu. It is the oldest and one of seven worldwide remote tracking stations in the Air Force Satellite Control Network. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

    Kaena Point welcomes new CC

    21st Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 3,welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony held atop the Waianaemountain range, Hawaii, June 9. Maj. Edmond Chan assumed command of the detachment from Maj.Robert F. Shumaker.  Lt. Col. PhillipVerroco, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, presided over the ceremony. “Three years
  • An aircraft helps extinguish a portion of a fire at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Sept. 20, 2016. Apart from the South Base fire, the North Base had fires burning in separate areas, one of which jeopardized the 21st Space Operations Squadron’s Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility, forcing personnel to evacuate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shane Phipps)

    21 SOPS braves fire

    While Schriever has been fortunate enough to avoid wildfires on base, for one of the base’s geographically separated units, the 21st Space Operations Squadron, things have not fared as well. 21 SOPS personnel faced evacuation and relocation after wildfires threatened the squadron’s Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in late September.
  • A construction company builds a Modernized Earth Terminal at the 21st Space Operations Squadron’s Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility, June 16, 2016. The new system will replace two 38-foot antennas, pedestals and associated equipment with two state-of-the-art antennas and communications equipment. This project is part of continued Air Force Satellite Control Network modernization efforts. (Courtesy photo)

    Onizuka facility receives 1st MET upgrade

    After two years of planning, the Modernized Earth Terminal project broke ground February 2016 at the 21st Space Operations Squadron’s Ellison Onizuka Satellite Operations Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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