Lineage

Constituted 12th Missile Warning Squadron, and activated, on 1 Nov 1966. Organized on 1 Jan 1967. Redesignated: 12th Missile Warning Group on 31 Mar 1977; 12th Missile Warning Squadron on 15 Jun 1983; 12th Missile Warning Group on 1 Oct 1989; 12th Space Warning Squadron on 15 May 1992.

Assignments

Air Defense Command, 1 Nov 1966; 71st Missile Warning Wing, 1 Jan 1967; Fourteenth Aerospace Force, 30 Apr 1971; 21st Air Division, 1 Oct 1976; Aerospace Defense Command, 1 Oct 1979; 40th Air Division, 1 Dec 1979; 1st Space Wing, 1 May 1983; 21st Operations Group, 15 May 1992; 21st Space Wing, 8 Jun 1995-.

Stations

Thule AB, Greenland, 1 Jan 1967-.

Aircraft

None.

Operations

Operated radar to detect ballistic missile attack against US and Southern Canada, and tracked space objects in earth orbit, 1967 to present.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jun 1968-31 May 1970; 1 Jul 1971- 30 Jun 1972; 1 May 1983-30 Apr 1984.

Emblem

Azure, a demi globe issuant from base Celeste gridlined of the first enfiling an orbit ring to dexter palewise charged at its apex with a pole star Or and supporting an arctic fox sejant Argent in sinister a flight symbol ascending bendwise of the like; all within a diminished bordure Yellow. MOTTO: TOP OF THE WORLD. Approved on 8 Jun 1995; replaced emblems approved on 21 Jun 1990 (DFSC 91-02985) and 6 Sep 1967 (KE 64122).