460th Operations Support Squadron

{{short description|U.S. Space Force unit}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use American English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 460th Operations Support Squadron | image = 460th Operations Support Squadron emblem.png | image_size = | caption = Squadron emblem | dates = 19 August 2004 – 11 March 2022 | country = {{flagu|United States}} | branch = {{no wrap|{{space force|United States}}}} | type = Squadron | role = Operations support | size = | command_structure= Space Delta 4 | garrison= Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S. | garrison_label= Headquarters | nickname = | motto = | website =  | commander1 = | commander1_label = Commander | commander2 = | commander2_label = Deputy Commander | commander3= | commander3_label = Superintendent | notable_commanders=  | identification_symbol = center|140px | identification_symbol_label = Former 21st Operations Support Squadron emblem }} The '''460th Operations Support Squadron''' ('''460 OSS''') was a United States Space Force unit. Assigned to Space Operations Command's Space Delta 4, it provided operational training and certification of all space professional assigned to the delta. It was headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/2567658/460th-operations-support-squadron/|title=460TH OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON|website=Buckley Space Force Base}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/2529136/460-operations-support-squadron-ussf/|title=460 Operations Support Squadron (USSF)|website=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6337083/460th-operation-support-squadron-joins-space-force|title=460th Operation Support Squadron joins Space Force|website=DVIDS}}</ref>

On 11 March 2022, the squadron was inactivated with its mission absorbed by the delta's staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2964555/460th-oss-inactivation-del-4-s-staff-assumes-responsibility/|title=460th OSS Inactivation; DEL 4 S-Staff Assumes Responsibility|date=11 March 2022 }}</ref>

== List of commanders == {{incomplete list|date=September 2021}} * Lt Col Robert B. Riegel, July 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buckley.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1245513/colonel-robert-b-riegel/ |title=COLONEL ROBERT B. RIEGEL > Buckley Air Force Base > Display |website=www.buckley.af.mil |access-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707194810/http://www.buckley.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1245513/colonel-robert-b-riegel/ |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Lt Col Timothy J. Bos, July 2014 – July 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peterson.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/1921198/colonel-timothy-j-bos/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125162417/https://www.peterson.af.mil/About/Biographies/Display/Article/1921198/colonel-timothy-j-bos/|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2020|title = Peterson-Schriever Garrison | USSF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/732822/cyber-security-everyones-responsibility/|title=Cyber security: Everyone|website=www.buckley.spaceforce.mil|date=26 September 2014 }}</ref> * Lt Col Paul Freeman, June 2016 – 28 June 2018<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-okie-freeman</ref> * Lt Col Jason M. McCandless, 28 June 2018 – July 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001938284/|title=Team Buckley welcomes new 460 OSS commander|website=www.buckley.spaceforce.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2481665/lt-col-jason-mccandless/|title=LT. COL. JASON McCANDLESS|website=www.buckley.spaceforce.mil}}</ref> * Lt Col Carrie Zederkof, ~July 2020 – July 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/376925/space-delta-4-leadership-visits-cavalier-afs|title=Space Delta 4 leadership visits Cavalier AFS|website=DVIDS}}</ref>

== See also == * Space Delta 4

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