# 460th Operations Support Squadron

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{{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
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| caption  = Squadron emblem
| dates  = 19 August 2004 – 11 March 2022
| country = {{flagu|United States}}
| branch = {{no wrap|{{space force|United States}}}}
| type = [Squadron](/source/Squadron_(aviation))
| role = Operations support
| size = 
| command_structure= [Space Delta 4](/source/Space_Delta_4)
| garrison= [Buckley Space Force Base](/source/Buckley_Space_Force_Base), [Colorado](/source/Colorado), U.S.
| garrison_label= Headquarters
| nickname = 
| motto = 
| website = 
<!-- Commanders -->
| commander1 = 
| commander1_label = Commander
| commander2 = 
| commander2_label = Deputy Commander
| commander3=  
| commander3_label = Superintendent
| notable_commanders=
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| 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](/source/United_States_Space_Force) unit. Assigned to [Space Operations Command](/source/Space_Operations_Command)'s [Space Delta 4](/source/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](/source/Buckley_Space_Force_Base), [Colorado](/source/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 &#124; 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](/source/Space_Delta_4)

== References==
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== External links ==
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