1st Test and Evaluation Squadron

Evaluate relevant command and control systems and plans for Space Operations Command, integrating continuously improving joint-combat capability to space warfighters and commanders. ==History==

World War II The squadron was established by Headquarters, United States Army Air Corps in early 1940 as the 1st Photographic Squadron. The squadron's mission was to provide complete service launch and test operations for current and future space launch vehicles, targets, interceptors and experimental space systems. Space Command and Control Test Upon its creation, the United States Space Force was assigned the cornerstone responsibility of "preserving freedom of action" in space. This required the creation of new capabilities to protect and defend the domain. This included, for the first time, a need to laterally integrate diverse and disparate space and ground systems into combined arms teams. In response to this need, the Command and Control Enterprise Test Team (C2ETT) was established at Peterson AFB in December, 2020 to begin testing a new generation of command and control and space battle management systems for Guardians. In August 2021, following the activation of Space Training and Readiness Command and Delta 12, the 1st Test and Evaluation Squadron was activated. Initially, 1 TES absorbed the activities of the C2ETT and integrated two detachments of the former 17th Test Squadron, aligning more than 10 space command and control systems under test under a single commander for the first time. 1 TES now conducts command and control and enterprise test activities from its main location at Schriever SFB, Colorado, Detachment 1 at Vandenberg SFB, California, and Detachment 2, Cheyenne Mountain SFS, Colorado. ==Lineage==

; 1st Photographic Squadron • Constituted as the 1st Photographic Squadron on 22 December 1939 : Activated on 1 February 1940 : Redesignated 1st Mapping Squadron on 13 January 1942 : Redesignated 1st Photographic Mapping Squadron on 9 June 1942 : Redesignated 1st Photographic Charting Squadron on 11 August 1943 : Redesignated 1st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Heavy on 10 November 1944 : Redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic-RCM on 4 October 1945 : Redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic on 13 November 1945 : Inactivated on 10 March 1947 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948 : Reconstituted and consolidated with the 1st Test Squadron on 19 September 1985 ;1st Test and Evaluation Squadron • Activated on 27 August 2021 Assignments • Office of Chief of Air Corps, 1 February 1940 • 1st Photographic Group (later 1st Mapping Group, 1st Photographic Charting Group), 10 June 1941 • 11th Photographic Group, 1 December 1943 • 311th Photographic Wing, 5 October 1944 • Second Air Force, 10 November 1944 (attached to Eighth Air Force, c. 9 September 1945) • 311th Reconnaissance Wing, 4 October 1945 (attached to United States Army Strategic Air Forces (Pacific) 4 October 1945, Far East Air Forces 21 November 1945, VII Bomber Command 10 December 1945, Eighth Air Force March 1946, 1st Air Division 7 June 1946 • Far East Air Forces, 3 February 1947 • Thirteenth Air Force, 11 February 1947 - 10 March 1947 (attached to 5th Reconnaissance Group) • 6th Air Division, 15 October 1969 • Thirteenth Air Force 15 December 1969 • 405th Fighter Wing, 20 April 1970 • 3d Tactical Fighter Wing, 16 September 1974 • 6200d Tactical Fighter Training Group, 1 January 1980 - 30 October 1991 • 30th Launch Group, 1 December 2003 – 15 Aug 2019 • Space C2 Open-architecture Operational Prototype (SCOOP), 2020–present • ATLAS, 2021–present • Combatant Commanders Integrated Command and Control System (CCIC2S), 2021–present Decorations • • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award • 3 April 1975 – 31 May 31, 1975 • 1 July 1976 – 30 June 30, 1977 • 1 April 1980 – 31 March 1982 • 1 July 1985 – 30 June 30, 1987 • 1 June 1988 – 1 June 1990 • • Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation • 21 July 1972 – 15 August 1972 • • American Theater of World War II • • European Theater of World War II • • Pacific Theater ==List of commanders==

• Maj Donald G. Stitt, 1 Feb 1940 • Maj Minton W. Kaye, 15 Nov 1940 • Capt Charles P. Hollstein, 10 Jun 1941 • Maj Richard W. Philbrick, May 1942 • Maj Albert M. Welsh, Dec 1942 • Maj Foster S. Randle Jr., Apr 1944 • Lt Col Albert M. Welsh, 16 Nov 1944 • Maj Foster S. Randle Jr., 10 Oct 1945 • Maj Howard E. Brown, 17 Dec 1945 • Unkn, Jan-Mar 1947 • Lt Col William E. Powers, 15 Oct 1969 • Lt Col William R. Martin, 21 Aug 1970 • Lt Col William J. Watson, 27 Jun 1972 • Lt Col Don O. Quane, 30 Jun 1973 • Lt Col Jerry N. Hoblit, 17 Jan 1975 • Lt Col James R. Alley, 25 Feb 1977 • Lt Col Charles N. Nielsen, 20 Nov 1978 • Lt Col Charles H. Holden, 30 Jun 1980 • Lt Col Roger L. Prather, 21 Jun 1982 • Lt Col Michael F. Tedesco, 1 Jun 1984 • Lt Col Willard H. Whitley, Jan 1986 • Lt Col Robert F. Fischer, Feb 1987 • Unkn, Jan 1988-30 Oct 1991 • Lt Col Kris E. Barcomb, June 2014 – July 2016 • Lt Col Jarrod Martin, July 2016 – June 2018 • Lt Col Brian Chatman, June 2018 - 25 June 2019 • Lt Col Ross Conrad, 27 August 2021 – 14 June 2024 • Lt Col Kathryn Johnson, 14 June 2024 – present ==References==