Space Base Delta 1 Gets New Commander - 07/06/22
A change of command ceremony for Space Base Delta 1 is slated for 3 p.m. July 11 at Peterson Space Force Base.
Col. Zachary “Shay” Warakomski will relinquish command of SBD 1 to Col. David Hanson. Hanson, who most recently served as a National Reconnaissance Office senior field representative to U.S. Space Command, has also served with the 50th Space Wing, 22nd Space Operations Squadron, 23rd SOPS, Air Force Space Command, NORAD and as the 821st Air Base Group and Thule Air Base, Greenland, commander.
Space Base Delta 1 provides support functions to Peterson and Schriever SFB, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, and four other installations around the globe including New Hampshire, Hawaii and Greenland. It is home to approximately 16,000 military and civilian personnel and also provides mission support to numerous space missions including eight U.S. Space Force Deltas, Space Operations Command, Joint Task Force-Space Defense, NORAD-USNORTHCOM, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, the 310th Space Wing, and the 302nd Airlift Wing.