5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Micheal Provencher, 5th Space Warning Squadron commander, and Capt. April Dybal, 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 commander, reveal the new 5th SWS/Det 3 guidon during the unit’s activation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. Detachment 3 is now responsible for providing assured missile warning to the Korean peninsula as part of the 5th SWS overarching missile warning role across the Indo-Pacific region, which was previously conducted by the U.S. Army’s Joint Tactical Ground Station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Micheal Provencher, 5th Space Warning Squadron commander, appoints Capt. April Dybal as commander of the newly activated 5th SWS Detachment 3 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. Detachment 3, a tenant unit on Osan AB, was activated under the 5th SWS, whose mission is to uphold what was once the Army’s Joint Tactical Ground Station’s by providing missile warning systems services to the Indo-Pacific region. JTAGs will continue as a key node within the missile warning framework and are an essential to survivable missile warning across the Combatant Commands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jason McCune, 1st Space Battalion commander, accepts the relinquishing of the mission from Capt. Emily Reall, 21st Space Battalion commander, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. With the relinquishment of the missile warning mission, the 1st Space Bn. continues to plan, integrate, synchronize and execute space situational awareness, Space and technical operations support, and assign contingency activities in support of U.S. Army, joint and combined forces, and civil authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jason McCune, 1st Space Battalion commander, gives permission to U.S. Space Force Capt. April Dybal, 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 commander, to accept the missile warning mission of the 21st Space Company, 1st Space Battalion at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. The newly activated 5th SWS/Det 3 is now responsible for providing assured missile warning to the Korean peninsula and to the Indo-pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Space Force Capt. April Dybal, 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 commander, speaks during the Detachment 3 activation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. Dybal is a U.S. Air Force’s Weapon School graduated and previously served as the Space Delta 4 weapons and tactics branch chief where her duties included operational planning for global missile warning and defense assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

U.S. Space Force Capt. April Dybal, 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 commander, cuts a cake during her unit’s activation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. Dybal is a U.S. Air Force’s Weapon School graduated and previously served as the Space Delta 4 weapons and tactics branch chief where her duties included operational planning for global missile warning and defense assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 activates

Published Nov. 17, 2023
By Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier
7th Air Force

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Micheal Provencher, 5th Space Warning Squadron commander, and Capt. April Dybal, 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 3 commander, reveal the new 5th SWS/Det 3 guidon during the unit’s activation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 27, 2023. Detachment 3 is now responsible for providing assured missile warning to the Korean peninsula as part of the 5th SWS overarching missile warning role across the Indo-Pacific region, which was previously conducted by the U.S. Army’s Joint Tactical Ground Station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)