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Space Delta 18

Mission Statement: Deliver unparalleled technical expertise and game-changing Intelligence --empowering national leaders, joint force warfighters, and acquisition professionals to outwit, out-reach and win in the space domain.

Vision:  The Nation's Space Intelligence Center - Progressive, Predictive, Pioneering - Protecting America and its allies in Space now and into the future.

History: Space Delta 18 (National Space Intelligence Center), was launched June 24, 2022 during an Activation & Assumption of Command ceremony in Fairborn, OH. Space Delta 18 (NSIC) is headquartered and co-located with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Space Delta 18 (NSIC) is comprised of two units originally activated 15 April 2008 within the Air Force’s first Space and Missiles Analysis Group. The legacy of the Space Analysis Squadron (SMS) and Counterspace Analysis Squadron (SMD) will be preserved by the re-designation of units as the 1st Space Analysis Squadron and 2nd Space Analysis Squadron respectively.

Space Delta 18 Leadership

Col. Randall

Space Delta 18 Commander

Col. Marqus Randall
CMSgt Owens

Space Delta 18 Senior Enlisted Leader

CMSgt. Melissa Owens

Slide show

Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones speaks with Col. Ariel Batungbacal, National Air and Space Intelligence Center commander, as they make their way inside the Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 9, 2023. During her visit, Jones met with some of NASIC’s top subject matter experts, received a series of intelligence briefings, and toured the Center’s foreign materiel exploitation labs. Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, answers questions from National Air and Space Intelligence Center staff following a coining presentation in the NASIC Forum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 11, 2023. VanHerck coined three individuals from NASIC for their exemplary performance. Col. Ariel G. Batungbacal, National Air and Space Intelligence Center commander, and Marqus D. Randall, National Space Intelligence Center commander, pose for a photo following a Memorandum of Agreement signing ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2023. The MOA outlines various roles and responsibilities, and formalizes an already collaborative partnership between the two Centers.