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The 8th Missile Warning Squadron was activated on 1 April 1986 at Eldorado Air Force Station, Texas, under Air Force Space Command.[2] It was reassigned to the 1st Space Wing on 8 May 1987.[2] While at Eldorado, the unit operated the AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws radar, provided warning of sea-launched or intercontinental ballistic missile attack against the continental United States or southern Canada.[2]
The unit was redesignated as the 8th Space Warning Squadron on 15 May 1992 and reassigned to the 21st Operations Group.[2] It was reassigned to the 21st Space Wing on 8 June 1995 before inactivating on 30 September 1995.[2]
It was redesignated as the 8th Space Operations Squadron on 22 August 1997 and briefly activated in the reserve under the 310th Space Group on 1 September 1997 at Falcon Air Force Base, Colorado.[2] It inactivated there on 1 October 1998.[2]
Redesignated as the 8th Space Warning Squadron on 30 July 1999, it was activated in the reserve on 1 October 1999 at Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colorado, under the 310 Space Group, 1 Oct 1999.[2]
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Constituted as the 8th Missile Warning Squadron on 26 March 1986
Activated on 1 April 1986
Redesignated 8th Space Warning Squadron on 15 May 1992
Inactivated on 30 September 1995
Redesignated 8th Space Operations Squadron on 22 August 1997
Activated in the reserve on 1 September 1997
Inactivated on 1 October 1998
Redesignated 8th Space Warning Squadron on 30 July 1999
