Colonel PETER “CHARLIE” NORSKY Col. Charlie Norsky is the Commander of Delta 1, headquartered at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. He commands the Training Delta with personnel located across five states. Delta 1 is responsible for producing space, cyber, and intel warfighters through basic training, initial skills training, advanced training courses, and exercises, ensuring the United States Space Force’s ability to field combat-ready forces. The units under his command within Delta 1 are the 1st Delta Operations Squadron, the 319th and 392d Combat Training Squadrons, the 328th Weapons Squadron, and the 533d Training Squadron. Col. Norsky entered the Air Force in 2002 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Throughout his early career, he served in a variety of positions at the squadron and group levels in missile warning operations, training, evaluation, operational testing, and weapons and tactics. Col. Norsky has also served with Combined Joint Task Force One as a Space Liaison Officer in Afghanistan, providing space effects to more than 30,000 combat troops in theater. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and the National War College. Col. Norsky also completed his squadron command tour as the Commander of the 2d Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. Prior to his current assignment, Col. Norsky was Chief of the Integration Division on the United States Space Force Headquarters Staff. EDUCATION 2002 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. 2007 Master of Science in Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 2008 USAF Weapons School, Distinguished Graduate and Academic Award, Nellis AFB, Nev. 2009 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate and Outstanding Contributor, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2011 Master of Science in Space Studies, American Military University, Charles Town, W.V. 2011 Air Command and Staff College, Correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2015 Master of Public Policy, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 2016 Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2019 Master of National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington D.C. ASSIGNMENTS AND DEPLOYMENTS 1. May 2002 – October 2002, Administration Lieutenant, AFROTC Detachment 875, Blacksburg, Va. 2. October 2002 – July 2003, Student, 533d Training Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. 3. July 2003 – August 2005, Missile Warning Crew Commander and Chief, Operations Training Flight, 10th Space Warning Squadron, Cavalier Space Force Station, N.D. 4. August 2005 – July 2007, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 5. July 2007 – June 2008, Chief Analysis Branch, 17th Test Squadron, Cheyenne Mountain SFS, Colo. 6. June 2008 – December 2008, Student, United States Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev. 7. December 2008 – August 2010, Training, Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander, 17th Test Squadron, Schriever SFB, Colo. 8. August 2010 – March 2011, Chief, Commander’s Action Group, Space Innovation and Development Center, Schriever SFB, Colo. 9. March 2011 – September 2011, Space Liaison Officer, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan 10. November 2011 – March 2013, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 2d Space Warning Squadron, Buckley SFB, Colo. 11. March 2013 – June 2014, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 460th Operations Group, Buckley SFB, Colo. 12. June 2014 – July 2015, AF Fellow, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Scholar Program, Princeton University, N.J. 13. July 2015 – June 2016, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 14. June 2016 – June 2018, Commander, 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever SFB, Colo. 15. June 2018 – June 2019, Student, National War College and American Fellow, Fort McNair, Washington D.C. 16. June 2019 – July 2021, Chief, Space Control Policy, OSD Space Policy, Pentagon, Washington D.C. 17. July 2021 – July 2023, Chief, Integration Division, Headquarters, US Space Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C. 18. July 2023 – Present, Commander, Delta 1, Vandenberg SFB, Calif. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal Meritorious Unit Award Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award with five oak leaf clusters Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award National Defense Service Medal Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air and Space Overseas Ribbon Short Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border Air and Space Longevity Service with two oak leaf clusters Air and Space Training Ribbon NATO Medal OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2002 Distinguished Graduate, Reserve Officer Training Corps 2003 Distinguished Graduate, Officer Space Prerequisite Training 2003 Distinguished Graduate, Parimeter Acquisition Radar and Attack Characterization System Training 2008 Air Force Space Command Top Hand 2008 Distinguished Graduate & Academic Award, US Air Force Weapons School 2009 Distinguished Graduate & Outstanding Contributor, Squadron Officer School 2012 Top Graduate, Space Based Infrared Systems Training 2012 Air Force Space Command General George Kenney Lessons Learned Award 2012 460th Space Wing Field Grade Officer of the Year EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 29, 2002 First Lieutenant May 29, 2004 Captain May 29, 2006 Major March 1, 2012 Lieutenant Colonel January 1, 2016 Colonel, April 1, 2021 (Current as of July 2023)