Col Chandler Atwood USSF

Col. Chandler P. Atwood is the commander of the Space Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Delta (Delta 7), Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Colorado. He leads a global enterprise of Space professionals and Airmen in the newly activated Space ISR Delta. Space Delta 7 is focused on providing intelligence data to allow for the detection, characterization, and targeting of adversary space capabilities while delivering decision-quality, space-centric ISR to joint war-fighters and interagency partners to execute the U.S. National Defense Strategy.

Col. Atwood entered the Air Force in May 2001, after graduating summa cum laude from The Citadel. A career and served as an instructor at the USAF Weapons School. He served as squadron director of Operations for National Geospatial Intelligence, Measurement and Signatures Intelligence and as squadron commander of National Signals Intelligence and Overhead Persistent Infrared Activities for Space Operations. Col. Atwood has deployed in support of Operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Prior to assuming his current position, Col. Atwood was the Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Requirements and Capabilities Division, U.S. Special Operations Command Directorate of and interagency to provide heal-to-toe ISR capabilities to U.S. Special Operations Command components and deployed forces. He led the development of the command's ISR Roadmap, the command's strategy for investment across the Future Years Defense Program to develop new ISR capabilities to enable special operations forces core activities across all domains.