Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, meets with Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink during his visit to Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado, May 28, 2025. While in Colorado, Meink visited the Space Operations Command, the National Space Defense Center and several U.S. Space Force Deltas ahead of delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy on May 29, 2025. Meink has underscored space superiority as a priority while emphasizing the need to balance readiness and power projection to deter adversaries. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Dalton Prejeant)

Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander; Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink; Col. Stephen Lyon, Space Delta 15 commander and National Space Defense Center director; and Chief Master Sgt. John Harms, DEL 15 senior enlisted leader and senior enlisted advisor to the NSDC director; from left, pose for a photo at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado, May 28, 2025. While in Colorado, Meink visited Space Operations Command, the NSDC and several U.S. Space Force Deltas ahead of delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy on May 29, 2025. Meink has underscored space superiority as a priority while emphasizing the need to balance readiness and power projection to deter adversaries. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and Partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Tiana Williams)