18 SDS hosts Operator Exchange with French, German space operators
Germany Air Force Capt. Dennis Hall, German Space Situational Awareness Centre space operator, briefs members of the 18th Space Defense Squadron and the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects during the first day of the Operator Exchange program at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., July 10, 2023. The GSSAC is a civil-military facility that provides space situational awareness for the German government. It uses national and commercial capabilities to create a situational view of space. (U.S. Space Force photo by Julian Labit)