Gen. Whiting engages with France, Norway, NATO during visit to Europe
From left, Maj. Gen. Phillipe Adam, French Space command (CDE) commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, and Col. Laurent Rigal, Airbase 101 commander and former USSPACECOM liaison officer, pose for a photo following a tour of the new CDE headquarters in Toulouse, France, April 28, 2025. In addition to the headquarter’s building update, Whiting received an orientation of the Space Operations Brigade and Space Operations Center. The visit was part of Whiting’s European tour where he engaged with France, Norway and NATO representatives to discuss threats in space call for greater investment, capability to protect and defend the domain.