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)