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David Norquist, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, toured the National Space Defense Center and the 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Nov. 1, 2019. They conducted a table-top exercise which highlighted the fact that space has become a warfighting domain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Schriever AFB Public Affairs/Released)

Nov. 5, 2019

Deputy SecDef, SecAF meet with Space leaders, joint warfighters on Front Range

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist and Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett completed their first official trips to Peterson AFB to learn about military space operations from U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command leaders and space operators Nov. 1.This was the first time Norquist and Barrett toured the National Space Defense

Rear Adm. Marcus A. Hitchcock (right), U.S. Space Command plans and policy director, and Maj. Gen. Pasi Jokinen (left), commander of the Finnish Air Force, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Finland on Space Situational Awareness cooperation in Helsinki, Finland, Nov 4, 2019. The Memorandum of Understanding sets out the intention to exchange public space situational information between the United States and Finland. These agreements foster openness, predictability of space operations, and transparency for space domain awareness. (MoD of Finland photo by Finnish Air Force Public Affairs/Released)

Nov. 4, 2019

USSPACECOM, Finnish Air Force sign Memorandum of Understanding between Finland, US on space situational awareness cooperation

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo — Rear Adm. Marcus A. Hitchcock, U.S. Space Command plans and policy director, and Maj. Gen. Pasi Jokinen, commander of the Finnish Air Force, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Finland and the United States on space situational awareness cooperation today in Helsinki, Finland.These agreements foster openness, predictability of space

Gen. Jay Raymond (left), commander of Air Force Space Command, presents colors to U.S. Army BG Thomas James (right) to recognize the establishment of Joint Task Force Space Defense during a ceremony held at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., Oct. 21, 2019. Joint Task Force Space Defense will be commanded by James, who has served in space-related assignments for the past 19 years. (DoD photo by Patrick Morrow)

Oct. 22, 2019

Formal recognition of Joint Task Force-Space Defense expands USSPACECOM’s Protect and Defend Mission

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Commander of U.S. Space Command, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, along with BG Thomas L. James, recognized the establishment of the Joint Task Force-Space Defense, during a ceremony here Monday.JTF-SD is one of two subordinate commands to the newly formed USSPACECOM with a mission to conduct, in unified action with mission partners, space superiority

(From left) Brazilian Air Force Maj. Rafael de Almeida Duque, Brazilian Aerospace Command, collaborates with Spanish Air Force members at Lockheed Martin’s Center for Innovaton in Suffolk, Va., Sept. 27, 2019, during Global Sentinel 19. During the week, each participating nation maintained a space operations center (SpOC) to command and control their SSA space situational awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong)

Oct. 2, 2019

USSPACECOM hosts 6th space experiment with 16 international partners

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The sixth iteration of Global Sentinel 2019 brought 16 nations together at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia, Sept. 23-27. U.S. Space Command led the annual international space experiment designed to promote spaceflight safety, international cooperation and data sharing.GS19 provided an opportunity for 10 participating

Oct. 2, 2019

Combined Force Space Component Command established at Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Joint and coalition space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States attended a ceremony to formally recognize the establishment of Combined Force Space Component Command on Oct. 1, 2019.