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Air Force Space Command Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. John Shaw (front row, fourth from right) welcomes participants of AFSPC’s first-ever Direct Ascent Program at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 16, 2019. This program is created to develop today’s mid-level officer and enlisted leaders on the criticality of space capabilities to the multi-service, multi-domain battle and need to ensure freedom of action in space, while denying potential adversaries the same. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Grim)

Dec. 4, 2019

AFSPC hosts first Direct Ascent Program

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Space Command recently hosted its first-ever Direct Ascent Program, an initiative created to bring together top-performing company grade and non-commissioned officers to broaden their scope and understanding of the AFSPC mission and larger strategic picture of the evolving space structure within the Department of Defense.

Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, former Combined Force Space Component Command and 14th Air Force commander, receives applause after speaking during the CFSCC and 14th AF change of command ceremony Nov. 20, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During the ceremony, Whiting gave his final remarks as commander of the CFSCC and 14th Air Force, and thanked coalition and U.S. service members for their efforts to defend allied and partner nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aubree Milks)

Nov. 21, 2019

Shaw and Whiting trade places, both Space Commands win big

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Air Force Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw took command of Combined Force Space Component Command and 14th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting during a change of command ceremony at the Combined Space Operations Center, Nov. 20.

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