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Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) tow the Vehicle Advanced Demonstrator for Emergency Recovery, “VADR”, out of the well deck during Underway Recovery Test (URT) 10, July 26, 2023

Aug. 3, 2023

Department of Defense completes Underway Recovery Test 10 with NASA

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. — NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the first recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 1.

Lt. Col. Nick Pettit, commander, 1st Air Force, Detachment 3, accepts the Det. 3 guidon from Lt. Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus, commander, Continental U.S. NORAD Region - 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern and Air Forces Space), during a Change of Command ceremony July 20, 2023, Patrick Space Force Base, Fla.

July 26, 2023

1st Air Force, Detachment 3, welcomes new commander

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. — 1st Air Force, Detachment 3, based at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, held a change of command ceremony on July 20th, 2023. An age-old tradition of passing of flags, or colors, symbolized the change in leadership as Lt. Col. Nick Pettit, formally the Detachment 3 Director of Operations, assumed command from Lt. Col. Richard Bolton. Lt. Gen. Nordhaus, commander of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Region – First Air Force (Air Forces Northern and Air Forces Space) presided over the ceremony.

USSPACECOM Hosts Capstone

July 20, 2023

USSPACECOM Hosts Capstone

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, poses for a photo with general officers representing all branches of the armed services during a U.S. Space Command capstone event at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., July 19, 2023.

USSPACECOM Hosts Joint Staff Senior Leaders

July 20, 2023

USSPACECOM Hosts Joint Staff Senior Leaders

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command’s deputy commander, poses with Rear Adm. Peter Vasely, the Joint Staff’s Joint Training deputy director, Brig. Gen. Robert Claude, USSPACECOM’s Mobilization Assistant to the commander, and Mr. Patrick Piercey, Joint Staff Senior Mentor, during a visit to Colorado Springs, Colo., July 17, 2023.

USSPACECOM Hosts Qatari Delegation

July 20, 2023

USSPACECOM Hosts Qatari Delegation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael Morrisey, Director of U.S. Space Command’s Strategy, Plans and Policy directorate, poses with Qatari Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz Al Doseri, Advisor to Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs for Space and Telecommunications, during a visit to USSPACECOM component command, Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s Joint Commercial Office on Shriever Space Force Base, Colo., July 14, 2023.