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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mendoza, 216th Space Control Squadron space systems operator, adjusts a dial while looking at frequency of a signal on the monitor of a ‘Honey Badger System’ during BLACK SKIES 22

Sept. 27, 2022

STARCOM debuts new combat readiness exercise in BLACK SKIES 22

Space Training and Readiness Command completed its first iteration of the inaugural SKIES exercise series aimed at improving the U.S. Space Force’s command and control capabilities. The exercise, BLACK SKIES 22, which ran from Sept. 19-23, was a live simulation exercise designed to rehearse the command and control of multiple joint electronic warfare fires.

USSPACECOM CSEL briefs Air Force Academy Cadets

Sept. 26, 2022

USSPACECOM Senior Leader Speaks to U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets about Defending the Space Domain

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, U.S. Space Command, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, visited the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 20, 2022.

2nd Space Operations Squadron patch

Sept. 20, 2022

Space Force’s GPS operations squadron announces safeguards to civil PNT signal

Schriever Space Force Base, Colo. — Lt. Col. Robert Wray, 2nd Space Operations Squadron commander, announced his unit’s mission will include safeguarding civil Position, Navigation and Timing signals going forward during a presentation at the 62nd Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee on Sept. 20, 2022.

Military man in uniform shakes hands with man in business casual attire

Sept. 12, 2022

NRO, NSA leaders visit NSDC

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Joint Task Force-Space Defense leaders met with Dr. Troy E. Meink, principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office and George C. Barnes, deputy director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 31, 2022. Key personnel from both organizations visited the JTF-SD and its National Space Defense Center to receive a mission brief. The JTF-SD, and its NSDC, provide unprecedented unity of effort with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and NRO to protect and defend against threats in the space domain. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Four men, three in military uniforms and one in a suit, pose for a group photo

Sept. 9, 2022

HON Calvelli visits JTF-SD

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — From left, U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Jeramey Conley, command senior enlisted leader for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense, U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, deputy commander for U.S. Space Command, Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for space acquisitions and integration, and U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, deputy commander for the JTF-SD pose for a photo during a visit to the organization at Schriever Space Force Base, Sept. 7, 2022. Calvelli received briefings on the organization’s mission including its three core functions of space domain awareness, indications and warning and space superiority operations. The JTF-SD’s mission is, in unified action with mission partners, to deter aggression, defend capabilities and defeat adversaries throughout the continuum of conflict in order to maintain space superiority in the U.S. Space Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)