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June 11, 2021

CFSCC Spotlight: Space weather team supports DoD, international allies, commercial partners 24/7

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — A small team of space weather experts at the Combined Space Operations Center makes a significant impact by providing space weather predictions for the DoD, international allies and commercial partners. Assigned to the Combined Force Space Component Command’s 614th Combat Training Squadron, the flight of seven enlisted personnel and one officer maintains a 24-hour watch for space weather, seven days a week.

June 10, 2021

NSDC, JTF-SD foundational to protecting the space domain

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The National Space Defense Center and its parent headquarters, the Joint Task Force-Space Defense — both with a mission to protect and defend national interests in the space domain — have come a long way since their high-profile beginnings almost six years ago.

May 20, 2021

Air, space communications squadron Airman achieves powerlifting world records

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — An Airman assigned to the Combined Force Space Component Command’s 614th Air and Space Communications Squadron broke not one, but two world records during a recent powerlifting competition.

May 19, 2021

MCPON talks operational space capabilities, meets with USSPACECOM, JTF-SD Sailors

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith visited Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases on May 17. 

May 19, 2021

SASC Strategic Forces chair tours key space equities

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, toured key U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command missions May 14 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.