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Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, addresses an audience of military and commercial space professionals at Space Symposium’s Satellite Forum Breakfast on Aug. 25, 2021.

Aug. 25, 2021

Space Force’s operational commander describes history of space as a contested domain

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — Space Force’s operational command is nearing its “fighting weight,” concentrating more on space warfighting operations as other Space Force field commands stand up. Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Space Operations Command Commander, outlined SpOC's role as the USSF warfighting field command in a speech to the Satellite Industry Breakfast at the 36th Annual Space Symposium on Aug. 25.

Army general speaks during Space Symposium.

Aug. 24, 2021

USSPACECOM declares Initial Operational Capability

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, declared the nation’s 11th combatant command achieved initial operational capability Aug. 24.

JTF-SD, USSPACECOM leaders host Senate committee representatives

Aug. 23, 2021

JTF-SD hosts Senate Committee representatives

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. —

SECAF visits space units at Schriever

Aug. 23, 2021

New SECAF makes first visit to JTF-SD, space ops units

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. —

UK Director of Space visits CFSCC

Aug. 19, 2021

UK Director of Space visits CFSCC

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harvey Smyth, the space director for the U.K. Ministry of Defence, and his team visited the Combined Force Space Component Command on Aug. 17, 2021, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. During the visit to CFSCC, Smyth and his team received briefings on and toured the new CFSCC headquarters building, the Combined Space Operations Center and the 18th Space Control Squadron. Smyth’s visit highlights the strong partnership the United Kingdom and the United States share in the space domain.