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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.

May 14, 2021

Vandenberg Air Force Base transitions to Space Force base

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Vandenberg Air Force Base was officially renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base during a U.S. Space Force redesignation ceremony held at the base parade grounds May 14. Maj. Gen. Deanna Burt, Combined Force Space Component Command commander and Space Operations Command deputy commander, was the presiding officer for the renaming ceremony, which also included the 30th Space Wing redesignation to Space Launch Delta 30, realigning the installation and its command under Space Operations Command and U.S. Space Force.