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United States Space Force; Seal of the United States Space Force: Founded: 20 December 2019; 5 years ago () Country United States: Type: Space force: Role: Space warfare: Size: 9,400 military personnel [1] Part of: United States Armed Forces Department of the Air Force: Headquarters: The Pentagon Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. [2] Motto(s)
S4S activation ceremony, 31 January 2024. In 2021, the United States Space Command began thinking about creating a subordinate command that streamlines space operations. . Initial plans were to establish a Joint Force Space Component Command by combining the Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) and Joint Task Force–Space Defense (JTF-S
In 1981, Representative Ken Kramer introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives that would have renamed the Department of the Air Force and the United States Air Force into the Department of the Aerospace Force and United States Aerospace Force, respectively. This proposal made Air Force leadership extremely uncomfortable, changing ...
The four-star insignia of a Space Force general is displayed at the promotion ceremony for General B. Chance Saltzman, November 2, 2022.. Modern four-star officer appointments are governed by the unified officer promotion framework established by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) of 1980, as amended.
Commander, United States Space Forces – Space and Combined Joint Space Force Component Commander, United States Space Command [6] 4 Shawn N. Bratton: Shawn Bratton: 22 December 2023 Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements [7] 5 David N. Miller Jr. David N. Miller: 9 January 2024 Commander, Space ...
FILE - A solider wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021.
United States Space Force: Geosynchronous: TBA: In orbit: Operational USA-398: United States Space Force: Geosynchronous: TBA: In orbit: Operational USSF-51 Mission. Last National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission on Atlas V as ULA transitions to the next generation Vulcan rocket for continued access to space.
Stephen Newman Whiting (born 14 September 1967) is a United States Space Force general who serves as the commander of the United States Space Command.He previously served as the first commander of Space Operations Command from 2020 to 2024.