Ann Thompson, City of Lompoc Mural Society curator, sketches the Landsat satellite mural located on Ocean Blvd and I street on June 22, 2021, in Lompoc, California. Thompson was chosen to paint the mural by NASA to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Landsat. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman First Class Tiarra Sibley)
Incoming 65th Cyber Squadron commander Lt. Col. Jason Thompson (right) accepts the 65th CYS guidon from Space Delta 6 Commander Col. Roy Rockwell (left) during a relinquishment of command, redesignation, and assumption of command ceremony June 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Space Delta 6, located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., was established and activated July 24, 2020, and is responsible for providing assured access to space through the $6.8 billion Air Force Satellite Control Network and defensive cyberspace capabilities for space mission systems. The 65th CYS assumes a new mission of defending the computer systems and networks used by Space Delta 5 and the CSpOC against adversary actions in cyberspace. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dakota Lapioli)
Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeant Michael Fuller (center), an operations flight chief with the 18th Space Control Squadron, displays the citation to accompany his Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation award with his fellow Canadian exchange officers, Lt. Col. Justin Boileau (left) and Warrant Officer David Panth (right), at the front-gate sign of Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 15, 2021. Fuller received the award, which recognizes deeds or activities performed beyond the demand of normal duty, for his actions when responding to a local vehicle accident that took place July 14, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Jocelyn Labranche)
Dan Nunnelee, Data Handling Manager for RGNext, and the operations and maintenance contractor for Western Range equipment, stands in front of a recently retired "Cyber" mainframe computer he helped set up at Vandenberg back in 1982. (Courtesy Photo)
U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson (third from left), U.S. Space Command commander, and his wife, Angie Dickinson (fourth from left), stand with Combined Force Space Component Command leaders and spouses—Brig. Gen. Michael Conley (left), CFSCC vice commander, and his wife Melissa Conley (second from left); Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt (third from right), CFSCC commander; Royal Air Force Group Capt. Darren Whiteley (second from right), Combined Space Operations Center deputy director, and his wife Lesley Whiteley (right)—at the new CFSCC headquarters building during a visit to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from June 10-11. During the tour of the new CFSCC headquarters location, Dickinson learned about the synergy anticipated with housing the Combined Space Operations Center and CFSCC headquarters personnel in one building. (U.S. Space Force photo by Lt. Col. Mae-Li Allison)
Space Launch Delta 30 members participate in a change of command ceremony on June 11, 2021, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. During the ceremony, Col. Robert A. Long assumed command of SLD 30, responsible for spacelift and range operations in support of national and combatant commander requirements, and operational and developmental missile system testing for the Department of Defense. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Hanah Abercrombie)

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