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  • NZAF Air Commodore Sexton visits CFSCC

    Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Commodore Shaun Sexton, Air Component Commander, right, greets Mr. Pell Thompson, Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) Deputy Chief of Staff, middle, and U.S. Space Force Lt. Col.Matthew Knepper, CJ5/8 Deputy Director, during the beginning of Sexton's visit

  • Schiess returns to Valley Elementary, inspires next generation

    U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command commander, engages with a student from Valley Elementary School in Yucaipa, California, April 14, 2023. Schiess, a previous student of Valley and resident of Yucaipa, was invited back to his old elementary school

  • Global Sentinel Real World Event

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 51 payloads, including CubeSats, MicroSats, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time, launches 14 April 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. In conjunction with this launch, Combined Force Space

  • COLAF Gen. Córdoba visits Vandenberg

    (From left to right) British Army Brigadier Paul Tedman, deputy director of U.S. Space Command’s strategy, plans, and policy directorate, Gen. Luis Carlos Córdoba Avendaño, Colombian Air Force (COLAF) commander, U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command

  • Space: A Woman’s Frontier

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – In honor of Women’s History Month, members of the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) organized the first all-female operations crew at the CSpOC here March 22, 2023.

  • Two dozen nations gather for Global Sentinel planning

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – U.S. Space Command hosted a multi-national initial planning conference (IPC) from Feb. 28 – Mar. 2, 2023, to kick off the planning process for Global Sentinel 2024 (GS24).

  • Third iteration of 18 SDS ‘Operator Exchange’ welcomes UKSpOC members

    VANDNEBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Space Situational Awareness Partnership and Coalition Engagement (SPACE) office within the 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS), hosted two members from the U.K. Space Operations Centre (UKSpOC), Feb. 13-17, 2023, to exchange knowledge on their respective

  • UKSPACECOM's Bone visits CFSCC

    U.K. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Adam Bone, U.K. Space Command (UKSPACECOM) director of operations, plans and training, left, meets with U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen Douglas A. Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) commander, at CFSCC headquarters on Vandenberg Space Force Base,