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  • Schiess leads keynote address at Cal Poly CubeSat Developer's Workshop

    U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) commander, speaks to audience members of the Cal Poly CubeSat Developer’s Workshop at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., April 25, 2023. During his keynote address, Schiess

  • Schiess, Coffin hold Key Leader Engagement with Romanian delegation

    Leadership from the Romanian Communications and Information Command, Romanian Space Agency, Combined Force Space Component Command and the Alabama Air National Guard stand together for a group photo outside the Pacific Coast Club on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 25, 2023. Mr. Flaviu

  • 18 SDS, JASDF strengthen SDA partnership

    FUCHU AIR BASE, Japan -- Lt Col Matthew Lintker, 18th Space Defense Squadron (SDS) commander, and two other 18 SDS members met with Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Space Operations Group members at Fuchu Air Base, Japan, April 8-14, 2023.

  • 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

  • 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).