Man in military uniform talks to man in suit

Aug. 28, 2023

JTF-SD hosts DIA Science and Technology Director

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Dr. Alan S. MacDougall, left, Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Director, and U.S. Space Force Col. Matthew Bruno, Joint Task Force-Space Defense Director of Intelligence and National Space Defense Center Deputy Director of Intelligence, right, look the JTF-SD heritage board during a visit at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Aug. 22, 2023. During the visit, MacDougall learned about the mission sets of the JTF-SD, NSDC and Space Delta 15, and toured the Senior Master Sergeant Harold Robert Mosley II operations floor. Through the partnering of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and National Reconnaissance Office in the NSDC, JTF-SD brings to bear the full force of the U.S. Government and synchronizes space superiority planning and operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

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Aug. 22, 2023

JCO hosts USSTRATCOM Commander

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, United States Strategic Command commander, met with U.S. Army Elizabeth Helland, Joint Task Force-Space Defense deputy commander, U.S. Space Force Capt. Carl Poole, JTF-SD Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) site lead, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Rishi Patel, Air Force Research Lab’s DRAGON Army program manager, at the JCO personnel at the facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 27, 2023. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages best-of-breed commercial providers to deliver diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness (SDA) in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Dhruva Poluru, a member of the 107th Attack Wing's 222nd Command and Control Squadron, seen here at his home office in Chantilly, Va., on June 12, 2023, is one of 12 Airmen of the Year for the 500,000-member total Air Force. Poluru serves as a full-time Guardsman assigned to the National Reconnaissance Office.

Aug. 18, 2023

New York Air National Guardsman Wins Air Force-wide Honor

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. - An Airman assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 107th Attack Wing has been named one of the top 12 Airmen in the 500,000-member total Air Force.Staff Sgt. Dhruva Poluru, who serves in the wing’s 222nd Command and Control Squadron specializing in space operations, was selected as Enlisted Airman of

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Aug. 17, 2023

JCO hosts USSPACECOM LNO

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col Toshihide Ajiki, incoming U.S. Space Command Japanese Liaison Officer (LNO) listens to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 26, 2023. LNOs provide host nation expertise and insights to U.S. Space Command, and its components, and strengthen bilateral and multilateral partnerships. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

U.S. Air Force Col. Matt McKinney, Resolute Sentinel 23 Combined Joint Task Force Commander, and Fuerza Aérea del Perú Col. Fidel Castro, Resolute Sentinel 23 CJTF Deputy Commander, conduct a tour at the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, Lima, Peru, July 4, 2023, as part of Resolute Sentinel 23. The space exercise, led by U.S. Southern Command in partnership with U.S. Space Command’s Joint Task Force Space Defense Commercial Operations (JCO) Cell, the Peruvian Aerospace Research and Development Center (CONIDA), and the Peruvian Air Force, aims to bolster the region's emerging space programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Matlock)

July 28, 2023

PERU BOLSTERS INTERNATIONAL SPACE COLLABORATION WITH KEY U.S. PARTNERS DURING RS23

Lima, Peru — OPERATION HARPY SUR, a space exercise nested under Exercise RESOLUTE SENTINEL 2023, has opened a new chapter in international space collaboration at the Centro Nacional de Operaciones de Imágenes Satelitales, or CNOIS, in southern Peru. The space exercise aims to bolster the region's emerging space programs.

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July 24, 2023

JCO hosts Qatari Delegation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Dennis Bythewood, Joint Task Force-Space Defense commander, speaks with Qatari Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz Al Doseri, Advisor to Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs for Space and Telecommunications, during a visit to the JTF-SD’s Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 14, 2023. While visiting the JCO, the Qatari delegation observed one of the JCO’s Sprint Advanced Concept Trainings (SACT). SACT exercises are designed to improve collaboration between USSPACECOM and its components, allied and partner nation space enterprises, and the commercial space industry. The JCO is an extension of the National Space Defense Center operations floor, and it leverages commercial providers to provide diverse, timely Space Domain Awareness in direct support of the NSDC’s core protect and defend mission. (U.S. Space Command photo by Christopher DeWitt)

A coalition space team of U. S. Space Force Guardians, Colombian Air Force Guardianes, and Ecuadorian Air Force members deploy an Olympus Bolt intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensor at a forward operating location in Rionegro, Colombia, after a rapid relocation from its previous deployment in Cali, Colombia. The deployment was part of Operation Thundergun Express, a 21-day space deployment exercise nested under Resolute Sentinel 23. This antenna, designed for rapid deployment, forms a crucial component of space Agile Combat Employment.

July 18, 2023

RS23 Space Team ACEs Space Deployment

CALI, Colombia — A coalition space team made history during exercise Resolute Sentinel 23, executing the first-ever defensive space control operation in U. S. Southern Command history and demonstrating the real-world impact of Agile Combat Employment operations for space.

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July 18, 2023

DEL 15 activates two subordinate squadrons: 15th CACS, 15th ISRS

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Space Delta 15 stood up its first two subordinate squadrons, the 15th Command and Control Squadron (CACS) and the 15th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron (ISRS), and during respective activation ceremonies here, June 30 and July 14, 2023.

Men in military uniforms listening to a briefing

July 5, 2023

JCO conducts SMEE with COLAF, AFSOUTH personnel

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) personnel provide briefings to Colombian Air Force (COLAF) and 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) personnel during a space operations subject matter expert exchange in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 21, 2023.

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June 26, 2023

UKSpOC stands up JCO-UK cell

High Wycombe, United Kingdom — The UK has joined the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) global construct by standing up a national JCO-UK cell, June 26, 2023.