June 22, 2023

Schriever SFB celebrates 25 years

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Schriever Space Force Base held a ceremony June 21, 2023, to celebrate both the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Falcon Air Force Station and the 25th anniversary of the renaming of the installation to Schriever Air Force Base, which in 2021 was renamed to Schriever Space Force Base.

June 9, 2023

BYU AFROTC Detachment 855 visits JTF-SD

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Cadets of Brigham Young University, Air Force ROTC Detachment 855, pose for a group photo at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, June 6, 2023.

May 31, 2023

Colorado Springs to host DEL 15, two Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadrons

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 15, activated in March 2023, is expected to be permanently based at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, along with the new 75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron. Additionally, the service expects the 74th ISR Squadron, activated in November 2022, to be based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

May 17, 2023

First USSF SDA site in Chile strengthens space security

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — The collaborative efforts between the Chilean Air Force, U.S. Southern Command, and U.S. Space Command to advance combined space domain awareness, came to fruition when the half-meter class telescope, typically referred to as a “Raven-class” telescope, was implemented on Cerro Moreno Air Base in Antofagasta, Chile, on March 27, 2023.

May 9, 2023

JCO hosts Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, Japan Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff, center, poses for a photo with Joint Task Force-Space Defense and U.S. Space Command leaders at the JTF-SD Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility during Space Symposium 38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 20, 2023. 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)

May 1, 2023

Sole active-duty Marine brings operational planning expertise to the JTF-SD

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Benjamin Tuck, special technical operations chief for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense, is the sole active-duty Marine in the organization who brings critical operations planning knowledge and strategy to the protect-and-defend mission.

April 28, 2023

JCO hosts Lt. Gen. Julazadeh, Air Marshal Stringer, NATO Delegation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — From left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Julazadeh, Allied Command Transformation’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development, Royal Air Force Air Marshal Johnny Stringer, Deputy Commander of NATO's Allied Air Command, Ramstein, Germany, and staff members listen to a briefing at the Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) facility during Space Symposium 38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 20, 2023. During the visit, Julazadeh, Stringer, and staff members gained a better understanding of how to provide support to the Meridian cell and discussed opportunities for collaboration including extending JCO services to the NATO Space Centre. 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)

April 27, 2023

JCO hosts French Delegation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations Cell (JCO) hosts a French Delegation during Space Symposium 38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 19, 2023. During the visit, French Space seniors and experts (General Secretariat for Defence and National Security, Space Command, Procurement agency, General Directorate for International Relations and Strategy, Space Agency) discussed how the French government may further integrate into JCO global initiatives. 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 Dennis Rogers)

April 20, 2023

JTF-SD member participates in Space Infrastructure panel at Space Symposium 38

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. A. Walter Shedroff, Joint Task Force-Space Defense plans transition branch chief, addresses audience members as a panelist during the 38th annual Space Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 19, 2023. Shedroff participated in the GVF Moderated panel, ‘Enabling the Space Infrastructure,’ and discussed the role that the JTF-SD and the National Space Defense Center play in ensuring the safety, stability, security, and long-term sustainability of space activities. The JTF-SD’s mission is, in unified action with mission partners, to deter aggression, defend capabilities and defeat adversaries throughout the continuum of conflict in order to maintain space superiority in the U.S. Space Command area of responsibility. (Courtesy photo by Space Foundation)

April 18, 2023

Space Operations Command Space Symposium 38 Speaker Series: Delta 15

BROADMOOR WORLD ARENA, Colo. — U.S. Space Force Col. Stephen Lyon, Space Delta 15 commander, provided a mission brief during the 38th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo., April 18, 2023. Lyon discussed DEL 15's mission to provide service command-and-control (C2) capability, mission ready crew forces, skills training, certifications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and support and cyber mission defense, and special mission support to the Joint Task Force-Space Defense and its National Space Defense Center. (US. Space Force photo by SSgt Jose A. Rodriguez Jr)